Module: ObservableThing

Included in:
Jabber::Observable
Defined in:
lib/xmpp4r/observable/observable_thing.rb

Overview

XMPP4R - XMPP Library for Ruby

This file's copyright © 2009 by Pablo Lorenzzoni <pablo@propus.com.br>

License

Ruby's license (see the LICENSE file) or GNU GPL, at your option.

Website::home.gna.org/xmpp4r/

This was based on Observable module from Ruby.

Instance Method Summary (collapse)

Instance Method Details

- (Object) add_observer(thing, observer, func = :update)

Adds an observer for some “thing”.

thing

what will be observed.

observer

the observer.

func

the observer method that will be called (default: :update).



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# File 'lib/xmpp4r/observable/observable_thing.rb', line 16

def add_observer(thing, observer, func = :update)
  @things = {} unless defined? @things
  @things[thing] = {} unless ! @things[thing].nil?
  unless observer.respond_to? func
    raise NoMethodError, "observer does not respond to `#{func.to_s}'"
  end
  @things[thing][observer] = func unless @things[thing].include?(observer)
end

- (Object) changed(thing, state = true)

Change the state of some “thing”.

thing

what will have the state changed.

state

the state (default = true).



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# File 'lib/xmpp4r/observable/observable_thing.rb', line 72

def changed(thing, state = true)
  @things_state = {} unless defined? @things_state
  @things_state[thing] = state
end

- (Boolean) changed?(thing)

Check the state of some “thing”.

thing: what to have its state checked.

Returns:

  • (Boolean) 


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# File 'lib/xmpp4r/observable/observable_thing.rb', line 80

def changed?(thing)
  if defined? @things_state and @things_state[thing]
    true
  else
    false
  end
end

- (Object) count_notifications(thing)

Count the number of notifications for some “thing”.

thing

what has been observed.



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# File 'lib/xmpp4r/observable/observable_thing.rb', line 63

def count_notifications(thing)
  return 0 if (! defined?(@things_counter)) or (! @things_counter.include?(thing))
  @things_counter[thing]
end

- (Object) count_observers(thing = nil)

Count the number of observers for some “thing”.

thing

what has been observed (if nil, count all observers).



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# File 'lib/xmpp4r/observable/observable_thing.rb', line 47

def count_observers(thing = nil)
  return 0 if ! defined? @things
  size = 0
  if thing.nil?
    @things.each { |thing, hash|
      size += hash.size
    }
  else
    size = @things[thing].size unless @things[thing].nil?
  end
  size
end

- (Object) delete_observer(thing, observer)

Deletes an observer for some “thing”.

thing

what has been observed.

observer

the observer.



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# File 'lib/xmpp4r/observable/observable_thing.rb', line 29

def delete_observer(thing, observer)
  @things[thing].delete observer if defined? @things and ! @things[thing].nil?
end

- (Object) delete_observers(thing = nil)

Delete observers for some “thing”.

thing

what has been observed (if nil, deletes all observers).



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# File 'lib/xmpp4r/observable/observable_thing.rb', line 36

def delete_observers(thing = nil)
  if thing.nil?
    @things.clear if defined? @things
  else
    @things[thing].clear if defined? @things and ! @things[thing].nil?
  end
end

- (Object) notify_observers(thing, *arg)

Notify all observers of “thing” about something. This will only be enforced if the state of that “thing” is true. Also, if the observer returns the Symbol :delete_me, it will be deleted after being notified.

thing

what has been observed.

args

notification to be sent to the observers of “thing”.



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# File 'lib/xmpp4r/observable/observable_thing.rb', line 94

def notify_observers(thing, *arg)
  if changed?(thing)
    if defined? @things and ! @things[thing].nil?
      @things[thing].each { |observer, func|
        increase_counter(thing)
        @thread_store = ThreadStore.new if ! defined? @thread_store
        @thread_store.add Thread.new {
          if observer.send(func, thing, *arg) == :delete_me
            delete_observer(thing, observer)
          end
        }
      }
    end
    changed(thing, false)
  end
end

- (Boolean) pending_notifications?

Is there pending notifications?

Returns:

  • (Boolean) 


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# File 'lib/xmpp4r/observable/observable_thing.rb', line 112

def pending_notifications?
  return false if ! defined? @thread_store
  @thread_store.size > 0
end

- (Object) wait_notifications

Wait all notifications



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# File 'lib/xmpp4r/observable/observable_thing.rb', line 118

def wait_notifications
  sleep 1 while pending_notifications?
end