RDoc::Alias

Represent an alias, which is an old_name/new_name pair associated with a particular context

Attributes

name[R]

Aliased method’s name

new_name[R]

Aliased method’s name

old_name[R]

Aliasee method’s name

singleton[RW]

Is this an alias declared in a singleton context?

text[R]

Source file token stream

Public Class Methods

new(text, old_name, new_name, comment, singleton = false) click to toggle source

Creates a new Alias with a token stream of text that aliases old_name to new_name, has comment and is a singleton context.

 
               # File rdoc/alias.rb, line 36
def initialize(text, old_name, new_name, comment, singleton = false)
  super()

  @text = text
  @singleton = singleton
  @old_name = old_name
  @new_name = new_name
  self.comment = comment
end

Public Instance Methods

<=>(other) click to toggle source

Order by singleton then new_name

 
               # File rdoc/alias.rb, line 49
def <=>(other)
  [@singleton ? 0 : 1, new_name] <=> [other.singleton ? 0 : 1, other.new_name]
end

aref() click to toggle source

HTML fragment reference for this alias

 
               # File rdoc/alias.rb, line 56
def aref
  type = singleton ? 'c' : 'i'
  "#alias-#{type}-#{html_name}"
end

full_old_name() click to toggle source

Full old name including namespace

 
               # File rdoc/alias.rb, line 64
def full_old_name
  @full_name || "#{parent.name}#{pretty_old_name}"
end

html_name() click to toggle source

HTML id-friendly version of #new_name.

 
               # File rdoc/alias.rb, line 71
def html_name
  CGI.escape(@new_name.gsub('-', '-2D')).gsub('%','-').sub(/^-/, '')
end

name_prefix() click to toggle source

‘::’ for the alias of a singleton method/attribute, ‘#’ for instance-level.

 
               # File rdoc/alias.rb, line 86
def name_prefix
  singleton ? '::' : '#'
end

pretty_name() click to toggle source

Alias for: pretty_new_name

pretty_new_name() click to toggle source

New name with prefix ‘::’ or ‘#’.

 
               # File rdoc/alias.rb, line 100
def pretty_new_name
  "#{singleton ? '::' : '#'}#{@new_name}"
end

Also aliased as: pretty_name

pretty_old_name() click to toggle source

Old name with prefix ‘::’ or ‘#’.

 
               # File rdoc/alias.rb, line 93
def pretty_old_name
  "#{singleton ? '::' : '#'}#{@old_name}"
end

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