# Copyright (c) 2004-2008 David Heinemeier Hansson # # Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining # a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the # "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including # without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, # distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to # permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to # the following conditions: # # The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be # included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software. # # THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, # EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF # MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND # NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE # LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION # OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION # WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE. # Allows attributes to be shared within an inheritance hierarchy, but where # each descendant gets a copy of their parents' attributes, instead of just a # pointer to the same. This means that the child can add elements to, for # example, an array without those additions being shared with either their # parent, siblings, or children, which is unlike the regular class-level # attributes that are shared across the entire hierarchy. class Class # Defines class-level and instance-level attribute reader. # # @param *syms Array of attributes to define reader for. # @return List of attributes that were made into cattr_readers # # @api public # # @todo Is this inconsistent in that it does not allow you to prevent # an instance_reader via :instance_reader => false def cattr_reader(*syms) syms.flatten.each do |sym| next if sym.is_a?(Hash) class_eval(<<-RUBY, __FILE__, __LINE__ + 1) unless defined? @@#{sym} @@#{sym} = nil end def self.#{sym} @@#{sym} end def #{sym} @@#{sym} end RUBY end end # Defines class-level (and optionally instance-level) attribute writer. # # @param Boolean}]> Array of attributes to define writer for. # @option syms :instance_writer if true, instance-level attribute writer is defined. # @return List of attributes that were made into cattr_writers # # @api public def cattr_writer(*syms) options = syms.last.is_a?(Hash) ? syms.pop : {} syms.flatten.each do |sym| class_eval(<<-RUBY, __FILE__, __LINE__ + 1) unless defined? @@#{sym} @@#{sym} = nil end def self.#{sym}=(obj) @@#{sym} = obj end RUBY unless options[:instance_writer] == false class_eval(<<-RUBY, __FILE__, __LINE__ + 1) def #{sym}=(obj) @@#{sym} = obj end RUBY end end end # Defines class-level (and optionally instance-level) attribute accessor. # # @param *syms Boolean}]> Array of attributes to define accessor for. # @option syms :instance_writer if true, instance-level attribute writer is defined. # @return List of attributes that were made into accessors # # @api public def cattr_accessor(*syms) cattr_reader(*syms) cattr_writer(*syms) end # Defines class-level inheritable attribute reader. Attributes are available to subclasses, # each subclass has a copy of parent's attribute. # # @param *syms Array of attributes to define inheritable reader for. # @return Array of attributes converted into inheritable_readers. # # @api public # # @todo Do we want to block instance_reader via :instance_reader => false # @todo It would be preferable that we do something with a Hash passed in # (error out or do the same as other methods above) instead of silently # moving on). In particular, this makes the return value of this function # less useful. def class_inheritable_reader(*ivars) instance_reader = ivars.pop[:reader] if ivars.last.is_a?(Hash) ivars.each do |ivar| self.class_eval <<-RUBY, __FILE__, __LINE__ + 1 def self.#{ivar} return @#{ivar} if self == #{self} || defined?(@#{ivar}) ivar = superclass.#{ivar} return nil if ivar.nil? && !#{self}.instance_variable_defined?("@#{ivar}") @#{ivar} = ivar && !ivar.is_a?(Module) && !ivar.is_a?(Numeric) ? ivar.dup : ivar end RUBY unless instance_reader == false self.class_eval <<-RUBY, __FILE__, __LINE__ + 1 def #{ivar} self.class.#{ivar} end RUBY end end end # Defines class-level inheritable attribute writer. Attributes are available to subclasses, # each subclass has a copy of parent's attribute. # # @param *syms Boolean}]> Array of attributes to # define inheritable writer for. # @option syms :instance_writer if true, instance-level inheritable attribute writer is defined. # @return An Array of the attributes that were made into inheritable writers. # # @api public # # @todo We need a style for class_eval <<-HEREDOC. I'd like to make it # class_eval(<<-RUBY, __FILE__, __LINE__), but we should codify it somewhere. def class_inheritable_writer(*ivars) instance_writer = ivars.pop[:instance_writer] if ivars.last.is_a?(Hash) ivars.each do |ivar| self.class_eval <<-RUBY, __FILE__, __LINE__ + 1 def self.#{ivar}=(obj) @#{ivar} = obj end RUBY unless instance_writer == false self.class_eval <<-RUBY, __FILE__, __LINE__ + 1 def #{ivar}=(obj) self.class.#{ivar} = obj end RUBY end end end # Defines class-level inheritable attribute accessor. Attributes are available to subclasses, # each subclass has a copy of parent's attribute. # # @param *syms Boolean}]> Array of attributes to # define inheritable accessor for. # @option syms :instance_writer if true, instance-level inheritable attribute writer is defined. # @return An Array of attributes turned into inheritable accessors. # # @api public def class_inheritable_accessor(*syms) class_inheritable_reader(*syms) class_inheritable_writer(*syms) end end