Included module and scope confusion

hmmm · January 10, 2006, 8:12pm

I am confused about modules and scope.

Here is a module:

module Crumbs
MAX_CRUMBS = 10

def self.included(mod)
def cookies
return @cookies == nil ? Hash.new : @cookies
end
end

def crumb_new( controller, action, params )
cstr = controller + “^” + action
if params != nil && params.keys != nil
params.keys.each {|p|
if params[p] != nil
cstr << “^” << p << “^” << params[p]
end
}
end
return cstr
end

def crumb_add( bite )
cbs = @cookies
puts cbs.class
cbs = cbs[:rdf_crumbs]
if cbs == nil
puts “crumb_add::cbs is nil!”
cbs =[bite]
else
puts “crumb_add::cbs is OK!”
cbs = cbs.split("|")
#don’t add a redundant
if cbs.last == bite
return
end
# add to
cbs << bite
# cap the cookie queue at 5 using fifo
if cbs.length > @@MAX_CRUMBS
cbs.delete_at(0)
end
end
crumbs_set( cbs )
end

def crumbs_set( mouthful )
cr = “”
mouthful.each { |m|
if cr == “”
cr = m
else
cr << “|” << m
end
}
puts cookies.class
cookies[:rdf_crumbs] = cr
end

def get_crumbs()
crs = @cookies[“rdf_crumbs”]
if crs == nil
return []
else
return crs.split("|")
end
end

end

Here is a unit test:

class Bread
include Crumbs
def initialize
@cookies = Hash.new
end
end

class CrumbTest < Test::Unit::TestCase

attr :bread

def setup
@bread = Bread.new
end

def test_crumbs_simple
@params = Hash.new
bite =bread.crumb_new( “test1”, “test_action”, @params )
bread.crumb_add(bite)
puts bite
bite =bread.crumb_new( “test2”, “test_action_2”, @params )
bread.crumb_add(bite)
puts bite
bite =bread.crumb_new( “test3”, “test_action_3”, @params )
bread.crumb_add(bite)
puts bite
assert bite == “test3^test_action_3”
bites =bread.get_crumbs()
puts bites.class
assert_equal bites.length, 3
end
end

Here is the output:

test cookies! on Bread
Hash
crumb_add::cbs is nil!
sets Hash with test1^test_action
has 1
test1^test_action
Hash
crumb_add::cbs is nil!
sets Hash with test2^test_action_2
has 1
test2^test_action_2
Hash
crumb_add::cbs is nil!
sets Hash with test3^test_action_3
has 1
test3^test_action_3

And:

Test::Unit::AssertionFailedError: <1> expected but was <3>.
test/unit/crumbs_test.rb:62:in `test_crumbs_simple’

I have tried different ways, but can’t get the Correct Way to have a
module
insert a variable into the Class that includes it. In this case it
should
inject a @cookies hash, but in tests @cookies always gets reset to
Hash.new…

Excuse the inconsistencies in the code (towards @cookies) b/c I can’t
seem
to figure out the proper way.

So how do you add instance vars to a class from a module and how to
reference that attribute? Or is this not the Right Ruby Way?

I have a lot of confusion about modules… suppose its my java funk

Please point me to any more docs on modules besides the ruby-lang
snippet.

-netcam

hmmm · January 10, 2006, 8:28pm

Before I was mixing (include) Crumbs on the unit test class and I think
there was a name collision with the rails test_helper.rb file and
@cookies
hence it got me all confused.

Ok here is what I did, and it seems simple. But a better way it seems
would
to do it transparently to the subclass on the module, so if anyone knows
how, divulge. I don’t want to have to declare the attr_reader :cookies
on
the Class.

class Bread
include Crumbs

attr_reader :cookies

def initialize
@cookies = Hash.new
end
end

module Crumbs

def self.included(mod)

puts “test cookies! on #{mod}”

def mod.cookies

if @cookies == nil

@cookies = Hash.new

end

return @cookies

end

#----------------------------------------
#--------------begin/ cookie crumbs mixin
#----------------------------------------
MAX_CRUMBS = 10

def crumbs_clear
if @cookies != nil and @cookies[“rdf_crumbs”] != nil
@cookies.delete “rdf_crumbs”
end
end

def crumb_new( controller, action, params )
cstr = controller + “^” + action
if params != nil && params.keys != nil
params.keys.each {|p|
if params[p] != nil
cstr << “^” << p << “^” << params[p]
end
}
end
return cstr
end

def crumb_add( bite )
cbs = @cookies
puts cbs.class
cbs = cbs[“rdf_crumbs”]
if cbs == nil
puts “crumb_add::cbs is nil!”
cbs =[bite]
else
puts “crumb_add::cbs is OK!”
cbs = cbs.split("|")
#don’t add a redundant
if cbs.last == bite
return
end
# add to
cbs << bite
# cap the cookie queue at 5 using fifo
if cbs.length > MAX_CRUMBS
cbs.delete_at(0)
end
end

crumbs_set( cbs )

end

def crumbs_set( mouthful )
cr = “”
mouthful.each { |m|
if cr == “”
cr = m
else
cr << “|” << m
end
}
puts “sets #{@cookies.class} with #{cr}”
if @cookies == nil
@cookies = Hash.new
end
@cookies[“rdf_crumbs”]=cr
puts “has #{@cookies.keys.length}”
end

def crumb_del( bite )
crs = cookies[:rdf_crumbs]
if crs != nil
crs = crumbs.split("|")
c2 =""
crs.each { |c|
if crs[c] != bite
if c2 == “”
c2 = c
else
c2 << “|” << c
end
end
}
cookies[:rdf_crumbs] =c2
end
end

def get_crumbs()
crs = @cookies[“rdf_crumbs”]
if crs == nil
return []
else
return crs.split("|")
end
end

