From: "Skye Shaw!@#$" <skye.shaw@...>
Date: 2010-12-29T05:25:21+09:00
Subject: Re: Calling OSX API similar to calling Win32 API?

On Dec 28, 10:42 am, Thomas Thomassen <tho...@thomthom.net> wrote:
> I'm writing plugins for Google SketchUp using its Ruby API. I want to
> manipulate some windows from my script and under Windows I have this
> working by using the Win32 API.
>
> But how can one do this under OSX?

I've never used SketchUp, but I thought this was abstracted through
their API (just curious)? Are these non-SketchUp windows of native
applications?

This sounds like it could be solved by the AbstractFactory pattern:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abstract_factory_pattern
though I can't say if it's the right approach without more info.

class OSXWindow
  def title
  #OSX native stuff
  end
end

# class Win32Window...

class Window
  def initialize
    case PLATFORM #is there an arch-less variable for this?
    when /darwin/
      OSXWindow.new
    when /win32/
      Win32Window.new
    else
      raise "#{PLATFORM} is not supported"
  end
end

w = Window.new

-Skye