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Diffstat (limited to 'activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/object/try.rb')
-rw-r--r-- | activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/object/try.rb | 56 |
1 files changed, 42 insertions, 14 deletions
diff --git a/activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/object/try.rb b/activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/object/try.rb index 48190e1e66..e0f70b9caa 100644 --- a/activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/object/try.rb +++ b/activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/object/try.rb @@ -9,7 +9,23 @@ class Object # # instead of # - # @person ? @person.name : nil + # @person.name if @person + # + # +try+ calls can be chained: + # + # @person.try(:spouse).try(:name) + # + # instead of + # + # @person.spouse.name if @person && @person.spouse + # + # +try+ will also return +nil+ if the receiver does not respond to the method: + # + # @person.try(:non_existing_method) # => nil + # + # instead of + # + # @person.non_existing_method if @person.respond_to?(:non_existing_method) # => nil # # +try+ returns +nil+ when called on +nil+ regardless of whether it responds # to the method: @@ -24,7 +40,7 @@ class Object # # The number of arguments in the signature must match. If the object responds # to the method the call is attempted and +ArgumentError+ is still raised - # otherwise. + # in case of argument mismatch. # # If +try+ is called without arguments it yields the receiver to a given # block unless it is +nil+: @@ -33,24 +49,33 @@ class Object # ... # end # - # Please also note that +try+ is defined on +Object+, therefore it won't work + # You can also call try with a block without accepting an argument, and the block + # will be instance_eval'ed instead: + # + # @person.try { upcase.truncate(50) } + # + # Please also note that +try+ is defined on +Object+. Therefore, it won't work # with instances of classes that do not have +Object+ among their ancestors, # like direct subclasses of +BasicObject+. For example, using +try+ with # +SimpleDelegator+ will delegate +try+ to the target instead of calling it on - # delegator itself. + # the delegator itself. def try(*a, &b) - if a.empty? && block_given? - yield self - else - public_send(*a, &b) if respond_to?(a.first) - end + try!(*a, &b) if a.empty? || respond_to?(a.first) end - # Same as #try, but will raise a NoMethodError exception if the receiving is not nil and - # does not implement the tried method. + # Same as #try, but raises a NoMethodError exception if the receiver is + # not +nil+ and does not implement the tried method. + # + # "a".try!(:upcase) # => "A" + # nil.try!(:upcase) # => nil + # 123.try!(:upcase) # => NoMethodError: undefined method `upcase' for 123:Fixnum def try!(*a, &b) if a.empty? && block_given? - yield self + if b.arity.zero? + instance_eval(&b) + else + yield self + end else public_send(*a, &b) end @@ -59,12 +84,12 @@ end class NilClass # Calling +try+ on +nil+ always returns +nil+. - # It becomes specially helpful when navigating through associations that may return +nil+. + # It becomes especially helpful when navigating through associations that may return +nil+. # # nil.try(:name) # => nil # # Without +try+ - # @person && !@person.children.blank? && @person.children.first.name + # @person && @person.children.any? && @person.children.first.name # # With +try+ # @person.try(:children).try(:first).try(:name) @@ -72,6 +97,9 @@ class NilClass nil end + # Calling +try!+ on +nil+ always returns +nil+. + # + # nil.try!(:name) # => nil def try!(*args) nil end |