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# Following module allows us to call following IRB commands:
#
# * reload_lib  - reloads whole lib folder meaning you don't have to restart irb
# * cls         - clears IRB console
# * code        - displays source code for method with given instance/class

module ConsoleExtensions
  # Reload lib configuration from console
  def reload_lib
    path = File.join( Rails.root, 'lib') 
    failures = []
    Dir.glob("#{path}/**/*.rb").each {  |file|
      puts "loading: #{file.inspect} ... "
      begin
        if !(file.include? 'reload.rb')
          load file
        end
      rescue => ex
        failures << file 
      end
    }
     
    # this second pass is here to try to catch anything that 
    # is dependent on something else
    # could be improved, but is working fine for my needs
    double_failures = []
    for file in failures 
      begin
        # don't reload yourself
        if !(file.include? 'reload.rb')
          load file
        end
      rescue => ex1
        double_failures << file 
      end
    end 

    if double_failures.size > 0 
      puts "these files failed twice"
      for file in double_failures
        puts file
      end
    end
  end

  def cls
    system('cls')
  end

  # Takes instance/class, method and displays source code and comments
  def code(ints_or_clazz, method)
    method = method.to_sym
    clazz = ints_or_clazz.is_a?(Class) ? ints_or_clazz : ints_or_clazz.class
    puts "** Comments: "
    clazz.instance_method(method).comment.display
    puts "** Source:"
    clazz.instance_method(method).source.display
  end

end

Version data entries

3 entries across 3 versions & 1 rubygems

Version	Path
fertilizer-0.1.4	lib/fertilizer/console_extensions.rb
fertilizer-0.1.2	lib/fertilizer/console_extensions.rb
fertilizer-0.1.1	lib/fertilizer/console_extensions.rb