From: Raj pal <lists@...>
Date: 2013-01-30T20:02:26+09:00
Subject: Re: question on watir

Joel Pearson wrote in post #1094314:
> Raj pal wrote in post #1094296:
>> I am not sure whether you have answered my question. Actually my
>> question was the define_method was getting called when I execute the
>> file, But there was no object creation is in my file like you did(
>> Raja.new.raja). "define_method" is getting called when I execute the
>> file, So my question was who calls this define method. Actually it was
>> declared inside Module.rb.
>>
>> like
>>
>> def define_method(*args)
>> end
>>
>> RAJ
>
> Because you haven't contained it within a method, it'll execute when you
> run the file.

I think you have misunderstood,

For an example consider the code below
---------------------------------------------
class Raja < Watir::TestCase

  def test_2_Event
      puts 'raja'
  end

  def test_3_Followup
      puts 'gopal'
  end

  def test_4_hi
      puts 'hi'
  end

  def testhello
    puts 'hiiii'
  end


end
---------------------------------------------

Now for the above class you no need to create the object, instead if you 
execute the file which contains this class, it will be executed 
successfully. So Watir::TestCase contains some thing which invoke this 
function name starts with "test". Now what if we have 1000 files which 
starts with test, So we have a method "define_method" which generate the 
function dynamically. This takes the name as an argument.for an example 
define_method(test_3_Followup). Now my question how these function are 
getting invoked without any calling to these functions?

Raj

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