From: Charlie Bowman <charlie@...>
Date: 2006-05-26T22:07:20+09:00
Subject: [Fwd: Re: How to access a classes private method]

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From: Charlie Bowman <charlie@castlebranch.com>
Subject: Re: How to access a classes private method
Date: Fri, 26 May 2006 09:07:04 -0400

I'm trying to modify someone else's class.  I am not the creator of
Foo::Bar, I just want to use their methods.  This is actually for a
rails plugin I'm developing. 

> 
> If you need to access it outside of an instance, why make it protected? 
> How are you using this?
> 
> Anyway, onto the solution:
> 
>   def calling_protected_method
>     result = Foo::Bar.new.method(:bars_method).call
>   end
> 

Charlie Bowman    
Programmer
Castle Branch Inc.
Charlie Bowman    
Programmer
Castle Branch Inc.

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