From: "Christoffer Lernö" <lerno@...>
Date: 2008-07-01T02:08:31+09:00
Subject: Something like import/package in java?

Hi,


I keep feeling frustrated with my ruby project.

My problem is one of organization.

My code looks a bit like this:

lib/
	main.rb
	comman	ds/
		logio.rb
		create.rb
		chat.rb
	server/
	io/
	protocol/
	utils/

And I keep writing code like

require 'commands/logio'
require 'commands/create'
require 'commands/chat'

etc.


What is annoying is the disconnect from what actually happens.

With "require 'commands/logio'" I am actually importing the two  
classes LogIn and LogOut as well as ensuring a bunch of other files  
are included.
"require 'commands/create'" is importing classes CreateNew and  
ReturnDead and so on.

To some extent I can fix this by enforcing a strict 1 file - 1 class  
policy, but the problem does not quite go away.

In java it's a bit simpler although far from perfect: "import  
commands.*" would import all the classes in one sweep, and of course  
the strict 1 file - 1 class policy is maintained in java for public  
classes.


What I'd love to have is something like this instead of require:

<logio.rb>
package commands

class LogIn
...
end

class LogOut
...
end

end

<main.rb>
import commands.LogIn

where import goes into the commands dir and just loads that single  
class.

Is there something like this available? Any ideas?


/C