Method: Raccdoc::Forum#initialize

Defined in:
lib/raccdoc/forum.rb

#initialize(socket, forum = 0) ⇒ Forum

Sets the active forum on the server to the specified forum number (0) or name (Lobby, Program), then returns a new Raccdoc::Forum object.

There are five instance variables exposed through attr_reader:

  • id - The forum ID number

  • name - The forum name

  • admin - The name of the forum administrator

  • anonymous - either true, false, or force, depending on whether the anonymous posting option is on, off, or required

  • private - True if the forum is private (invite-only), false otherwise



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# File 'lib/raccdoc/forum.rb', line 19

def initialize(socket, forum = 0)
  @socket = socket
  @socket.puts "TOPIC #{forum.to_s}"
  response = @socket.readline.chomp
  unless response.match(/^2/)
    raise ResponseError, response
  end

  @headers = {}
  tuples = response.split(/\t/)
  tuples.delete_at(0)
  tuples.each do |pair|
    (key, value) = pair.split(/:/)
    @headers[key.downcase.to_sym] = value
  end

  flags = @headers[:flags].split(',')

  if flags.include?("forceanonymous")
    @anonymous = "force"
  elsif flags.include?("cananonymous")
    @anonymous = true
  else
    @anonymous = false
  end

  @private = flags.include?("private") ? true : false

  @id = @headers[:topic]
  @name = @headers[:name]
  @admin = @headers[:admin].split('/')[1]
end