Still trying to get my head wrapped around the concepts regarding
Modules, Classes and their methods.
Once an instance of the MyErrorLogger::ErrorLogger class has been
instanciated, shouldn’t Komodo be displaying the intellisense for the
object? Using the example below, when I type “errorLogger.”, why isn’t a
list of the properties and methods of the object displayed?
Back on topic, consider the following…
#-- myErrorLogger.rb
module MyErrorLogger
class ErrorLogger
def initialize()
puts "Instance of MyErrorLogger::ErrorLogger has been created"
end
def ErrorLogger.PostError(ex)
puts "Exception error message: " + ex.to_s
end
end # class ErrorLogger
end # module MyErrorLogger
#-- testErrorLogger.rb
require ‘myErrorLogger’
include MyErrorLogger
def testBed
#-- message is displayed in console window as expected
errorLogger = MyErrorLogger::ErrorLogger.new
#-- “undefined method ‘PostError’” error gets thrown on this line
errorLogger.PostError(Exception.new(“test error message”))
end
#-- fire it up
testBed
2006/5/19, Patrick S. [email protected]:
#-- myErrorLogger.rb
end
def testBed
#-- message is displayed in console window as expected
errorLogger = MyErrorLogger::ErrorLogger.new
#-- “undefined method ‘PostError’” error gets thrown on this line
errorLogger.PostError(Exception.new(“test error message”))
PostError is a method of MyErrorLogger::ErrorLogger, i.e. of the class
instance. errorLogger is an instance of MyErrorLogger::ErrorLogger so
it cannot know this method.
Kind regards
robert
Robert K. wrote:
PostError is a method of MyErrorLogger::ErrorLogger, i.e. of the class
instance. errorLogger is an instance of MyErrorLogger::ErrorLogger so
it cannot know this method.
Kind regards
robert
I understood that when an instance of a Method::Class has been created,
the resulting object would inherit all the methods and properties it was
based on. Now I’m confused!
2006/5/19, Patrick S. [email protected]:
the resulting object would inherit all the methods and properties it was
based on. Now I’m confused!
It seems so. What is a “Method::Class” in your terminology?
Ok, I try again. All classes are objects but not all objects are
classes. A class defines instance methods. These methods can be used
in instances of the class and instances of sub classes. Every object
can also have singleton methods (there are other names for them as
well but I’ll stick with the convention Matz has founded); singleton
methods are present in that single instance only, there is no
inheritance associated with them whatsoever but you can find them in
the singleton class (every object has one and the singleton class has
only one instance). Since a class is an object it can have singleton
methods. These do roughly the same as static methods in Java, i.e. the
operate on the class level. Some code:
irb(main):001:0> class Foo
irb(main):002:1> def bar() # instance method
irb(main):003:2> “bar”
irb(main):004:2> end
irb(main):005:1> end
=> nil
irb(main):006:0> Foo.new.bar
=> “bar”
irb(main):007:0> Foo.bar
NoMethodError: undefined method bar' for Foo:Class from (irb):7 from :0 irb(main):008:0> f=Foo.new => #<Foo:0x3d0238> irb(main):009:0> f.bar => "bar" irb(main):010:0> def f.special() # singleton method irb(main):011:1> "buh!" irb(main):012:1> end => nil irb(main):013:0> f.special => "buh!" irb(main):014:0> Foo.new.special NoMethodError: undefined method special’ for #Foo:0x3b5b38
from (irb):14
from :0
irb(main):015:0> def Foo.nana() # singleton method
irb(main):016:1> “nana”
irb(main):017:1> end
=> nil
irb(main):018:0> Foo.nana
=> “nana”
irb(main):019:0> Foo.new.nana
NoMethodError: undefined method `nana’ for #Foo:0x3a8ff8
from (irb):19
from :0
Hope it helps…
robert
Robert K. wrote:
2006/5/19, Patrick S. [email protected]:
the resulting object would inherit all the methods and properties it was
based on. Now I’m confused!
It seems so. What is a “Method::Class” in your terminology?
Oops, I meant “Module::Class”. As for your reply, thanks! I need some
time to digest it.