From: Eric Hodel <drbrain@...7.net>
Date: 2004-03-10T13:35:16-08:00
Subject: Re: Borges app registration: mystery solved

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Jim Menard (jimm@io.com) wrote:

> I think I understand what's happening with the out-of-the-box Borges exam=
ples.
> WEBrick.rb includes Borges.rb, which in turn includes all of the individu=
al
> components including the Counter example. Counter.rb has
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>     class Borges::Counter < Borges::Component
>       # ...
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>       register_application('counter')
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>     end
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> This means register_application gets called when the file is required. Th=
at
> method registers the application with the default dispatcher, which is the
> object responsible for recoginizing the '/counter' part of the URL.

Yep.

> The 'tutorial' app isn't registered because the require statements for th=
at
> one and a few others are commented out of the top-level Borges.rb file.

I haven't bothered to verify that the tutorial app works yet, its
very Smalltalkish.

> This means that in order to add your own application you can add it to
> Borges.rb.

You don't need to do this, from your application code, you should:

require 'Borges'

class MyCounter < Borges::Component

  ...

  register_application 'mycounter'

end

See the SushiNet example in:

/usr/local/share/examples/ruby/Borges/

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