Module: Corefines::Object::Try

Defined in:
lib/corefines/object.rb

Instance Method Summary collapse

Instance Method Details

#try(method, *args, &block) ⇒ Object?

Invokes the public method identified by the symbol method, passing it any arguments and/or the block specified, just like the regular Ruby public_send does.

Unlike that method however, a NoMethodError exception will not be be raised and nil will be returned instead, if the receiving object doesn't respond to the method.

This method is defined to be able to write:

@person.try(:name)

instead of:

@person.name if @person

try calls can be chained:

@person.try(:spouse).try(:name)

instead of:

@person.spouse.name if @person && @person.spouse

try will also return nil if the receiver does not respond to the method:

@person.try(:unknown_method) # => nil

instead of:

@person.unknown_method if @person.respond_to?(:unknown_method) # => nil

try returns nil when called on nil regardless of whether it responds to the method:

nil.try(:to_i) # => nil, rather than 0

Arguments and blocks are forwarded to the method if invoked:

@posts.try(:each_slice, 2) do |a, b|
...
end

The number of arguments in the signature must match. If the object responds to the method, the call is attempted and ArgumentError is still raised in case of argument mismatch.

Please also note that try is defined on Object. Therefore, it won't work with instances of classes that do not have Object among their ancestors, like direct subclasses of BasicObject. For example, using try with SimpleDelegator will delegate try to the target instead of calling it on the delegator itself.



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# File 'lib/corefines/object.rb', line 358

module Try
  refine ::Object do
    def try(method = nil, *args, &block)
      try!(method, *args, &block) if respond_to? method
    end

    def try!(method = nil, *args, &block)
      public_send method, *args, &block
    end
  end

  refine ::NilClass do
    def try(*args)
      nil
    end

    def try!(*args)
      nil
    end
  end
end

#try!(method, *args, &block) ⇒ Object?

Same as #try, but raises a NoMethodError exception if the receiver is not nil and does not implement the tried method.

Examples:

"a".try!(:upcase) # => "A"
nil.try!(:upcase) # => nil
123.try!(:upcase) # => NoMethodError: undefined method `upcase' for 123:Fixnum



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# File 'lib/corefines/object.rb', line 358

module Try
  refine ::Object do
    def try(method = nil, *args, &block)
      try!(method, *args, &block) if respond_to? method
    end

    def try!(method = nil, *args, &block)
      public_send method, *args, &block
    end
  end

  refine ::NilClass do
    def try(*args)
      nil
    end

    def try!(*args)
      nil
    end
  end
end