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-rw-r--r--activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/object/try.rb14
-rw-r--r--activesupport/test/core_ext/object_and_class_ext_test.rb10
2 files changed, 23 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/object/try.rb b/activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/object/try.rb
index 48e9d04787..4d742b9ed2 100644
--- a/activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/object/try.rb
+++ b/activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/object/try.rb
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ class Object
# *Unlike* that method however, a +NoMethodError+ exception will *not* be raised
# and +nil+ will be returned instead, if the receiving object is a +nil+ object or NilClass.
#
+ # If try is called without a method to call, it will yield any given block with the object.
+ #
# ==== Examples
#
# Without try
@@ -21,10 +23,20 @@ class Object
# +try+ also accepts arguments and/or a block, for the method it is trying
# Person.try(:find, 1)
# @people.try(:collect) {|p| p.name}
+ #
+ # Without a method argument try will yield to the block unless the reciever is nil.
+ # @person.try { |p| "#{p.first_name} #{p.last_name}" }
#--
# +try+ behaves like +Object#send+, unless called on +NilClass+.
- alias_method :try, :__send__
+ def try(*a, &b)
+ if a.empty? && block_given?
+ yield self
+ else
+ __send__(*a, &b)
+ end
+ end
+
end
class NilClass #:nodoc:
diff --git a/activesupport/test/core_ext/object_and_class_ext_test.rb b/activesupport/test/core_ext/object_and_class_ext_test.rb
index 64f339ed90..398e6ca9b2 100644
--- a/activesupport/test/core_ext/object_and_class_ext_test.rb
+++ b/activesupport/test/core_ext/object_and_class_ext_test.rb
@@ -134,4 +134,14 @@ class ObjectTryTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
def test_false_try
assert_equal 'false', false.try(:to_s)
end
+
+ def test_try_only_block
+ assert_equal @string.reverse, @string.try { |s| s.reverse }
+ end
+
+ def test_try_only_block_nil
+ ran = false
+ nil.try { ran = true }
+ assert_equal false, ran
+ end
end