#!/usr/bin/env ruby #-- # Copyright 2004, 2006 by Jim Weirich (jim@weirichhouse.org). # All rights reserved. # Permission is granted for use, copying, modification, distribution, # and distribution of modified versions of this work as long as the # above copyright notice is included. #++ ###################################################################### # BlankSlate provides an abstract base class with no predefined # methods (except for \_\_send__ and \_\_id__). # BlankSlate is useful as a base class when writing classes that # depend upon method_missing (e.g. dynamic proxies). # class BlankSlate class << self # Hide the method named +name+ in the BlankSlate class. Don't # hide +instance_eval+ or any method beginning with "__". def hide(name) if instance_methods.include?(name.to_s) and name !~ /^(__|instance_eval)/ @hidden_methods ||= {} @hidden_methods[name.to_sym] = instance_method(name) undef_method name end end def find_hidden_method(name) @hidden_methods ||= {} @hidden_methods[name] || superclass.find_hidden_method(name) end # Redefine a previously hidden method so that it may be called on a blank # slate object. def reveal(name) bound_method = nil unbound_method = find_hidden_method(name) fail "Don't know how to reveal method '#{name}'" unless unbound_method define_method(name) do |*args| bound_method ||= unbound_method.bind(self) bound_method.call(*args) end end end instance_methods.each { |m| hide(m) } end ###################################################################### # Since Ruby is very dynamic, methods added to the ancestors of # BlankSlate after BlankSlate is defined will show up in the # list of available BlankSlate methods. We handle this by defining a # hook in the Object and Kernel classes that will hide any method # defined after BlankSlate has been loaded. # module Kernel class << self alias_method :blank_slate_method_added, :method_added # Detect method additions to Kernel and remove them in the # BlankSlate class. def method_added(name) result = blank_slate_method_added(name) return result if self != Kernel BlankSlate.hide(name) result end end end ###################################################################### # Same as above, except in Object. # class Object class << self alias_method :blank_slate_method_added, :method_added # Detect method additions to Object and remove them in the # BlankSlate class. def method_added(name) result = blank_slate_method_added(name) return result if self != Object BlankSlate.hide(name) result end def find_hidden_method(name) nil end end end ###################################################################### # Also, modules included into Object need to be scanned and have their # instance methods removed from blank slate. In theory, modules # included into Kernel would have to be removed as well, but a # "feature" of Ruby prevents late includes into modules from being # exposed in the first place. # class Module alias blankslate_original_append_features append_features def append_features(mod) result = blankslate_original_append_features(mod) return result if mod != Object instance_methods.each do |name| BlankSlate.hide(name) end result end end