From: Gary Wright <gwtmp01@...>
Date: 2007-03-20T22:23:23+09:00
Subject: Re: does Ruby not support multiple "initialize" methods for a class???


On Mar 20, 2007, at 8:26 AM, Greg Hauptmann wrote:

> I have a class that can be created from a couple of scenarios, and  
> for each
> the initial data to populate the class is different.  I was going  
> to create
> two "initialize" methods with their own specific method signature  
> to cover
> off these two scenarios however I guess I will need to perhaps just  
> create
> two separate/normal methods for this.  Perhaps then it would be like:

Eivind had your answer.  Use new/initialize for one version of your
constructor and then roll your own for the second version:

class Myclass

   def self.new2(*args)
     object = allocate
     object.initialize2(*args)
     object
   end

   def initialize2(*args)
     # other initialization code
   end
end


Gary Wright