From: J2M <james2mccarthy@...>
Date: 2006-10-15T10:56:18+09:00
Subject: Re: Initialize a subclass inside a namespace

Good idea Dave, I will give that a go.

Thanks,
James

On Oct 15, 2:49 am, "Rick DeNatale" <rick.denat...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 10/14/06, J2M <james2mccar...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > I have a namespace Foo and a class Bas and a class Bar. I am adding
> > classes Bas & Bar are both inside the namespace Foo.
>
> > module Foo
> >   class Bas
> >   .
> >   end
>
> >   class Bar
> >   .
> >   end
> > end
>
> > I have some dynamically added classes that are subclasses of Bar, but I
> > want them to be in a namespace under Foo::Bas e.g. Foo::Bas::ThisClass
> > & Foo::Bar::ThatClass...
>
>
>
> > This all works, but I would like to include some code that runs in the
> > context of ThisClass but before the contents of
> > file_name_where_this_class_is_defined, but the catch is I cannot assume
> > the names of the classes being loaded from the file, therefore I am
> > looking for a callback that is run in context of ThisClass as soon as
> > ThisClass is defined.I don't see a callback when a class (or any constant for that matter)
> is added to a module.
>
> On the other hand, can you do what you want by overriding
> Foo::Bar.inherited ?  At least you can tell when a subclass has been
> created.
>
> --
> Rick DeNatale
> 
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