Returns a JSON
string representing self
:
require 'json/add/exception' puts Exception.new('Foo').to_json
Output:
{"json_class":"Exception","m":"Foo","b":null}
When this module is included in another, Ruby calls append_features
in this module, passing it the receiving module in mod. Ruby’s default implementation is to add the constants, methods, and module variables of this module to mod if this module has not already been added to mod or one of its ancestors. See also Module#include
.
Returns an array of all modules used in the current scope. The ordering of modules in the resulting array is not defined.
module A refine Object do end end module B refine Object do end end using A using B p Module.used_refinements
produces:
[#<refinement:Object@B>, #<refinement:Object@A>]
Invoked as a callback whenever a constant is assigned on the receiver
module Chatty def self.const_added(const_name) super puts "Added #{const_name.inspect}" end FOO = 1 end
produces:
Added :FOO
Invoked as a callback whenever an instance method is removed from the receiver.
module Chatty def self.method_removed(method_name) puts "Removing #{method_name.inspect}" end def self.some_class_method() end def some_instance_method() end class << self remove_method :some_class_method end remove_method :some_instance_method end
produces:
Removing :some_instance_method
Creates instance variables and corresponding methods that return the value of each instance variable. Equivalent to calling “attr
:name” on each name in turn. String
arguments are converted to symbols. Returns an array of defined method names as symbols.
Defines a named attribute for this module, where the name is symbol.id2name
, creating an instance variable (@name
) and a corresponding access method to read it. Also creates a method called name=
to set the attribute. String
arguments are converted to symbols. Returns an array of defined method names as symbols.
module Mod attr_accessor(:one, :two) #=> [:one, :one=, :two, :two=] end Mod.instance_methods.sort #=> [:one, :one=, :two, :two=]
Returns an array containing the names of the public and protected instance methods in the receiver. For a module, these are the public and protected methods; for a class, they are the instance (not singleton) methods. If the optional parameter is false
, the methods of any ancestors are not included.
module A def method1() end end class B include A def method2() end end class C < B def method3() end end A.instance_methods(false) #=> [:method1] B.instance_methods(false) #=> [:method2] B.instance_methods(true).include?(:method1) #=> true C.instance_methods(false) #=> [:method3] C.instance_methods.include?(:method2) #=> true
Note that method visibility changes in the current class, as well as aliases, are considered as methods of the current class by this method:
class C < B alias method4 method2 protected :method2 end C.instance_methods(false).sort #=> [:method2, :method3, :method4]
Checks for a constant with the given name in mod. If inherit
is set, the lookup will also search the ancestors (and Object
if mod is a Module
).
The value of the constant is returned if a definition is found, otherwise a NameError
is raised.
Math.const_get(:PI) #=> 3.14159265358979
This method will recursively look up constant names if a namespaced class name is provided. For example:
module Foo; class Bar; end end Object.const_get 'Foo::Bar'
The inherit
flag is respected on each lookup. For example:
module Foo class Bar VAL = 10 end class Baz < Bar; end end Object.const_get 'Foo::Baz::VAL' # => 10 Object.const_get 'Foo::Baz::VAL', false # => NameError
If the argument is not a valid constant name a NameError
will be raised with a warning “wrong constant name”.
Object.const_get 'foobar' #=> NameError: wrong constant name foobar
Sets the named constant to the given object, returning that object. Creates a new constant if no constant with the given name previously existed.
Math.const_set("HIGH_SCHOOL_PI", 22.0/7.0) #=> 3.14285714285714 Math::HIGH_SCHOOL_PI - Math::PI #=> 0.00126448926734968
If sym
or str
is not a valid constant name a NameError
will be raised with a warning “wrong constant name”.
Object.const_set('foobar', 42) #=> NameError: wrong constant name foobar
Says whether mod or its ancestors have a constant with the given name:
Float.const_defined?(:EPSILON) #=> true, found in Float itself Float.const_defined?("String") #=> true, found in Object (ancestor) BasicObject.const_defined?(:Hash) #=> false
If mod is a Module
, additionally Object
and its ancestors are checked:
Math.const_defined?(:String) #=> true, found in Object
In each of the checked classes or modules, if the constant is not present but there is an autoload for it, true
is returned directly without autoloading:
module Admin autoload :User, 'admin/user' end Admin.const_defined?(:User) #=> true
If the constant is not found the callback const_missing
is not called and the method returns false
.
If inherit
is false, the lookup only checks the constants in the receiver:
IO.const_defined?(:SYNC) #=> true, found in File::Constants (ancestor) IO.const_defined?(:SYNC, false) #=> false, not found in IO itself
In this case, the same logic for autoloading applies.
