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module RMExtensions

  module ObjectExtensions

    module Accessors

      # creates an +attr_accessor+ like behavior, but the objects are
      # stored with a WeakRef.
      # does not conform to KVO like attr_accessor does.
      def rmext_weak_attr_accessor(*attrs)
        attrs.each do |attr|
          define_method(attr) do
            instance_variable_get("@#{attr}")
          end
          define_method("#{attr}=") do |val|
            instance_variable_set("@#{attr}", WeakRef.new(val))
            val
          end
        end
      end

      # creates an +attr_accessor+ like behavior, but the objects are
      # stored in an NSMapTable with strong keys (the attrs) and
      # weak values.  If the value deallocates, it becomes nil, unlike
      # a traditional WeakRef.
      # does not conform to KVO like attr_accessor does.
      def rmext_zeroing_weak_attr_accessor(*attrs)
        attrs.each do |attr|
          define_method(attr) do
            if @__zeroing_weak_holders
              @__zeroing_weak_holders.objectForKey(attr)
            end
          end
          define_method("#{attr}=") do |val|
            @__zeroing_weak_holders ||= NSMapTable.strongToWeakObjectsMapTable
            @__zeroing_weak_holders.setObject(val, forKey:attr)
            val
          end
        end
      end

    end

  end

end
Object.send(:include, ::RMExtensions::ObjectExtensions::Accessors)

Version data entries

1 entries across 1 versions & 1 rubygems

Version	Path
rm-extensions-0.5.0	lib/motion/accessors.rb