Method: ClassUtils#create_class

Defined in:
lib/class_utils.rb

#create_class(*class_names, properties: nil, &b) ⇒ Object

create a single class and provide properties as well

ORD.create_class( the_class_name as String or Symbol (nessesary) ,

properties: a Hash with property- and Index-descriptions (optional)) do { superclass: The name of the superclass as String or Symbol , abstract: true|false } end

or

ORD.create_class( class1, class2 ... ) { Superclass } 

ORD.create_class( class ) { {superclass: the_superclass_name, abstract: true_or_false } } 

ORD.create_class class



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# File 'lib/class_utils.rb', line 100

def create_class( *class_names, properties: nil, &b )


	if block_given?
		the_block =  yield
		superclass, abstract = if the_block.is_a? Class
														 [ the_block, nil ]
													 elsif the_block.is_a?(String) || the_block.is_a?(Symbol)
														 [ ActiveOrient.database_classes[the_block] , nil ]
													 elsif the_block.is_a?(Hash)
														 [ ActiveOrient.database_classes[the_block[:superclass]], 
								ActiveOrient.database_classes[the_block[:abstract]] ]
													 end
	end
	superclass =  superclass.presence ||  ActiveOrient::Model


	r= class_names.map do | the_class_name |
		the_class_name =  superclass.namespace_prefix + the_class_name.to_s 

		## lookup the database_classes-Hash
		if ActiveOrient.database_classes[the_class_name].is_a?(Class)
			ActiveOrient.database_classes[the_class_name] 
		else
			if superclass =="" || superclass.ref_name == ""
				create_this_class the_class_name 
			else
				create_this_class( the_class_name ) do
					if the_block.is_a?(Hash) 
						the_block[:superclass] = superclass.ref_name
						the_block
					else
						{ superclass: superclass.ref_name }
					end
				end
			end
			database_classes  # update_class_array
			create_properties( the_name , properties )  if properties.present?
			allocate_class_in_ruby( the_class_name ) do |that_class| 
				keep_the_dataset =  true
			end
		end
	end
	r.size==1 ? r.pop : r  # return a single class or an array of created classes
end