If the argument is not a valid constant name a NameError
is raised with the message “wrong constant name name”:
Hash.const_defined? 'foobar' #=> NameError: wrong constant name foobar
Invoked when a reference is made to an undefined constant in mod. It is passed a symbol for the undefined constant, and returns a value to be used for that constant. For example, consider:
def Foo.const_missing(name) name # return the constant name as Symbol end Foo::UNDEFINED_CONST #=> :UNDEFINED_CONST: symbol returned
As the example above shows, const_missing
is not required to create the missing constant in mod, though that is often a side-effect. The caller gets its return value when triggered. If the constant is also defined, further lookups won’t hit const_missing
and will return the value stored in the constant as usual. Otherwise, const_missing
will be invoked again.
In the next example, when a reference is made to an undefined constant, const_missing
attempts to load a file whose path is the lowercase version of the constant name (thus class Fred
is assumed to be in file fred.rb
). If defined as a side-effect of loading the file, the method returns the value stored in the constant. This implements an autoload feature similar to Kernel#autoload
and Module#autoload
, though it differs in important ways.
def Object.const_missing(name) @looked_for ||= {} str_name = name.to_s raise "Constant not found: #{name}" if @looked_for[str_name] @looked_for[str_name] = 1 file = str_name.downcase require file const_get(name, false) end
Makes a list of existing constants public.
Makes a list of existing constants private.
Returns true
if mod is a singleton class or false
if it is an ordinary class or module.
class C end C.singleton_class? #=> false C.singleton_class.singleton_class? #=> true
Returns an UnboundMethod
representing the given instance method in mod.
class Interpreter def do_a() print "there, "; end def do_d() print "Hello "; end def do_e() print "!\n"; end def do_v() print "Dave"; end Dispatcher = { "a" => instance_method(:do_a), "d" => instance_method(:do_d), "e" => instance_method(:do_e), "v" => instance_method(:do_v) } def interpret(string) string.each_char {|b| Dispatcher[b].bind(self).call } end end interpreter = Interpreter.new interpreter.interpret('dave')
produces:
Hello there, Dave!
Removes the method identified by symbol from the current class. For an example, see Module#undef_method
. String
arguments are converted to symbols.
For the given method names, marks the method as passing keywords through a normal argument splat. This should only be called on methods that accept an argument splat (*args
) but not explicit keywords or a keyword splat. It marks the method such that if the method is called with keyword arguments, the final hash argument is marked with a special flag such that if it is the final element of a normal argument splat to another method call, and that method call does not include explicit keywords or a keyword splat, the final element is interpreted as keywords. In other words, keywords will be passed through the method to other methods.
This should only be used for methods that delegate keywords to another method, and only for backwards compatibility with Ruby versions before 3.0. See www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2019/12/12/separation-of-positional-and-keyword-arguments-in-ruby-3-0/ for details on why ruby2_keywords
exists and when and how to use it.
This method will probably be removed at some point, as it exists only for backwards compatibility. As it does not exist in Ruby versions before 2.7, check that the module responds to this method before calling it:
module Mod def foo(meth, *args, &block) send(:"do_#{meth}", *args, &block) end ruby2_keywords(:foo) if respond_to?(:ruby2_keywords, true) end
However, be aware that if the ruby2_keywords
method is removed, the behavior of the foo
method using the above approach will change so that the method does not pass through keywords.
Returns true
if the arguments define a valid ordinal date, false
otherwise:
Date.valid_ordinal?(2001, 34) # => true Date.valid_ordinal?(2001, 366) # => false
See argument start.
Related: Date.jd
, Date.ordinal
.
Returns a copy of self
with the given start
value:
d0 = Date.new(2000, 2, 3) d0.julian? # => false d1 = d0.new_start(Date::JULIAN) d1.julian? # => true
See argument start.
Equivalent to Date#-
with argument n
.
Equivalent to <<
with argument n
.
Equivalent to <<
with argument n * 12
.
Returns a hash of the name/value pairs, to use in pattern matching. Possible keys are: :year
, :month
, :day
, :wday
, :yday
.
Possible usages:
d = Date.new(2022, 10, 5) if d in wday: 3, day: ..7 # uses deconstruct_keys underneath puts "first Wednesday of the month" end #=> prints "first Wednesday of the month" case d in year: ...2022 puts "too old" in month: ..9 puts "quarter 1-3" in wday: 1..5, month: puts "working day in month #{month}" end #=> prints "working day in month 10"
Note that deconstruction by pattern can also be combined with class check:
if d in Date(wday: 3, day: ..7) puts "first Wednesday of the month" end