Class Delegator
In: lib/delegate.rb
Parent: Object

Delegator is an abstract class used to build delegator pattern objects from subclasses. Subclasses should redefine __getobj__. For a concrete implementation, see SimpleDelegator.

Methods

__getobj__   marshal_dump   marshal_load   method_missing   new   respond_to?  

External Aliases

initialize -> initialize_methods

Public Class methods

new(obj)

Pass in the obj to delegate method calls to. All methods supported by obj will be delegated to.

Public Instance methods

__getobj__()

This method must be overridden by subclasses and should return the object method calls are being delegated to.

marshal_dump()

Serialization support for the object returned by __getobj__.

marshal_load(obj)

Reinitializes delegation from a serialized object.

method_missing(m, *args)

Handles the magic of delegation through __getobj__.

respond_to?(m)

Checks for a method provided by this the delegate object by fowarding the call through __getobj__.

[Validate]

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