Module.private like method

Ruby
1

i want to make a class method similar to Module.private in that it
should affect subsequent instance method defentions.

class Foo

def self.rule name
# code such that all subsequent instance methods
# defined in subclasses are registered as part of rule ‘name’
end

end

class Bar < Foo

rule :my_first_rule

the following instance methods magically

become associated with :my_first_rule

def foo
end

def bar
end

end

is this possible, or do i need to do some metaprogramming where methods
which belong to a rule start with the rule name say.

thanks

2

On 4/25/06, polypus [email protected] wrote:

is this possible, or do i need to do some metaprogramming where methods
which belong to a rule start with the rule name say.

Check this out:

class RulesBased
def self.rule(rule_name)
@current_rule = rule_name
end

def self.method_added(name)
puts “Adding method #{name} under rule #@current_rule”
end
end

class Test < RulesBased
rule :foo
def meth1
end
def meth2
end

rule :bar
def meth3
end

def meth4
end
end
END

Ryan

3

thanks many, you rock. i actually tried method_added but must have been
doing something wrong.

4

On 4/25/06, polypus [email protected] wrote:

thanks many, you rock. i actually tried method_added but must have been
doing something wrong.

No problem. Also another option is to code the rules engine as a module:

module RulesBased
def rule(rule_name)
@current_rule = rule_name
end

def method_added(name)
puts “Adding method #{name} under rule #@current_rule”
end
end

class Test
extend RulesBased

rule :foo
def meth1
end
def meth2
end

rule :bar
def meth3
end
def meth4
end
end
END

This allows you to still subclass from something else.

Ryan

5

This allows you to still subclass from something else.

Ryan

thanks again, i hadn’t really considered that for my project, but will
probably end up doing it that way.