Module: Virtus::TypeLookup

Included in:
Attribute, Coercion
Defined in:
lib/virtus/support/type_lookup.rb

Overview

A module that adds type lookup to a class

Constant Summary collapse

TYPE_FORMAT = 
/\A[A-Z]\w*\z/.freeze
EXTRA_CONST_ARGS = 
RUBY_VERSION < '1.9' || RUBY_ENGINE == 'rbx' ? [] : [ false ]

Instance Method Summary collapse

Instance Method Details

#determine_type(class_or_name) ⇒ Class?

Returns a descendant based on a name or class

Examples:

MyClass.determine_type('String')  # => MyClass::String

Parameters:

  • class_or_name (Class, #to_s) —

    name of a class or a class itself

Returns:

  • (Class) —

    a descendant

  • (nil) —

    nil if the type cannot be determined by the class_or_name



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# File 'lib/virtus/support/type_lookup.rb', line 24

def determine_type(class_or_name)
  case class_or_name
  when singleton_class
    determine_type_from_descendant(class_or_name)
  when Class
    determine_type_from_primitive(class_or_name)
  else
    determine_type_from_string(class_or_name.to_s)
  end
end

#primitive ⇒ Class

This method is part of a private API. You should avoid using this method if possible, as it may be removed or be changed in the future.

Return the default primitive supported

Returns:

  • (Class)

Raises:

  • (NotImplementedError) 


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# File 'lib/virtus/support/type_lookup.rb', line 40

def primitive
  raise NotImplementedError, "#{self}.primitive must be implemented"
end