From: Alia Amin <camin@...>
Date: 2002-07-02T18:36:17+09:00
Subject: Re: package protected methods


Hi,

irb(main):001:0> class Aclass
irb(main):002:1> protected
irb(main):003:1> def faclass1
irb(main):004:2> puts "faclass1"
irb(main):005:2> end
irb(main):006:1> public
irb(main):007:1> def faclass2
irb(main):008:2> puts "faclass2"
irb(main):009:2> end
irb(main):010:1> end
nil
irb(main):011:0> inst = Aclass.new
#<Aclass:0x2ad7cd0>
irb(main):012:0> inst.faclass2
faclass2
nil
irb(main):013:0> inst.faclass1
NameError: protected method `faclass1' called for #<Aclass:0x2ad7cd0>
        from (irb):13


regards,
alia

Matthias Veit wrote:

>Hi,
>
>is there a possibility to gain a visibility like java's 
>package protection construct:
>classes in the same module (or class) can access methods, 
>that are not visible from otside the package.
>
>Eg:
>module A
>  class B
>    protected
>    def foo
>    end
>  end
>
>  class C
>    def foo
>      B.new.foo
>    end
>  end
>end
>
>A::C.new.foo #no error
>A::B.new.foo #raise error
>
>I don't want to use the send method, so the only solution at
>the moment is simply to not use the protected modifier.
>The problem seems to me so common, that there must be a 
>solution I did not realized - but which? 
>
>Best regads,
>Matthias
>
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