Class: UnboundMethod

Inherits:
Object show all
Defined in:
proc.c,
proc.c

Overview

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Ruby supports two forms of objectified methods. Class
<code>Method</code> is used to represent methods that are associated
with a particular object: these method objects are bound to that
object. Bound method objects for an object can be created using
<code>Object#method</code>.

Ruby also supports unbound methods; methods objects that are not
associated with a particular object. These can be created either by
calling <code>Module#instance_method</code> or by calling
<code>unbind</code> on a bound method object. The result of both of
these is an <code>UnboundMethod</code> object.

Unbound methods can only be called after they are bound to an
object. That object must be be a kind_of? the method's original
class.

   class Square
     def area
       @side * @side
     end
     def initialize(side)
       @side = side
     end
   end

   area_un = Square.instance_method(:area)

   s = Square.new(12)
   area = area_un.bind(s)
   area.call   #=> 144

Unbound methods are a reference to the method at the time it was
objectified: subsequent changes to the underlying class will not
affect the unbound method.

   class Test
     def test
       :original
     end
   end
   um = Test.instance_method(:test)
   class Test
     def test
       :modified
     end
   end
   t = Test.new
   t.test            #=> :modified
   um.bind(t).call   #=> :original

Instance Method Summary collapse

Instance Method Details

#==(other_meth) ⇒ Boolean

Two method objects are equal if they are bound to the same object and refer to the same method definition and their owners are the same class or module.

Returns:

  • (Boolean) 


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# File 'proc.c', line 1061

static VALUE
method_eq(VALUE method, VALUE other)
{
    struct METHOD *m1, *m2;

    if (!rb_obj_is_method(other))
	return Qfalse;
    if (CLASS_OF(method) != CLASS_OF(other))
	return Qfalse;

    Check_TypedStruct(method, &method_data_type);
    m1 = (struct METHOD *)DATA_PTR(method);
    m2 = (struct METHOD *)DATA_PTR(other);

    if (!rb_method_entry_eq(m1->me, m2->me) ||
	m1->rclass != m2->rclass ||
	m1->recv != m2->recv) {
	return Qfalse;
    }

    return Qtrue;
}

#arity ⇒ Fixnum

Returns an indication of the number of arguments accepted by a method. Returns a nonnegative integer for methods that take a fixed number of arguments. For Ruby methods that take a variable number of arguments, returns -n-1, where n is the number of required arguments. For methods written in C, returns -1 if the call takes a variable number of arguments.

class C
  def one;    end
  def two(a); end
  def three(*a);  end
  def four(a, b); end
  def five(a, b, *c);    end
  def six(a, b, *c, &d); end
end
c = C.new
c.method(:one).arity     #=> 0
c.method(:two).arity     #=> 1
c.method(:three).arity   #=> -1
c.method(:four).arity    #=> 2
c.method(:five).arity    #=> -3
c.method(:six).arity     #=> -3

"cat".method(:size).arity      #=> 0
"cat".method(:replace).arity   #=> 1
"cat".method(:squeeze).arity   #=> -1
"cat".method(:count).arity     #=> -1

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# File 'proc.c', line 1773

static VALUE
method_arity_m(VALUE method)
{
    int n = method_arity(method);
    return INT2FIX(n);
}

#bind(obj) ⇒ Object

Bind umeth to obj. If Klass was the class from which umeth was obtained, obj.kind_of?(Klass) must be true.

class A
  def test
    puts "In test, class = #{self.class}"
  end
end
class B < A
end
class C < B
end

um = B.instance_method(:test)
bm = um.bind(C.new)
bm.call
bm = um.bind(B.new)
bm.call
bm = um.bind(A.new)
bm.call

produces:

In test, class = C
In test, class = B
prog.rb:16:in `bind': bind argument must be an instance of B (TypeError)
	from prog.rb:16



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# File 'proc.c', line 1649

static VALUE
umethod_bind(VALUE method, VALUE recv)
{
    struct METHOD *data, *bound;

