Method: Kernel#assign_from

Defined in:
lib/core/facets/kernel/assign.rb

#assign_from(obj, *fields) ⇒ Object

Set attribute writers using like readers from another object.

class AssignExample
  attr_accessor :a, :b
  def initialize(a, b)
     @a, @b = a, b
  end
end

obj1 = AssignExample.new(1,2)
obj2 = AssignExample.new(3,4)

obj2.assign_from(obj1, :a, :b)

obj2.a  #=> 1
obj2.b  #=> 2

TODO: Should this be called #set_from ?



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# File 'lib/core/facets/kernel/assign.rb', line 65

def assign_from(obj, *fields)
  fields.flatten.each do |k|
    send("#{k}=", obj.__send__("#{k}"))  #if self.respond_to?("#{k}=") && obj.respond_to?("#{k}")
  end
end