From: "Maël Clérambault" <ml-ruby@...>
Date: 2007-01-22T01:24:07+09:00
Subject: Re: [QUIZ] Method Auto Completion (#110)

Here is my solution.
It does not pass the supplied tests since it uses a different interface when 
there are multiple matches : It a raises a MultipleMethods exception with an 
array of the possible matches.

There is an additional abbrev method in Module which defines the methods to be 
abbreviated. If used with the single argument 'true' it enables abbreviations 
for all methods of the object.
the 'abbreviated_methods' private method of Object does the intersection of 
the defined object class's abbreviated methods and the current actual methods 
of the object.
Then the abbreviation are caught with method_missing.


quiz110.rb :

class MultipleMethods < NoMethodError
  attr_reader :methods
  def initialize(methods)
    @methods = methods
    super("Multiple Choices : " + @methods.join(' '))
  end
end

class Module
  attr_reader :abbreviated_methods

  private
  # Defines a list of methods to be abbreviated.
  # If auto = true, then all the methods are abbreviated
  #
  #  class Test
  #    abbrev   # All the methods of Test will be abbreviated
  #  end
  #
  #  class Test2
  #    abbrev :first, :last     # Only the methods first and last may be 
abbreviated
  #  end
  #
  # If multiple choices are possible, a MultipleMethods exception is raised 
which contains a list of the matches.
  def abbrev(auto = true, *args)
    if auto.respond_to? :to_sym
      @abbreviated_methods ||= []
      @abbreviated_methods += args.collect {|m| m.to_sym }.unshift auto.to_sym
    elsif args.empty?
      auto ? @abbreviated_methods = [] : @abbreviated_methods = nil
    else
      raise ArgumentError
    end
  end
end

class Object
  alias :abbrev_method_missing :method_missing
  def method_missing(sym, *args)
    found = abbreviated_methods.select { |m| m.to_s =~ /^#{sym}/ }
    if found.empty?
      abbrev_method_missing(sym, *args)
    elsif found.size == 1
      send found.first, *args
    else
      raise MultipleMethods.new(found)
    end
  end

  private
  def abbreviated_methods
    if self.class.abbreviated_methods.nil?
      []
    elsif self.class.abbreviated_methods.empty?
      methods
    else
      self.class.abbreviated_methods & methods.collect {|m| m.to_sym}
    end
  end
end