require File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/module_attribute_accessors' module Dependencies extend self @@loaded = [ ] mattr_accessor :loaded @@mechanism = :load mattr_accessor :mechanism def load? mechanism == :load end def depend_on(file_name, swallow_load_errors = false) if !loaded.include?(file_name) loaded << file_name begin require_or_load(file_name) rescue LoadError raise unless swallow_load_errors rescue Object => e raise ScriptError, "#{e.message}" end end end def associate_with(file_name) depend_on(file_name, true) end def clear self.loaded = [ ] end def require_or_load(file_name) load? ? load("#{file_name}.rb") : require(file_name) end def remove_subclasses_for(*classes) classes.each { |klass| klass.remove_subclasses } end end Object.send(:define_method, :require_or_load) { |file_name| Dependencies.require_or_load(file_name) } unless Object.respond_to?(:require_or_load) Object.send(:define_method, :require_dependency) { |file_name| Dependencies.depend_on(file_name) } unless Object.respond_to?(:require_dependency) Object.send(:define_method, :require_association) { |file_name| Dependencies.associate_with(file_name) } unless Object.respond_to?(:require_association) class Object #:nodoc: class << self # Use const_missing to autoload associations so we don't have to # require_association when using single-table inheritance. def const_missing(class_id) begin require_or_load(class_id.to_s.demodulize.underscore) if Object.const_defined?(class_id) then return Object.const_get(class_id) else raise LoadError end rescue LoadError raise NameError, "uninitialized constant #{class_id}" end end end end