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Diffstat (limited to 'activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/class')
-rw-r--r-- | activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/class/removal.rb | 9 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/class/removal.rb b/activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/class/removal.rb index 0c70e7181a..f768313abe 100644 --- a/activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/class/removal.rb +++ b/activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/class/removal.rb @@ -1,12 +1,21 @@ class Class #:nodoc: + + # Will unassociate the class with its subclasses as well as uninitializing the subclasses themselves. + # >> Integer.remove_subclasses + # => [Bignum, Fixnum] + # >> Fixnum + # NameError: uninitialized constant Fixnum def remove_subclasses Object.remove_subclasses_of(self) end + # Returns a list of classes that inherit from this class in an array. + # Example: Integer.subclasses => ["Bignum", "Fixnum"] def subclasses Object.subclasses_of(self).map { |o| o.to_s } end + # Allows you to remove individual subclasses or a selection of subclasses from a class without removing all of them. def remove_class(*klasses) klasses.flatten.each do |klass| # Skip this class if there is nothing bound to this name |