Method: SimpleTree#tree_rep

Defined in:
lib/filetree/simple_tree.rb

#tree_rep(depth = 0) ⇒ Object

Helper method for to_s, returns a tree representation of the subtree rooted at this node. This assumes some sort of identifier is specified for the object being called (self.name, self.identifier, etc)



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# File 'lib/filetree/simple_tree.rb', line 168

def tree_rep(depth=0)
  if self.name
    ident = self.name
  elsif self.identifier
    ident = self.identifier
  else
    ident = self.object_id
  end
  if depth > 0
    outp = " #{(["    "] * (depth - 1)).join("|")}\\- #{ident}\n"
  else
    outp = "#{ident}\n"
  end
  children.each do |child|
    outp += child.tree_rep(depth + 1)
  end
  outp
end