save_class

# File lib/rdoc/ri/store.rb, line 187
  def save_class klass
    FileUtils.mkdir_p class_path(klass.full_name)

    @cache[:modules] << klass.full_name

    path = class_file klass.full_name

    begin
      disk_klass = nil

      open path, 'rb' do |io|
        disk_klass = Marshal.load io.read
      end

      klass.merge disk_klass
    rescue Errno::ENOENT
    end

    # BasicObject has no ancestors
    ancestors = klass.ancestors.compact.map do |ancestor|
      # HACK for classes we don't know about (class X < RuntimeError)
      String === ancestor ? ancestor : ancestor.full_name
    end

    @cache[:ancestors][klass.full_name] ||= []
    @cache[:ancestors][klass.full_name].push(*ancestors)

    attributes = klass.attributes.map do |attribute|
      "#{attribute.type} #{attribute.name}"
    end

    unless attributes.empty? then
      @cache[:attributes][klass.full_name] ||= []
      @cache[:attributes][klass.full_name].push(*attributes)
    end

    open path, 'wb' do |io|
      Marshal.dump klass, io
    end
  end