From: Trans <transfire@...>
Date: 2007-07-26T06:11:18+09:00
Subject: Modeling -- how to support multiple views of same components?

I have a little design conundrum. I'm not sure the best way to model
this. Basically I have two model "parts" and I want to support two
ways of using them. Eg.

  class Part1
    attr_accessor :a, :b, :x
  end

  class Part2
    attr_accessor :x, :y, :z
  end

Now in the first case I want effectively:

  class Model1 < Part1
    def subpart
      @subpart ||= Part2.new
    end
  end

but in the second I want the equivalent of:

  class Model2 < Part1 < Part2

but obviously I can't do multiple inheritance.

So I've been trying to figure out the best way to do it. Do I use
modules? Do I use Forwardable? What's the cleanest, fastest, least
troubling way to go about it?

Thanks,
T.