From: Gennady <gfb@...>
Date: 2003-08-12T07:24:35+09:00
Subject: Re: newbie mixin questions


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Michael Garriss" <mgarriss@earthlink.net>
To: "ruby-talk ML" <ruby-talk@ruby-lang.org>
Sent: Monday, August 11, 2003 3:16 PM
Subject: newbie mixin questions


> Hi,
>     Just 2 questions:
> 
> 1) How can I mixin a class method (not an instance method)?

class A
  class << self
    include SomeModule 
 end
end

> 
> 2) How can I force a certain method to be called when the an object of a 
> class that includes that module is initialized?  Sort of like a mixin 
> initialize....

module SomeModule
  def new(*args)
    object = super *args
    # call whatever you want here
    object
  end
end

> 
> TIA
> Michael Garriss
> 
> 
>