require 'page_magic/watcher' module PageMagic # module Watchers - contains methods for adding watchers and checking them module Watchers ELEMENT_MISSING_MSG = 'Unable to defined watcher: Element or method with the name %s can not be found'.freeze # @param [Symbol] name - the name of the watcher # @return [Boolean] true if a change is detected def changed?(name) watched_element = watcher(name) watched_element.last != watched_element.check(self).last end # register a new watcher # @param [Object] name of the watcher/element # @param [Symbol] method - the method on the watched element to check # @yieldreturn [Object] the value that should be checked # @example # watch(:price, :text) # @example # watch(:something) do # # more complicated code to get value # end def watch(name, method = nil, &block) raise ElementMissingException, (ELEMENT_MISSING_MSG % name) unless block || respond_to?(name) watched_element = block ? Watcher.new(name, &block) : Watcher.new(name, method) watchers.delete_if { |w| w.name == name } watchers << watched_element.check(self) end # retrieve a watcher given its name # @param [Symbol] name the name of the watcher # @return [Watcher] watcher with the given name def watcher(name) watchers.find { |watcher| watcher.name == name } end # @return [Array] registered watchers def watchers @watchers ||= [] end end end