# With thanks to HTTParty: https://github.com/jnunemaker/httparty/blob/master/lib/httparty/module_inheritable_attributes.rb module ElsToken module ModuleInheritableAttributes def self.included(base) base.extend(ClassMethods) end module ClassMethods def mattr_inheritable(*args) @mattr_inheritable_attrs ||= [:mattr_inheritable_attrs] @mattr_inheritable_attrs += args args.each do |arg| module_eval %(class << self; attr_accessor :#{arg} end) end @mattr_inheritable_attrs end def inherited(subclass) super @mattr_inheritable_attrs.each do |inheritable_attribute| ivar = "@#{inheritable_attribute}" subclass.instance_variable_set(ivar, instance_variable_get(ivar).clone) if instance_variable_get(ivar).respond_to?(:merge) method = <<-EOM def self.#{inheritable_attribute} #{ivar} = superclass.#{inheritable_attribute}.merge #{ivar} end EOM subclass.class_eval method end end end end end end