class Bio::Graphics::Primitive

The Primitive class is used to hold information about Glyphs. They contain a Glyph type and then a Hash of parameters pertinent for that Glyph

Attributes

primitive[R]

Public Instance Methods

update(args) click to toggle source

Updates a Primitive and initialises any new parameters into instance variables

args

args = a hash of new parameters for the given Glyph type

# File lib/bio/graphics/primitive.rb, line 23
def update(args)
  args.each_key do |k|
    self.instance_variable_set("@#{k}", args[k])
  end
end

Public Class Methods

new(primitive,args) click to toggle source

Creates a new Primitive and initialises the Hash keys into instance variables

args

primitive = the Primitive type
args = a hash of parameters needed to initialise the given Glyph type

# File lib/bio/graphics/primitive.rb, line 12
def initialize(primitive,args)
  @primitive = primitive
  args.each_key do |k|
    self.instance_variable_set("@#{k}", args[k])
  end 
end