From: Charlie Bowman <charlie@...>
Date: 2006-05-26T21:32:28+09:00
Subject: Re: How to access a classes private method

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Sorry, just realized that the subject said private method, I meant to
say protected.

On Fri, 2006-05-26 at 21:29 +0900, Charlie Bowman wrote:

> I'm trying to call a classes protected method but I can't seem to get it
> to work.  Here's an example of the method I'm trying to call
> 
> moule Foo
>   Class Bar
>    protected
>         def bars_method(a=2)
>             a
>         end
>     end
> end
> 
> Here's what the relevant parts of my script look like
> 
> def calling_protected_method
>     result = Foo::Bar.bars_method
> end
> 
> 
> This is resulting in a method not found error.  I know I can't access a
> protected method this way, but I don't know how to open up the class and
> access this method.  Thanks in advance for any help.
>             
> 
> 
> 
> Charlie Bowman
> http://www.recentrambles.com

Charlie Bowman    
Programmer
Castle Branch Inc.

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