From: Dan <dan.gottlieb@...>
Date: 2007-08-04T08:50:05+09:00
Subject: Better way to do this? Currently using two method_missing calls...

Hi,

I'm building a wrapper around a web service and I'd like to have my
class simply pass through calls to the remote service (since the
remote service will be adding new objects and methods faster then I'll
be updating the library, I need my class to be accept anything).

For example, if my ruby class is named API, I want to be able to call
API.images.find_by_name and have my class pass along "images" and
"find_by_name" to the remove service.  I've got this working using two
method_missing calls (one as a class method and one as an instance
method), but it looks sloppy and I was wondering if there was a better
way to do this. Any ideas?

class API
  def self.method_missing(remote_object)
    api = API.new
    api.instance_variable_set("@remote_object", remote_object)
    return api
  end
  def method_missing(remote_method, *args)
    API.call(@remote_object, remote_method, args)
  end
  def self.call(remote_object, remote_method, args)
    puts "#{remote_object}.#{remote_method} #{args}"
  end
end

Thanks!
Dan