Class: Class

Inherits:
Object show all
Defined in:
motion/core_ext/class/attribute_accessors.rb,
motion/core_ext/class/attribute.rb

Overview

Extends the class object with class and instance accessors for class attributes, just like the native attr* accessors for instance attributes.

Instance Method Summary collapse

Instance Method Details

#cattr_accessor(*syms, &blk) ⇒ Object

Defines both class and instance accessors for class attributes.

class Person
  cattr_accessor :hair_colors
end

Person.hair_colors = [:brown, :black, :blonde, :red]
Person.hair_colors     # => [:brown, :black, :blonde, :red]
Person.new.hair_colors # => [:brown, :black, :blonde, :red]

If a subclass changes the value then that would also change the value for parent class. Similarly if parent class changes the value then that would change the value of subclasses too.

class Male < Person
end

Male.hair_colors << :blue
Person.hair_colors # => [:brown, :black, :blonde, :red, :blue]

To opt out of the instance writer method, pass instance_writer: false. To opt out of the instance reader method, pass instance_reader: false.

class Person
  cattr_accessor :hair_colors, instance_writer: false, instance_reader: false
end

Person.new.hair_colors = [:brown]  # => NoMethodError
Person.new.hair_colors             # => NoMethodError

Or pass instance_accessor: false, to opt out both instance methods.

class Person
  cattr_accessor :hair_colors, instance_accessor: false
end

Person.new.hair_colors = [:brown]  # => NoMethodError
Person.new.hair_colors             # => NoMethodError

Also you can pass a block to set up the attribute with a default value.

class Person
  cattr_accessor :hair_colors do
    [:brown, :black, :blonde, :red]
  end
end

Person.class_variable_get("@@hair_colors") #=> [:brown, :black, :blonde, :red]



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# File 'motion/core_ext/class/attribute_accessors.rb', line 164

def cattr_accessor(*syms, &blk)
  cattr_reader(*syms)
  cattr_writer(*syms, &blk)
end

#cattr_reader(*syms) ⇒ Object

Defines a class attribute if it’s not defined and creates a reader method that returns the attribute value.

class Person
  cattr_reader :hair_colors
end

Person.class_variable_set("@@hair_colors", [:brown, :black])
Person.hair_colors     # => [:brown, :black]
Person.new.hair_colors # => [:brown, :black]

The attribute name must be a valid method name in Ruby.

class Person
  cattr_reader :"1_Badname "
end
# => NameError: invalid attribute name

If you want to opt out the instance reader method, you can pass instance_reader: false or instance_accessor: false.

class Person
  cattr_reader :hair_colors, instance_reader: false
end

Person.new.hair_colors # => NoMethodError



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# File 'motion/core_ext/class/attribute_accessors.rb', line 30

def cattr_reader(*syms)
  options = syms.extract_options!
  syms.each do |sym|
    raise NameError.new('invalid attribute name') unless sym =~ /^[_A-Za-z]\w*$/
    class_exec do
      unless class_variable_defined?("@@#{sym}")
        class_variable_set("@@#{sym}", nil)
      end

      define_singleton_method sym do
        class_variable_get("@@#{sym}")
      end
    end

    unless options[:instance_reader] == false || options[:instance_accessor] == false
      class_exec do
        define_method sym do
          self.class.class_variable_get("@@#{sym}")
        end
      end
    end
  end
end

#cattr_writer(*syms) ⇒ Object

Defines a class attribute if it’s not defined and creates a writer method to allow assignment to the attribute.

class Person
  cattr_writer :hair_colors
end

Person.hair_colors = [:brown, :black]
Person.class_variable_get("@@hair_colors") # => [:brown, :black]
Person.new.hair_colors = [:blonde, :red]
Person.class_variable_get("@@hair_colors") # => [:blonde, :red]

The attribute name must be a valid method name in Ruby.

class Person
  cattr_writer :"1_Badname "
end
# => NameError: invalid attribute name

If you want to opt out the instance writer method, pass instance_writer: false or instance_accessor: false.

