Class: Plist4r::Script

Extended by:
Script::ScriptModuleMethods
Defined in:
lib/plist4r/mixin/script.rb

Modules

Classes

Instance Methods

Methods included from Script::ScriptModuleMethods

__local_variable_get, __local_variables, method_added

Overview

A module which is an instance of the Script class encapsulates in its scope the top-level methods, top-level constants, and instance variables defined in a ruby script file (and its subfiles) loaded by a ruby program. This allows use of script files to define objects that can be loaded into a program in much the same way that objects can be loaded from YAML or Marshal files.

See intro.txt for an overview.

Usable under the Ruby license. Copyright (C)2004 Joel VanderWerf. Questions to vjoel@users.sourceforge.net.

Instance Attributes

Constructor Details

- (Script) initialize(main_file) {|_self| ... }

Creates new Script, and loads main_file in the scope of the Script. If a block is given, the script is passed to it before loading from the file, and constants can be defined as inputs to the script.

Yields:

  • (_self)

Yield Parameters:



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# File 'lib/plist4r/mixin/script.rb', line 33

def initialize(main_file)   # :yields: self
  extend ScriptModuleMethods
  @__main_file = File.expand_path(main_file)
  @__dir = File.dirname(@__main_file)
  @__loaded_features = {}

  yield self if block_given?
  load_in_module(@__main_file)
end

Instance Method Details

- (Object) load(file, wrap = false)

Loads file into this Script. Searches relative to the local dir, that is, the dir of the file given in the original call to Script.load(file), loads the file, if found, into this Script’s scope, and returns true. If the file is not found, falls back to Kernel.load, which searches on $LOAD_PATH, loads the file, if found, into global scope, and returns true. Otherwise, raises LoadError.

The wrap argument is passed to Kernel.load in the fallback case, when the file is not found locally.

Typically called from within the main file to load additional sub files, or from those sub files. 



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# File 'lib/plist4r/mixin/script.rb', line 57

def load(file, wrap = false)
  load_in_module(file)
  true
rescue MissingFile
  super
end

- (Object) load_in_module(__file__)

Loads file in this module’s context. Note that __FILE__ and __LINE__ work correctly in file. Called by #load and #require; not normally called directly. 



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# File 'lib/plist4r/mixin/script.rb', line 92

def load_in_module(__file__)
  __file__ = File.expand_path(__file__, @__dir)
  module_eval("@__script_scope ||= binding\n" + IO.read(__file__),
    __file__, 0)
    # start numbering at 0 because of the extra line.
    # The extra line does nothing in sub-script files.
rescue Errno::ENOENT
  if /#{__file__}$/ =~ $!.message # No extra locals in this scope.
    raise MissingFile, $!.message
  else
    raise
  end
end

- (Object) require(feature)

Analogous to Kernel#require. First tries the local dir, then falls back to Kernel#require. Will load a given feature only once.

Note that extensions (*.so, *.dll) can be required in the global scope, as usual, but not in the local scope. (This is not much of a limitation in practice--you wouldn’t want to load an extension more than once.) This implementation falls back to Kernel#require when the argument is an extension or is not found locally. 



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# File 'lib/plist4r/mixin/script.rb', line 73

def require(feature)
  unless @__loaded_features[feature]
    @__loaded_features[feature] = true
    file = feature
    file += ".rb" unless /\.rb$/ =~ file
    load_in_module(file)
  end
rescue MissingFile
  @__loaded_features[feature] = false
  super
end

- (Object) to_s

:nodoc: 



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# File 'lib/plist4r/mixin/script.rb', line 106

def to_s 
  "#<#{self.class}:#{File.join(__dir, File.basename(__main_file))}>"
end