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authorJosh Susser <josh@hasmanythrough.com>2009-01-16 17:26:08 -0800
committerPratik Naik <pratiknaik@gmail.com>2009-01-18 00:47:38 +0000
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Refactor Object#try to use inheritance. [#1774 state:resolved]
Signed-off-by: Pratik Naik <pratiknaik@gmail.com>
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+class Object
+ # Tries to send the method only if object responds to it. Return +nil+ otherwise.
+ # It will also forward any arguments and/or block like Object#send does.
+ #
+ # ==== Examples
+ #
+ # Without try
+ # @person && @person.name
+ # or
+ # @person ? @person.name : nil
+ #
+ # With try
+ # @person.try(:name)
+ #
+ # Try also accepts arguments/blocks for the method it is trying
+ # Person.try(:find, 1)
+ # @people.try(:collect) {|p| p.name}
+ #--
+ # This method def is for rdoc only. The alias_method below overrides it as an optimization.
+ def try(method, *args, &block)
+ send(method, *args, &block)
+ end
+ alias_method :try, :__send__
+end
+
+class NilClass
+ def try(*args)
+ nil
+ end
+end