From: Hidetoshi NAGAI <nagai@...>
Date: 2007-02-26T23:13:16+09:00
Subject: Re: Methods and :parameters

From: "Pedro Del Gallego" <pedro.delgallego@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: Methods and :parameters
Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2007 22:02:56 +0900
Message-ID: <2e93189b0702260502k2fed81b8qbc49ca40b1c89e95@mail.gmail.com>
>  Wow ... thats exactly what i was looking for :). Can you explain me
> how this override of the method_missing works? im a little bit lost
> right after the when statament begin ...
> 
> >   def method_missing(id, *args)
              # Expect the unknown method as accessing to a property.
> >     prop = id.id2name
              # Get the method name string.
> >     case args.length
              # Check the number of arguments.
> >     when 1
              # If one argument, it will be a setter method.
> >       if prop[-1] == ?=
              # Is it "<property>="? (e.g. "self.property = val")
              # If so, call "self[<property>] = val".
> >         self[prop[0..-2]] = args[0]
> >         args[0]
> >       else
              # Else it will be "self.property(val)". 
              # Then call "self[<property>] = val".
> >         self[prop] = args[0]
> >         self
> >       end
> >     when 0
              # If no argument, it will be a getter method.
> >       self[prop]
> >     else
              # If more than one argument, it will not a setter or getter.
              # So use "method_missing" of the super class.
> >       super(id, *args)
> >     end
> >   end

Are those OK?
-- 
Hidetoshi NAGAI (nagai@ai.kyutech.ac.jp)