Method: Wright::Util::RecursiveAutoloader.add_autoloads

Defined in:
lib/wright/util/recursive_autoloader.rb

.add_autoloads(directory, parent_class) ⇒ void

This method is part of a private API. You should avoid using this method if possible, as it may be removed or be changed in the future.

This method returns an undefined value.

Adds autoloads for all files in a directory to a parent class.

Registers all files in directory to be autoloaded the first time ParentClass::CamelCased::FileName is accessed.

Examples:

require 'fileutils'

# set up a test directory
FileUtils.cd '/tmp'
FileUtils.mkdir_p 'somedir/foo'
File.write('somedir/foo/bar_baz.rb', 'class Root::Foo::BarBaz; end')

# define a root class, add an autoload
class Root; end
Wright::Util::RecursiveAutoloader.add_autoloads('somedir', 'Root')

# Root::Foo::BarBaz is going to be autoloaded
Root::Foo.autoload? 'BarBaz'
# => "/tmp/somedir/foo/bar_baz.rb"

# instantiate Root::Foo::BarBaz, somedir/foo/bar_baz.rb is loaded
foo_bar_baz = Root::Foo::BarBaz.new
foo_bar_baz.class
# => Root::Foo::BarBaz

# at this point, somedir/foo/bar_baz.rb has already been loaded
Root::Foo.autoload? 'BarBaz'
# => nil

Parameters:

  • directory (String) —

    the path of the directory containing the files to be autoloaded

  • parent_class (String) —

    the parent class to add the autoloads to

Raises:

  • (ArgumentError) —

    if the parent class cannot be resolved



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# File 'lib/wright/util/recursive_autoloader.rb', line 45

def self.add_autoloads(directory, parent_class)
  unless class_exists?(parent_class)
    fail ArgumentError, "Can't resolve parent_class #{parent_class}"
  end
  add_autoloads_unsafe(directory, parent_class)
end