# = WxSugar - Accessors # # The default WxRuby interface has lots and lots of methods like # # * get_position() # * set_size(a_size) # * is_checked() # * can_undo() # * has_style(a_style) # # and so on. Methods that retrieve set, or query attributes of an object # are more normally in Ruby called simply by the attribute name, or, in # other cases, with a predicate method: # # * pos = my_widget.position # * my_widget.size = a_size # * my_widget.checked? # * my_widget.can_undo? # * my_widget.has_style? # # This extension creates an alias for every WxRuby instance method that # begins with +get_+, +set_+, +is_+, +can_+ and +has_+. Note that if you are calling a # 'setter' method on self, you must explicitly send the message to self: # # # set's self size to be 100px by 100px # self.size = Wx::Size.new(100, 100) # # only sets the value of a local variable 'size' # size = Wx::Size.new module WxRubyStyleAccessors # Ruby-style method named are implemented by method-missing; if an # unknown method is called, see if it is a rubyish name for a real # method. In principle it would be possible to set up real aliases for # them at start-up, but in practice this is far too slow for all the # classes that need to be started up. def method_missing(sym, *args) case sym.to_s when /^(\w+)\=$/ meth = "set_#{$1}" when /^((?:has|can)\w+)\?$/ meth = $1 when /^(\w+)\?$/ meth = "is_#{$1}" else meth = "get_#{sym}" end if respond_to?(meth) send(meth, *args) else super end end end # Allow Wx-global functions to be accessed with nice syntax module Wx extend WxRubyStyleAccessors end # Apply the syntax extensions to every class, both class methods and # instance methods all_classes = Wx::constants.collect { | c | Wx::const_get(c) }.grep(Class) all_classes.each do | klass | klass.class_eval do include WxRubyStyleAccessors extend WxRubyStyleAccessors end end