From: Kevin McConnell <kevin_mcconnell@...>
Date: 2004-09-29T05:39:20+09:00
Subject: Re: metaprogramming question, alternatives to "class ..."

Florian Gross wrote:

> You can have this:
> 
> datasource(:AddressDataSource) do
>   field :name, "customer_name"
>   field :address, "cust_addr"
> end
> 
> With this:
> 
> def datasource(name, &block)
>   Object.const_set(name, Class.new(DataSourceBase, &block))
> end

That's exactly what I was looking for, thanks.

Cheers,
   Kevin