From: Rahul Kumar <sentinel1879@...>
Date: 2010-11-01T15:19:17+09:00
Subject: create a shell within an app

I have a client application - often i am needing to explore/inspect the
classes that I get from the server. Loading the client each time with a
logger.debug statement is cumbersome and takes time due to server
connections and getting data.

I'd like to be able to expose the insides of the client to a shell
(could be inside the client) or could connect to the client. It's an
ncurses app, I can always prompt the user on clicking some key.

However, my query is: how does one expose the environment to this shell.
On the prompt given, I should be able to query objects just as in irb.
e.g
>> x.class
>> x.public_methods
>> x.name


Alternatively, is there already some existing gem which allows me to
expose the internals to a port, so another irb-like client can connect
and query the state ?
thx, rkumar

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