From: Tristin Davis <tristin.colby@...>
Date: 2008-06-15T07:00:52+09:00
Subject: alias throwing exception: undefined method `send_mail' for class `HeartBeat' (NameError)

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I'm having a problem with the code below.  when I try and alias the
send_mail method, it throws an exception.

undefined method `send_mail' for class `HeartBeat' (NameError)

Any help would be appreciated. :)


class Heartbeat

alias :win_mail :send_mail if RUBY_PLATFORM =~ /mswin32/
alias :unix_mail :send_mail if RUBY_PLATFORM =~ /linux/

 #Abstract method
  def send_mail
     raise RuntimeError, "Could not detect OS"
  end

    private

  # in: hash=> subject, body, recipients
  # out: true if successful
  def win_mail(opts={})
     require 'win32ole'
     outlook = WIN32OLE.new('Outlook.Application')
     message = outlook.CreateItem(0)
     message.Subject = opts[:subject]
     message.Body = opts[:body]
     message.To = opts[:recipients]
     message.Send
  end

  def unix_mail(opts={})
  end

end

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