From: Sean O'Halpin <sean.ohalpin@...>
Date: 2005-11-06T23:21:56+09:00
Subject: Re: Access control and class methods

On 11/6/05, Mads Kristensen <madsk@foo.bar> wrote:
> I was just wondering: does access control not apply to class methods?
They do but you have to be in the right scope.

class Bar
  class<<self
    public
    def _public (x)
      puts "Hello in a public way #{x}"
    end
    protected
    def _protected (x)
      puts "Hello in a protected way #{x}"
    end
    private
    def _private (x)
      puts "Hello in a private way #{x}"
    end
  end
end

Bar::_public(1)
Bar::_protected(2)
Bar::_private(3)
__END__
Hello in a public way 1
C:/rubylib/experiments/ruby-talk/access-control-on-class-methods.rb:40:
protected method `_protected' called for Bar:Class (NoMethodError)

Regards

Sean