#----------------------------------------
#--------------end/ cookie crumbs mixin
#----------------------------------------
end

hmmm · January 10, 2006, 10:47pm

Ok here is the final version…

Unit Test:

class Bread
include Crumbs
def cookies
@cookies ||= Hash.new
end
def initialize
@cookies = Hash.new
end
end

class CrumbTest < Test::Unit::TestCase

attr :bread

def setup
@bread = Bread.new
end

Simple add/delete/clear tests

def test_crumbs_simples
@params = Hash.new
bite =bread.crumb_new( “test1”, “test_action”, @params )
bread.crumb_add(bite)
bite =bread.crumb_new( “test2”, “test_action_2”, @params )
bread.crumb_add(bite)
bite =bread.crumb_new( “test3”, “test_action_3”, @params )
bread.crumb_add(bite)
assert bite == “test3^test_action_3”
bites =bread.get_crumbs()
assert_equal bites.length, 3
bread.crumbs_clear()
bites =bread.get_crumbs()
assert_equal bites.length, 0
bite =bread.crumb_new( “test1”, “test_action”, @params )
bread.crumb_add(bite)
bread.crumb_del(bite)
bites =bread.get_crumbs()
assert_equal bites.length, 0
end

def test_crumbs_params
bite =bread.crumb_new( “test1”, “test_action”,
{“filter”=>“s`divx:divx”})
bread.crumb_add(bite)
bites =bread.get_crumbs()
assert_equal bites[0], bite
end
end

And the crumbs module:

module Crumbs
#----------------------------------------
#--------------begin/ cookie crumbs mixin
#----------------------------------------
MAX_CRUMBS = 10

public
def crumbs_clear
if cookies != nil and cookies[:rdf_crumbs] != nil
cookies.delete :rdf_crumbs
end
end

def crumb_new( controller, action, params )
cstr = controller + “^” + action
if params != nil && params.keys != nil
params.keys.each {|p|
if params[p] != nil
cstr << “^” << p << “^” << params[p]
end
}
end
return cstr
end

def crumb_add( bite )
cbs = cookies[:rdf_crumbs]
if (cbs == nil or cbs == “”) or (cbs.instance_of? Array and
cbs.length==0)
cbs =[bite]
else
cbs = cbs.split("|")
#don’t add a redundant
if cbs.last == bite
return
end
# add to
cbs << bite
# cap the cookie queue at 5 using fifo
if cbs.length > MAX_CRUMBS
cbs.delete_at(0)
end
end

crumbs_set( cbs )

end

def crumbs_set( mouthful )
cr = “”
mouthful.each { |m|
if cr == “”
cr = m
else
cr << “|” << m
end
}
cookies[:rdf_crumbs]=cr
end

def crumb_del( bite )
crs = cookies[:rdf_crumbs]
if crs != nil
crs = crs.split("|")
c2 =""
crs.each { |c|
if c != bite
if c2 == “”
c2 = c
else
c2 << “|” << c
end
end
}
cookies[:rdf_crumbs] =c2
end
end

def get_crumbs()
crs = cookies[:rdf_crumbs]
if crs == nil
return []
else
return crs.split("|")
end
end

#----------------------------------------
#--------------end/ cookie crumbs mixin
#----------------------------------------
end

hmmm · January 11, 2006, 10:55am

hmmm wrote:

I have tried different ways, but can’t get the Correct Way to have a
module insert a variable into the Class that includes it. In this
case it should inject a @cookies hash, but in tests @cookies always
gets reset to Hash.new…

Of course because you assign it in initialize.

Two options:

1 Lazy init: You need to define cookies differently and access it always
through the getter method (attachment ex1.rb)

2 Init during constructor: you need to define #initialize in the module
and either leave initialize out of Bread or use super (attachment
ex2.rb)

Module#included is completely wrong here as you do not want to do
anything
to the class that uses the mod.

Excuse the inconsistencies in the code (towards @cookies) b/c I can’t
seem to figure out the proper way.

So how do you add instance vars to a class from a module and how to
reference that attribute? Or is this not the Right Ruby Way?

I have a lot of confusion about modules… suppose its my java funk

Apparently.

Please point me to any more docs on modules besides the ruby-lang
snippet.

HTH

Kind regards

robert

Included module and scope confusion

end

Here is a unit test:

Here is the output:

test cookies! on Bread Hash crumb_add::cbs is nil! sets Hash with test1^test_action has 1 test1^test_action Hash crumb_add::cbs is nil! sets Hash with test2^test_action_2 has 1 test2^test_action_2 Hash crumb_add::cbs is nil! sets Hash with test3^test_action_3 has 1 test3^test_action_3

And:

Test::Unit::AssertionFailedError: <1> expected but was <3>. test/unit/crumbs_test.rb:62:in `test_crumbs_simple’

def self.included(mod)

puts “test cookies! on #{mod}”

def mod.cookies

if @cookies == nil

@cookies = Hash.new

end

return @cookies

end

end

Unit Test:

Simple add/delete/clear tests

And the crumbs module:

test cookies! on Bread
Hash
crumb_add::cbs is nil!
sets Hash with test1^test_action
has 1
test1^test_action
Hash
crumb_add::cbs is nil!
sets Hash with test2^test_action_2
has 1
test2^test_action_2
Hash
crumb_add::cbs is nil!
sets Hash with test3^test_action_3
has 1
test3^test_action_3

Test::Unit::AssertionFailedError: <1> expected but was <3>.
test/unit/crumbs_test.rb:62:in `test_crumbs_simple’