From: Michael Kelly <mkelly@...>
Date: 2005-08-12T00:07:44+09:00
Subject: Re: Java/C# "interface" in Ruby ?

Ah, reading other responses I see that you are'nt looking to interface
between Ruby and C#, you want to create a type without an
implementation.  Gotcha.

No, nothing like that in Ruby.  You can create a Ruby class with method
definitions that have no implementation, then provide implementations in
classes that derive from it, but that would be a little odd in Ruby.
It's the sort of thing you do in staticly typed languages to get
polymorphism.  IMHO, this just doesn't make sense in Ruby.

-=michael=-

-- 
Michael Kelly 
Sr. Software Engineer 
Eleven Wireless Inc. - The Possibilities are Wireless 
http://www.elevenwireless.com 



-----Original Message-----
From: Michael Kelly [mailto:mkelly@elevenwireless.com] 
Sent: Thursday, August 11, 2005 7:55 AM
To: ruby-talk ML
Subject: Re: Java/C# "interface" in Ruby ?


Not positive what you mean by the "Java/C# 'interface'", but perhaps
this is what you're looking for:

  http://rubydotnet.sourceforge.net/

And

  http://www.saltypickle.com/rubydotnet/

We're currently using the saltypickle implementation with good success.
The only lingering issue for us is the lack of support for out
parameters.

-=michael=-

-- 
Michael Kelly 
Sr. Software Engineer 
Eleven Wireless Inc. - The Possibilities are Wireless 
http://www.elevenwireless.com 



-----Original Message-----
From: Peter Fitzgibbons [mailto:Peter.Fitzgibbons@lakewoodhomes.net] 
Sent: Thursday, August 11, 2005 7:16 AM
To: ruby-talk ML
Subject: Java/C# "interface" in Ruby ?


Hello all,

This is a newbie question.
Is there anything in Ruby that is equivalent to the Java/C# "interface".


Peter J. Fitzgibbons
Applications Manager
Lakewood Homes - "The American Dream Builder"(r)
Peter.Fitzgibbons@Lakewoodhomes.net
(847) 884-8800