From: Michael Guterl <mguterl@...>
Date: 2008-06-18T23:17:57+09:00
Subject: Re: Accessing Parent class

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Hi,

On Wed, Jun 18, 2008 at 9:39 AM, Phil Cooper-king <philcooperking@gmail.com>
wrote:

> Okay I am a rails  guys coming over to ruby, perhaps the wrong way
> around but hey.
>
> I know this is a painfully simple question but I tried google but I dont
> really know what to search for.
>
> is there any way for a sub class to access the instance infront of it?
>
> totally stupid class
>
> class Monster
>
>  BOO = 'hoo'
>
>  attr_accessor :roisin
>
>  def initialize
>    @roisin = 'rasp'
>  end
>
>  class Verbal
>

      attr_reader :monster
      def initialize(monster)
        @monster = monster
      end

>
>    def growl
>      puts 'grrrrrrrr'
>    end
>
>  end
>
>  def speach

       Verbal.new(self).growl

>   end
>
> end
>
> how can Verbal access the instance of Monster that created it?
>
>
I altered your code above, this should do what you're looking for.
Basically, you just need to pass the instance of the Monster upon creation
of the Verbal instance.

HTH,
Michael Guterl

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