From: "Matthew, Graeme" <Graeme.Matthew@...>
Date: 2002-09-20T14:54:56+09:00
Subject: Private Writer

Hi all, its been a long but educational day :-)

Question:

If I create reader and writer attributes

eg
attr_reader :code, :name, :telephone
attr_writer :name, :telephone

Now self.code is a system generated code but how can I set it privately for
example

I call the db and get the data in a hash

I can use

	self.name = data['name']
	self.telephone = data['telephone']

my problem is that I cannot set the code from the db (ie data['code'])
otherwise I would have to declare it in attr_writer which would make it
public, is there a way to make a writer attribute private eg

private 

attr_writer :code


Many thanks

Graeme Matthew
Analyst Programmer
Mercer Investment Consulting
Level 29, 101 Collins Street, Melbourne, VIC, 3001, Australia
Tel  - 61 3 9245 5352 Fax - 61 3 9245 5330
visit http://www.merceric.com

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