From: "Mikael Høilund" <mikael@...>
Date: 2008-06-15T09:37:23+09:00
Subject: Re: alias throwing exception: undefined method `send_mail' for class `HeartBeat' (NameError)

On Jun 15, 2008, at 0:00, Tristin Davis wrote:

> 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

The method isn't defined in the class until now. Move the alias lines  
to below the def, and it'll work.

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