Module: Qa::Authorities::AuthorityWithSubAuthority

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Defined in:
lib/qa/authorities/authority_with_sub_authority.rb

Instance Method Summary collapse

Instance Method Details

#new(subauthority = nil) ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/qa/authorities/authority_with_sub_authority.rb', line 3

def new(subauthority = nil)
  raise "Initializing with as sub authority is removed. use #{self.class}.subauthority_for(#{subauthority.inspect}) instead"
end

#subauthorities ⇒ Object

By default, an authority has no subauthorities unless they are defined by the subclassed authority.



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# File 'lib/qa/authorities/authority_with_sub_authority.rb', line 22

def subauthorities
  []
end

#subauthority_class(name) ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/qa/authorities/authority_with_sub_authority.rb', line 12

def subauthority_class(name)
  [self, name].join('::').classify.constantize
end

#subauthority_for(subauthority) ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/qa/authorities/authority_with_sub_authority.rb', line 7

def subauthority_for(subauthority)
  validate_subauthority!(subauthority)
  subauthority_class(subauthority).new
end

#validate_subauthority!(subauthority) ⇒ Object

Raises:



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# File 'lib/qa/authorities/authority_with_sub_authority.rb', line 16

def validate_subauthority!(subauthority)
  raise Qa::InvalidSubAuthority, "Unable to initialize sub-authority #{subauthority} for #{self}. Valid sub-authorities are #{subauthorities.inspect}" unless subauthorities.include?(subauthority)
end