    TypedData_Get_Struct(method, struct METHOD, &method_data_type, data);

    if (!RB_TYPE_P(data->rclass, T_MODULE) &&
	data->rclass != CLASS_OF(recv) && !rb_obj_is_kind_of(recv, data->rclass)) {
	if (FL_TEST(data->rclass, FL_SINGLETON)) {
	    rb_raise(rb_eTypeError,
		     "singleton method called for a different object");
	}
	else {
	    rb_raise(rb_eTypeError, "bind argument must be an instance of %s",
		     rb_class2name(data->rclass));
	}
    }

    method = TypedData_Make_Struct(rb_cMethod, struct METHOD, &method_data_type, bound);
    *bound = *data;
    bound->me = ALLOC(rb_method_entry_t);
    *bound->me = *data->me;
    if (bound->me->def) bound->me->def->alias_count++;
    bound->recv = recv;
    bound->rclass = CLASS_OF(recv);
    data->ume = ALLOC(struct unlinked_method_entry_list_entry);

    return method;
}

#clone ⇒ Object

Returns a clone of this method.

class A
  def foo
    return "bar"
  end
end

m = A.new.method(:foo)
m.call # => "bar"
n = m.clone.call # => "bar"



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# File 'proc.c', line 1493

static VALUE
method_clone(VALUE self)
{
    VALUE clone;
    struct METHOD *orig, *data;

    TypedData_Get_Struct(self, struct METHOD, &method_data_type, orig);
    clone = TypedData_Make_Struct(CLASS_OF(self), struct METHOD, &method_data_type, data);
    CLONESETUP(clone, self);
    *data = *orig;
    data->me = ALLOC(rb_method_entry_t);
    *data->me = *orig->me;
    if (data->me->def) data->me->def->alias_count++;
    data->ume = ALLOC(struct unlinked_method_entry_list_entry);

    return clone;
}

#==(other_meth) ⇒ Boolean

Two method objects are equal if they are bound to the same object and refer to the same method definition and their owners are the same class or module.

Returns:

  • (Boolean)

Returns:

  • (Boolean) 


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# File 'proc.c', line 1061

static VALUE
method_eq(VALUE method, VALUE other)
{
    struct METHOD *m1, *m2;

    if (!rb_obj_is_method(other))
	return Qfalse;
    if (CLASS_OF(method) != CLASS_OF(other))
	return Qfalse;

    Check_TypedStruct(method, &method_data_type);
    m1 = (struct METHOD *)DATA_PTR(method);
    m2 = (struct METHOD *)DATA_PTR(other);

    if (!rb_method_entry_eq(m1->me, m2->me) ||
	m1->rclass != m2->rclass ||
	m1->recv != m2->recv) {
	return Qfalse;
    }

    return Qtrue;
}

#hash ⇒ Integer

Returns a hash value corresponding to the method object.

Returns:



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# File 'proc.c', line 1091

static VALUE
method_hash(VALUE method)
{
    struct METHOD *m;
    st_index_t hash;

    TypedData_Get_Struct(method, struct METHOD, &method_data_type, m);
    hash = rb_hash_start((st_index_t)m->rclass);
    hash = rb_hash_uint(hash, (st_index_t)m->recv);
    hash = rb_hash_method_entry(hash, m->me);
    hash = rb_hash_end(hash);

    return INT2FIX(hash);
}

#to_s ⇒ String #inspect ⇒ String

Returns the name of the underlying method.

"cat".method(:count).inspect   #=> "#<Method: String#count>"

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# File 'proc.c', line 1928

static VALUE
method_inspect(VALUE method)
{
    struct METHOD *data;
    VALUE str;
    const char *s;
    const char *sharp = "#";

    TypedData_Get_Struct(method, struct METHOD, &method_data_type, data);
    str = rb_str_buf_new2("#<");
    s = rb_obj_classname(method);
    rb_str_buf_cat2(str, s);
    rb_str_buf_cat2(str, ": ");

    if (FL_TEST(data->me->klass, FL_SINGLETON)) {
	VALUE v = rb_ivar_get(data->me->klass, attached);