class Person
  cattr_writer :hair_colors, instance_writer: false
end

Person.new.hair_colors = [:blonde, :red] # => NoMethodError

Also, you can pass a block to set up the attribute with a default value.

class Person
  cattr_writer :hair_colors do
    [:brown, :black, :blonde, :red]
  end
end

Person.class_variable_get("@@hair_colors") # => [:brown, :black, :blonde, :red]



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# File 'motion/core_ext/class/attribute_accessors.rb', line 91

def cattr_writer(*syms)
  options = syms.extract_options!
  syms.each do |sym|
    raise NameError.new('invalid attribute name') unless sym =~ /^[_A-Za-z]\w*$/
    class_exec do
      unless class_variable_defined?("@@#{sym}")
        class_variable_set("@@#{sym}", nil)
      end

      define_singleton_method "#{sym}=" do |obj|
        class_variable_set("@@#{sym}", obj)
      end
    end

    unless options[:instance_writer] == false || options[:instance_accessor] == false
      class_exec do
        define_method "#{sym}=" do |obj|
          self.class.class_variable_set("@@#{sym}", obj)
        end
      end
    end
    send("#{sym}=", yield) if block_given?
  end
end

#class_attribute(*attrs) ⇒ Object

Declare a class-level attribute whose value is inheritable by subclasses. Subclasses can change their own value and it will not impact parent class.

class Base
  class_attribute :setting
end

class Subclass < Base
end

Base.setting = true
Subclass.setting            # => true
Subclass.setting = false
Subclass.setting            # => false
Base.setting                # => true

In the above case as long as Subclass does not assign a value to setting by performing Subclass.setting = something , Subclass.setting would read value assigned to parent class. Once Subclass assigns a value then the value assigned by Subclass would be returned.

This matches normal Ruby method inheritance: think of writing an attribute on a subclass as overriding the reader method. However, you need to be aware when using class_attribute with mutable structures as Array or Hash. In such cases, you don’t want to do changes in places but use setters:

Base.setting = []
Base.setting                # => []
Subclass.setting            # => []

# Appending in child changes both parent and child because it is the same object:
Subclass.setting << :foo
Base.setting               # => [:foo]
Subclass.setting           # => [:foo]

# Use setters to not propagate changes:
Base.setting = []
Subclass.setting += [:foo]
Base.setting               # => []
Subclass.setting           # => [:foo]

For convenience, a query method is defined as well:

Subclass.setting?       # => false

Instances may overwrite the class value in the same way:

Base.setting = true
object = Base.new
object.setting          # => true
object.setting = false
object.setting          # => false
Base.setting            # => true

To opt out of the instance reader method, pass instance_reader: false.

object.setting          # => NoMethodError
object.setting?         # => NoMethodError

To opt out of the instance writer method, pass instance_writer: false.

object.setting = false  # => NoMethodError

To opt out of both instance methods, pass instance_accessor: false.



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# File 'motion/core_ext/class/attribute.rb', line 66

def class_attribute(*attrs)
  options = attrs.extract_options!
  # double assignment is used to avoid "assigned but unused variable" warning
  instance_reader = instance_reader = options.fetch(:instance_accessor, true) && options.fetch(:instance_reader, true)
  instance_writer = options.fetch(:instance_accessor, true) && options.fetch(:instance_writer, true)

  attrs.each do |name|
    define_singleton_method(name) { nil }
    define_singleton_method("#{name}?") { !!public_send(name) }

    ivar = "@#{name}"

    define_singleton_method("#{name}=") do |val|
      singleton_class.class_eval do
        remove_possible_method(name)
        define_method(name) { val }
      end

      if singleton_class?
        class_eval do
          remove_possible_method(name)
          define_method(name) do
            if instance_variable_defined? ivar
              instance_variable_get ivar
            else
              singleton_class.send name
            end
          end
        end
      end
      val
    end

    if instance_reader
      remove_possible_method name
      define_method(name) do
        if instance_variable_defined?(ivar)
          instance_variable_get ivar
        else
          self.class.public_send name
        end
      end
      define_method("#{name}?") { !!public_send(name) }
    end

    attr_writer name if instance_writer
  end
end