From: David Ishmael <dishmael@...>
Date: 2006-03-23T06:53:53+09:00
Subject: Re: Introspection of method parameters

Try this ...

class Test
  def initialize
  end

  def one( a )
  end

  def two( a, b )
  end
end

t = Test.new
m1 = t.method( :one )
m2 = t.method( :two )

puts "Method one has " + m1.arity.to_s + " parameters"
puts "Method one has " + m2.arity.to_s + " parameters"

=> Method one has 1 parameters
=> Method two has 2 parameters

-Dave

-----Original Message-----
From: Keith Sader [mailto:ksader@gmail.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, March 22, 2006 4:32 PM
To: ruby-talk ML
Subject: Re: Introspection of method parameters

Ok, I tried that and it gets me to where I am now, I can see the
methods for an object, but I can't tell if the method

a.) takes a parameter
b.) if it takes a parameter the # of parameters it takes.

On 3/22/06, David Ishmael <dishmael@windwardcg.com> wrote:
> Try this ...
>
> http://www.rubycentral.com/book/ospace.html
>
> -Dave
>

>
> I'm trying to find out the number and name of a method's parameters.
> I've googled for 'ruby method parameter introspection' and come up
> with almost nothing.  Is there a way to ask a method for the
> parameters it takes?
>
> Could this way also show me the method overloads?
> foo()
> foo(param1)
> foo(param1, param2)
> etc.
>

thanks,
--
Keith Sader
ksader@gmail.com
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