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# TITLE:
#
#   Uninheritable
#
# SUMMARY:
#
#   Allows an object to declare itself as unable to be subclassed. The
#   technique behind this is very simple (redefinition of #inherited), so this
#   just provides an easier way to do the same thing with a consistent error
#   message.
#
# COPYRIGHT:
#
#   Copyright (c) 2003 Austin Ziegler
#
# LICENSE:
#
#   Ruby License
#
#   This module is free software. You may use, modify, and/or redistribute this
#   software under the same terms as Ruby.
#
#   This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
#   ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS
#   FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
#
# AUTHORS:
#
#   - Austin Ziegler


# = Uninheritable
#
# Allows an object to declare itself as unable to be subclassed. The
# technique behind this is very simple (redefinition of #inherited), so this
# just provides an easier way to do the same thing with a consistent error
# message.
#
# == Usage
#
#   class A
#     extend Uninheritable
#   end
#
#   class B < A; end # => raises TypeError
#

module Uninheritable
  # Redefines a class's #inherited definition to prevent subclassing of the
  # class extended by this module.
  def inherited(klass)
    raise TypeError, "Class #{self} cannot be subclassed."
  end
end



#  _____         _
# |_   _|__  ___| |_
#   | |/ _ \/ __| __|
#   | |  __/\__ \ |_
#   |_|\___||___/\__|
#

=begin testing

require 'test/unit'

class TC_Uninheritable < Test::Unit::TestCase

  class Cannot
    extend Uninheritable
  end

  class Can
  end

  def test_module
    assert_nothing_raised {
      self.instance_eval <<-EOS
        class A < Can; end
      EOS
    }
    assert_raises(TypeError, "Class Cannot cannot be subclassed.") do
      self.instance_eval <<-EOS
        class B < Cannot; end
      EOS
    end
  end

end

=end

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12 entries across 12 versions & 1 rubygems

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facets-2.0.1 lib/more/facets/uninheritable.rb
facets-2.0.0 lib/more/facets/uninheritable.rb
facets-2.0.2 lib/more/facets/uninheritable.rb
facets-2.0.4 lib/more/facets/uninheritable.rb
facets-2.1.1 lib/more/facets/uninheritable.rb
facets-2.1.2 lib/more/facets/uninheritable.rb
facets-2.1.0 lib/more/facets/uninheritable.rb
facets-2.0.5 lib/more/facets/uninheritable.rb
facets-2.0.3 lib/more/facets/uninheritable.rb
facets-2.1.3 lib/more/facets/uninheritable.rb
facets-2.2.0 lib/more/facets/uninheritable.rb
facets-2.2.1 lib/more/facets/uninheritable.rb