	if (data->recv == Qundef) {
	    rb_str_buf_append(str, rb_inspect(data->me->klass));
	}
	else if (data->recv == v) {
	    rb_str_buf_append(str, rb_inspect(v));
	    sharp = ".";
	}
	else {
	    rb_str_buf_append(str, rb_inspect(data->recv));
	    rb_str_buf_cat2(str, "(");
	    rb_str_buf_append(str, rb_inspect(v));
	    rb_str_buf_cat2(str, ")");
	    sharp = ".";
	}
    }
    else {
	rb_str_buf_cat2(str, rb_class2name(data->rclass));
	if (data->rclass != data->me->klass) {
	    rb_str_buf_cat2(str, "(");
	    rb_str_buf_cat2(str, rb_class2name(data->me->klass));
	    rb_str_buf_cat2(str, ")");
	}
    }
    rb_str_buf_cat2(str, sharp);
    rb_str_append(str, rb_id2str(data->me->def->original_id));
    if (data->me->def->type == VM_METHOD_TYPE_NOTIMPLEMENTED) {
        rb_str_buf_cat2(str, " (not-implemented)");
    }
    rb_str_buf_cat2(str, ">");

    return str;
}

#name ⇒ Object

Returns the name of the method.



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# File 'proc.c', line 1160

static VALUE
method_name(VALUE obj)
{
    struct METHOD *data;

    TypedData_Get_Struct(obj, struct METHOD, &method_data_type, data);
    return ID2SYM(data->id);
}

#owner ⇒ Object

Returns the class or module that defines the method.



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# File 'proc.c', line 1176

static VALUE
method_owner(VALUE obj)
{
    struct METHOD *data;

    TypedData_Get_Struct(obj, struct METHOD, &method_data_type, data);
    return data->me->klass;
}

#parameters ⇒ Array

Returns the parameter information of this method.

Returns:



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# File 'proc.c', line 1908

static VALUE
rb_method_parameters(VALUE method)
{
    rb_iseq_t *iseq = rb_method_get_iseq(method);
    if (!iseq) {
	return unnamed_parameters(method_arity(method));
    }
    return rb_iseq_parameters(iseq, 0);
}

#source_location ⇒ Array, Fixnum

Returns the Ruby source filename and line number containing this method or nil if this method was not defined in Ruby (i.e. native)

Returns ].

Returns:



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# File 'proc.c', line 1894

VALUE
rb_method_location(VALUE method)
{
    rb_method_definition_t *def = method_get_def(method);
    return method_def_location(def);
}

#to_s ⇒ String #inspect ⇒ String

Returns the name of the underlying method.

"cat".method(:count).inspect   #=> "#<Method: String#count>"

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# File 'proc.c', line 1928

static VALUE
method_inspect(VALUE method)
{
    struct METHOD *data;
    VALUE str;
    const char *s;
    const char *sharp = "#";

    TypedData_Get_Struct(method, struct METHOD, &method_data_type, data);
    str = rb_str_buf_new2("#<");
    s = rb_obj_classname(method);
    rb_str_buf_cat2(str, s);
    rb_str_buf_cat2(str, ": ");

    if (FL_TEST(data->me->klass, FL_SINGLETON)) {
	VALUE v = rb_ivar_get(data->me->klass, attached);

	if (data->recv == Qundef) {
	    rb_str_buf_append(str, rb_inspect(data->me->klass));
	}
	else if (data->recv == v) {
	    rb_str_buf_append(str, rb_inspect(v));
	    sharp = ".";
	}
	else {
	    rb_str_buf_append(str, rb_inspect(data->recv));
	    rb_str_buf_cat2(str, "(");
	    rb_str_buf_append(str, rb_inspect(v));
	    rb_str_buf_cat2(str, ")");
	    sharp = ".";
	}
    }
    else {
	rb_str_buf_cat2(str, rb_class2name(data->rclass));
	if (data->rclass != data->me->klass) {
	    rb_str_buf_cat2(str, "(");
	    rb_str_buf_cat2(str, rb_class2name(data->me->klass));
	    rb_str_buf_cat2(str, ")");
	}
    }
    rb_str_buf_cat2(str, sharp);
    rb_str_append(str, rb_id2str(data->me->def->original_id));
    if (data->me->def->type == VM_METHOD_TYPE_NOTIMPLEMENTED) {
        rb_str_buf_cat2(str, " (not-implemented)");
    }
    rb_str_buf_cat2(str, ">");

    return str;
}