add API::Method#expects_index_of helper to get the index of

a named parameter


git-svn-id: http://svn-commit.rubyonrails.org/rails/trunk@1091 5ecf4fe2-1ee6-0310-87b1-e25e094e27de

1 files changed, 10 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/actionwebservice/lib/action_web_service/api.rb b/actionwebservice/lib/action_web_service/api.rb
index 4548856d86..edc2ff17f4 100644
--- a/actionwebservice/lib/action_web_service/api.rb
+++ b/actionwebservice/lib/action_web_service/api.rb
@@ -182,6 +182,16 @@ module ActionWebService # :nodoc:
         @caster.cast_returns(return_value)
       end
 
+      # Returns the index of the first expected parameter
+      # with the given name
+      def expects_index_of(param_name)
+        return -1 if @expects.nil?
+        (0..(@expects.length-1)).each do |i|
+          return i if @expects[i].name.to_s == param_name.to_s
+        end
+        -1
+      end
+
       # String representation of this method
       def to_s
         fqn = ""