Module: Kernel

Defined in:
lib/categories.rb

Instance Method Summary collapse

Instance Method Details

#category(module_or_name, &block) ⇒ Object

defines a category. If module_or_name is a String or a Symbol then a new Module will be created in the current scope with this name. If a Module is passed then this Module will be used as the category Module.

If String responds to camelcase it will be camelcased for you.



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# File 'lib/categories.rb', line 71

def category(module_or_name, &block)
  mod = nil
  if module_or_name.is_a? ::Module
    mod = module_or_name
  else
    module_or_name = module_or_name.to_s.camelcase if module_or_name.to_s.respond_to? :camelcase
    mod = ""
    mod = "::#{self}" if (self.is_a? ::Module or self.is_a? ::Class) and self.to_s != "main"
    mod = Object.module_eval("module #{mod}::#{module_or_name} ; end ; #{mod}::#{module_or_name}", __FILE__, __LINE__)
  end
  Class::Category.new(mod,&block)
end