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Diffstat (limited to 'activesupport')
| -rw-r--r-- | activesupport/lib/active_support/callbacks.rb | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | activesupport/lib/active_support/concern.rb | 35 |
2 files changed, 38 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/activesupport/lib/active_support/callbacks.rb b/activesupport/lib/active_support/callbacks.rb index 1c7802f7de..adabdd3388 100644 --- a/activesupport/lib/active_support/callbacks.rb +++ b/activesupport/lib/active_support/callbacks.rb @@ -568,7 +568,9 @@ module ActiveSupport # # would trigger <tt>Audit#before_save</tt> instead. That's constructed by calling # <tt>"#{kind}_#{name}"</tt> on the given instance. In this case "kind" is "before" and - # "name" is "save". + # "name" is "save". In this context treat ":kind" and ":name" as special thing where + # ":kind" refers to "callback type(before/after)" and ":name" refers to the method on + # which callbacks are being defined. # # A declaration like # diff --git a/activesupport/lib/active_support/concern.rb b/activesupport/lib/active_support/concern.rb index eb31f7cad4..408d327dd7 100644 --- a/activesupport/lib/active_support/concern.rb +++ b/activesupport/lib/active_support/concern.rb @@ -1,3 +1,38 @@ +# A typical module looks like this +# +# module M +# def self.included(base) +# base.send(:extend, ClassMethods) +# base.send(:include, InstanceMethods) +# scope :foo, :conditions => {:created_at => nil} +# end +# +# module ClassMethods +# def cm; puts 'I am class method'; end +# end +# +# module InstanceMethods +# def im; puts 'I am instance method'; end +# end +# end +# +# By using <tt>ActiveSupport::Concern</tt> above module could be written as: +# +# module M +# extend ActiveSupport::Concern +# +# included do +# scope :foo, :conditions => {:created_at => nil} +# end +# +# module ClassMethods +# def cm; puts 'I am class method'; end +# end +# +# module InstanceMethods +# def im; puts 'I am instance method'; end +# end +# end module ActiveSupport module Concern def self.extended(base) |