Class: Gloo::Objs::Datetime

Inherits:
Core::Obj show all
Defined in:
lib/gloo/objs/dt/datetime.rb

Constant Summary collapse

KEYWORD = 
'datetime'.freeze
KEYWORD_SHORT = 
'dt'.freeze

Instance Attribute Summary

Attributes inherited from Core::Obj

#children, #parent, #value

Attributes inherited from Core::Baseo

#name

Class Method Summary collapse

Instance Method Summary collapse

Methods inherited from Core::Obj

#add_child, #add_children_on_create?, #add_default_children, can_create?, #can_receive_message?, #child_count, #contains_child?, #delete_children, #dispatch, #display_value, #find_add_child, #find_child, help, inherited, #initialize, #msg_unload, #multiline_value?, #pn, #remove_child, #root?, #send_message, #set_parent, #type_display, #value_display, #value_is_array?, #value_is_blank?, #value_string?

Methods inherited from Core::Baseo

#initialize, #type_display

Constructor Details

This class inherits a constructor from Gloo::Core::Obj

Class Method Details

.messages ⇒ Object

Get a list of message names that this object receives.



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# File 'lib/gloo/objs/dt/datetime.rb', line 47

def self.messages
  return super + %w[now]
end

.short_typename ⇒ Object

The short name of the object type.



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# File 'lib/gloo/objs/dt/datetime.rb', line 24

def self.short_typename
  return KEYWORD_SHORT
end

.typename ⇒ Object

The name of the object type.



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# File 'lib/gloo/objs/dt/datetime.rb', line 17

def self.typename
  return KEYWORD
end

Instance Method Details

#msg_now ⇒ Object

Set to the current date and time.



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# File 'lib/gloo/objs/dt/datetime.rb', line 54

def msg_now
  t = DateTime.now.strftime( '%Y.%m.%d %I:%M:%S %P' )
  self.value = t
  $engine.heap.it.set_to t
end

#set_value(new_value) ⇒ Object

Set the value with any necessary type conversions.



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# File 'lib/gloo/objs/dt/datetime.rb', line 31

def set_value( new_value )
  unless new_value.is_a? DateTime
    self.value = $engine.converter.convert( new_value, 'DateTime', nil )
    return
  end

  self.value = new_value
end