Cleaner way?

Ruby
1

I’ll first admit this is a lot cleaner and more succinct than my first
pass of it… but well
Is there a way to make this case and send block clearer and cleaner?

Thanks,
Kyle

def getProperties(type=:textField)

logWarning("Please use a symbol, not a string for :#{type.to_s}")

unless type.is_a?Symbol

converter = case type.to_sym
  when :textField,:text_field then "clone"
  when :text,:t,:value then "value"
  when :html then "html"
  else logError("I'm not familiar with :#{type.to_s}, please try

another type.")
end

{:name=>@ie.text_field(:id,/EnvironmentTextEdit/).send(converter),
:start=>@ie.text_field(:id,/StartYearEdit/).send(converter),
:years=>@ie.text_field(:id,/NumberOfYearsEdit/).send(converter)}

end

2

I recently upgraded rails from 1.2.2 to 1.2.3 with (I believe) this
command:

gem install rails --system

Somehow this has caused gem to ignore most of my previously installed
gems.

THe directory /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems contains:

RedCloth-3.0.4 actionwebservice-1.1.2
acts_as_searchable-0.1.0 mongrel-0.3.13.3
rails-1.1.2 sources-0.0.1
actionmailer-1.2.1 actionwebservice-1.1.4
capistrano-1.1.0 mongrel_cluster-0.2.0
rails-1.1.4
actionmailer-1.2.3 activerecord-1.14.2
daemons-1.0.1 needle-1.3.0
rake-0.7.1
actionpack-1.12.1 activerecord-1.14.3
fixrbconfig-1.2 net-sftp-1.1.0
rcss-0.3.1
actionpack-1.12.3 activesupport-1.3.1
gem_plugin-0.2.1 net-ssh-1.0.9
rmagick-1.13.0

However, gem list only shows these:

*** LOCAL GEMS ***

actionmailer (1.3.3)

actionpack (1.13.3)

actionwebservice (1.2.3)

activerecord (1.15.3)

activesupport (1.4.2)

hpricot (0.6)

rails (1.2.3)

rake (0.7.3)

rfacebook (0.7.1)

sources (0.0.1)

It was a huge hassle to get some of these installed on OSX (like
rmagick) and I’d rather not have to re-do them.

How can I fix this?

THanks

3

On 8/2/07, Peter B. [email protected] wrote:

I recently upgraded rails from 1.2.2 to 1.2.3 with (I believe) this
command:

gem install rails --system

Somehow this has caused gem to ignore most of my previously installed
gems.

I’m not sure, but I’d start here:

http://armyofevilrobots.com/node/418

By the way, I don’t actually see a --system option on install in gem
help.

–
Giles B.

Blog: http://gilesbowkett.blogspot.com
Portfolio: http://www.gilesgoatboy.org

4

2007/8/3, Kyle S. [email protected]:

unless type.is_a?Symbol
{:name=>@ie.text_field(:id,/EnvironmentTextEdit/).send(converter),
:start=>@ie.text_field(:id,/StartYearEdit/).send(converter),
:years=>@ie.text_field(:id,/NumberOfYearsEdit/).send(converter)}
end

How about

MAP={
:text_field => “clone”,
:textField => “clone”,
:text => “value”,
:t => “value”,
:value => “value”,
:html => “html”
}

def get_properties(type=:text_field)
logWarning(“Please use a symbol, not a string for :#{type.to_s}”)
unless Symbol === type

converter = MAP[:type] or
logError(“I’m not familiar with :#{type.to_s}, please try another
type.”)

{
:name=>@ie.text_field(:id,/EnvironmentTextEdit/).send(converter),
:start=>@ie.text_field(:id,/StartYearEdit/).send(converter),
:years=>@ie.text_field(:id,/NumberOfYearsEdit/).send(converter)
}
end

Kind regards

robert

5

Kyle S. schrieb:

I’ll first admit this is a lot cleaner and more succinct than my first
pass of it… but well
Is there a way to make this case and send block clearer and cleaner?

I would only resort to #send and friends if neccessarity occurs:

def convert value, type
case type.to_sym
when :textField,:text_field then value.clone
when :text,:t,:value then value.value
when :html then value.html
else value
end
end

def getProperties type = :textField
{
:name => convert(@ie.text_field(:id, /EnvironmentTextEdit/), type),
:start => convert(@ie.text_field(:id, /StartYearEdit/), type),
:years => convert(@ie.text_field(:id, /NumberOfYearsEdit/), type)
}
end

thats much more pleasing to my eye, but YMMV

cheers

Simon