From: estebanjang@...
Date: 2006-10-22T16:30:11+09:00
Subject: How to call private class method?

Hi,
In the following code, how can I call "Hello.jane" method?

class Hello
  def Hello.jane
    puts "I am jane"
  end
  private_class_method :jane
end

All the following generate NoMethodError:

[1] From within class body
class Hello
  Hello.jane
end

[2] From another class method
class Hello
  def Hello.call_jane
    Hello.jane
  end
end
Hello.call_jane

[3] From an instance
class Hello
  def call_jane2
    Hello.jane
  end
end
a = Hello.new
a.call_jane2

Is there any context where I can call Hello.jane?
Also, I am using private_class_method, since the "private" keyword
doesn't seem to have any effect on class methods. Am I missing
something?
Thanks,

-Steve