Module: Transfigr

Defined in:
lib/transfigr.rb,
lib/transfigr/presenter.rb,
lib/transfigr/abstract_formatter.rb

Defined Under Namespace

Classes: Formatter, FormatterNotFound, MissingFormatMethod, Presenter

Class Method Summary collapse

Class Method Details

.activate!(*args) ⇒ Object

Activate formatters that you want to actually use. This allows formatters to be loaded, but not actually activated, leaving their dependencies behind. Activation can be done implicitly by just using a registered format.

:api: public



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# File 'lib/transfigr.rb', line 27

def activate!(*args)
  args.each do |f|
    fmtr = formatters[f]
    raise "No Formatter found for format #{f.inspect}" unless fmtr
    _active_formats[f.to_s] = f
    Presenter.add_format!(f)
    fmtr.after_activation.call if fmtr.after_activation
    true
  end
end

.active?(format) ⇒ Boolean

Check to see if a format has been activated :api: public

Returns:

  • (Boolean) 


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# File 'lib/transfigr.rb', line 89

def active?(format)
  !!_active_formats[format.to_s]
end

.active_formats ⇒ Object

Provides a list of currently active formats :api: public



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# File 'lib/transfigr.rb', line 83

def active_formats
  _active_formats.keys.sort
end

.add(name, &block) ⇒ Object

Allows you to add a formatter. A formatter should At minimum define a format!(opts={}) method.

I there is no format! method Transfigr::MissingFormatMethod will be raised

Example

Transfigr.add(:foo) do
  def format!(opts = {})
    "<foo>#{target}</foo>"
  end
end

:api: public

Raises:



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# File 'lib/transfigr.rb', line 61

def add(name, &block)
  formatter = Class.new(Formatter, &block)
  raise MissingFormatMethod unless formatter.instance_methods.include?("format!")
  self.formatters[name] = formatter
end

.deactivate!(*args) ⇒ Object

Deactivate and already active format

:api: public



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# File 'lib/transfigr.rb', line 41

def deactivate!(*args)
  args.each do |f|
    _active_formats.delete(f.to_s)
    Presenter.remove_format!(f)
  end
end

.defined?(format) ⇒ Boolean

Checks to see if a formatter has been defined :api: public

Returns:

  • (Boolean) 


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# File 'lib/transfigr.rb', line 95

def defined?(format)
  formatters.keys.include?(format)
end

.edit(name, &block) ⇒ Object

Provides acces to edit the formatter. It’s the same as getting another crack at the add block

Example

Transfigr.edit(:foo){ def my_helper; "bar"; end }

:api: public

Raises:



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# File 'lib/transfigr.rb', line 75

def edit(name, &block)
  fmtr = formatters[name]
  raise FormatterNotFound unless fmtr
  fmtr.class_eval(&block)
end

.format!(format, object, opts = {}) ⇒ Object

Use the format method to format an object via a given formatter Normally this would be a string, but it could be anything.

Example: 

Transfigr.format!(:textile, "h1. I'm a textile string")

:api: public



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# File 'lib/transfigr.rb', line 16

def format!(format, object, opts = {})
  raise "#{format.inspect} is not an active format" unless active?(format)
  self[format].new(object).format!(opts)
end

.presenter(object, opts = {}) ⇒ Object

Use this as a presenter object to access the object by a to_<format> method. This is useful when using something like Merb’s display method. It stronly defines presentation logic elsewhere from the object

Example

display Transfigr.presenter(@article)

Tranfigr.presenter(@article).to_textile

:api: public



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# File 'lib/transfigr/presenter.rb', line 14

def self.presenter(object, opts = {})
  Presenter.new(object, opts)    
end