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module Rtml::InheritedInstanceVariables
  def copy_ivars_from(source)
    ivars = source.instance_variables
    ivars -= source.protected_instance_variables if source.respond_to?(:protected_instance_variables)
    ivars.each { |ivar| instance_variable_set(ivar, source.instance_variable_get(ivar)) }
  rescue
    # fail silently if they can't be copied
  end

  def initialize_with_inherited_instance_variables(*a, &b)
    initialize_without_inherited_instance_variables(*a, &b)

    %w(controller document parent).each do |method|
      copy_ivars_from(send(method)) if respond_to?(method) rescue nil
    end
  end

  def self.included(base)
    base.instance_eval do
      class_inheritable_array :protected_instance_variables
      read_inheritable_attribute(:protected_instance_variables) || write_inheritable_attribute(:protected_instance_variables, [])
      alias_method_chain :initialize, :inherited_instance_variables
    end
  end
end

Version data entries

4 entries across 4 versions & 1 rubygems

Version	Path
rtml-2.0.3	lib/rtml/inherited_instance_variables.rb
rtml-2.0.2	lib/rtml/inherited_instance_variables.rb
rtml-2.0.1	lib/rtml/inherited_instance_variables.rb
rtml-2.0.0.alpha.1	lib/rtml/inherited_instance_variables.rb