%a{annotate:rdoc:skip} class Object # # The primary interface to this library. Use to setup delegation when defining # your class. # # class MyClass < DelegateClass(ClassToDelegateTo) # Step 1 # def initialize # super(obj_of_ClassToDelegateTo) # Step 2 # end # end # # or: # # MyClass = DelegateClass(ClassToDelegateTo) do # Step 1 # def initialize # super(obj_of_ClassToDelegateTo) # Step 2 # end # end # # Here's a sample of use from Tempfile which is really a File object with a few # special rules about storage location and when the File should be deleted. # That makes for an almost textbook perfect example of how to use delegation. # # class Tempfile < DelegateClass(File) # # constant and class member data initialization... # # def initialize(basename, tmpdir=Dir::tmpdir) # # build up file path/name in var tmpname... # # @tmpfile = File.open(tmpname, File::RDWR|File::CREAT|File::EXCL, 0600) # # # ... # # super(@tmpfile) # # # below this point, all methods of File are supported... # end # # # ... # end # def DelegateClass: (Class) -> Class end