Class Machinist::Blueprint
In: lib/machinist/blueprint.rb
Parent: Object

A Blueprint defines a method of constructing objects of a particular class.

Methods

each_ancestor   lathe_class   make   new   parent_blueprint  

Attributes

block  [R] 
klass  [R] 
parent  [R] 

Public Class methods

new(klass, options = {}, &block)

Construct a blueprint for the given klass.

Pass in the +:parent+ option to define a parent blueprint to apply after this one. You can supply another blueprint, or a class in which to look for a blueprint. In the latter case, make will walk up the superclass chain looking for blueprints to apply.

Public Instance methods

each_ancestor() {|ancestor| ...}

Yields the parent blueprint, its parent blueprint, etc.

lathe_class()

Returns the Lathe class used to make objects for this blueprint.

Subclasses can override this to substitute a custom lathe class.

make(attributes = {})

Generate an object from this blueprint.

Pass in attributes to override values defined in the blueprint.

parent_blueprint()

Returns the parent blueprint for this blueprint.

[Validate]