Module: ObjectSpace

Defined in:
lib/core/facets/objectspace/classes.rb,
lib/core/facets/objectspace/reflect.rb

Defined Under Namespace

Classes: Reflector

Class Method Summary collapse

Class Method Details

.classes ⇒ Array[Class]

Returns All the classes in the object space.

Returns:

  • (Array[Class]) —

    All the classes in the object space.



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# File 'lib/core/facets/objectspace/classes.rb', line 4

def self.classes
  klasses = []
  each_object(Class){|o| klasses << o}
  klasses
end

.reflect(obj) ⇒ Object

Reflection ensures that information about an object is actual according to Ruby’s Kernel definitions, just in case such methods have been overridden.

ObjectSpace.reflect("object").object_id

There is also a global short-cut for this method to ease meta-programming with it.

$ref["object"].class

Typically theis method will be used to gather the object’s id, as in the example given, or it’s class, but any Kernel method can be used.

Care should be taken in utilizing this technique. In most cases it is not needed, but in certain cases is useful for improving the robustness of meta-programming solutions.

Note that this is also equivalent to using as(Kernel) …

"object".as(Kernel).object_id

But obviously, in this case there is the risk that #as has be overridden too.



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# File 'lib/core/facets/objectspace/reflect.rb', line 31

def self.reflect(obj)
  ## TODO: use this after 1.8.6 support discontinued
  ## Functor.new do |op, *a, &b|
  ##   Kernel.instance_method(op).bind(obj).call(*a, &b)
  ## end
  Reflector.new(obj)
end