Java style annotations in Ruby

annotations.rb

module Annotations
  def annotations(meth=nil)
    return @__annotations__[meth] if meth
    @__annotations__
  end

  private

  def method_added(m)
    (@__annotations__ ||= {})[m] = @__last_annotation__ if @__last_annotation__
    @__last_annotation__ = nil
    super
  end

  def method_missing(meth, *args)
    return super unless /\A_/ =~ meth
    @__last_annotation__ ||= {}
    @__last_annotation__[meth[1..-1].to_sym] = args.size == 1 ? args.first : args
  end
end

class A
  extend Annotations

  _hello   color: 'red',   ancho:   23
  _goodbye color: 'green', alto:  -123
  _foobar  color: 'blew'
  def m1; end

  def m2; end

  _foobar  color: 'cyan'
  def m3; end

  def self.a
    @__annotations__
  end
end

p A.a