method

add_class

v1_9_2_180 - Show latest stable - 0 notes - Class: RDoc::Context

add_class(class_type, name, superclass = 'Object') public

Adds a class named name with superclass.

Given class Container::Item RDoc assumes Container is a module unless it later sees class Container. add_class automatically upgrades name to a class in this case.

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# File lib/rdoc/context.rb, line 274
  def add_class(class_type, name, superclass = 'Object')
    klass = add_class_or_module @classes, class_type, name, superclass

    existing = klass.superclass
    existing = existing.name if existing and not String === existing

    if superclass != existing and superclass != 'Object' then
      klass.superclass = superclass
    end

    # If the parser encounters Container::Item before encountering
    # Container, then it assumes that Container is a module.  This may not
    # be the case, so remove Container from the module list if present and
    # transfer any contained classes and modules to the new class.

    mod = RDoc::TopLevel.modules_hash.delete klass.full_name

    if mod then
      klass.classes_hash.update mod.classes_hash
      klass.modules_hash.update mod.modules_hash
      klass.method_list.concat mod.method_list

      @modules.delete klass.name
    end

    RDoc::TopLevel.classes_hash[klass.full_name] = klass

    klass
  end

add_class

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