From: Morton Goldberg <m_goldberg@...>
Date: 2006-07-24T05:33:16+09:00
Subject: Re: get caller of method

Although others may suggest fancier techniques, I suggest a very  
simple approach -- just have the caller identify itself. For example:

#! /usr/bin/ruby -w

class Foo

    def connect
       @server = Server.new
       @server.connect(self)
    end

end

class Bar < Foo
end

class Server

    def connect(sender)
       @client = sender
       puts @client.class.name
    end

end

Foo.new.connect
Bar.new.connect

# --- end of code ----

Regards, Morton

On Jul 23, 2006, at 3:06 PM, thomas coopman wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Does there exist a method to get the object or type of object that  
> calls this method?
>
> for example:
>
> class Foo
> 	do
> end
> class Bar
> 	do
> end
>
> do
> 	if caller.kind_of?(Foo)
> 		puts "Foo"
> 	elsif caller.kind_of?(Bar)
> 		puts "Bar"
> 	end
> end