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February 24, 2011 05:29
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test including a module on the fly using the singleton class (probably a bad idea...)
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# Where the magic happens... | |
module RuntimeInclude | |
def get_singleton | |
class << self | |
self | |
end | |
end | |
def runtime_include(the_module) | |
get_singleton.send(:include,the_module) | |
end | |
end | |
module Payments | |
module DPS | |
def foo | |
"dps" | |
end | |
end | |
module EWAY | |
def foo | |
"eway" | |
end | |
end | |
end | |
class Booking | |
include RuntimeInclude | |
def lets_go_eway | |
runtime_include(Payments::EWAY) | |
end | |
def lets_go_dps | |
runtime_include(Payments::DPS) | |
end | |
def foo | |
"none" | |
end | |
end | |
booking1 = Booking.new | |
puts "booking1 (original): #{booking1.foo}" | |
booking1.lets_go_eway | |
puts "booking1 (eway): #{booking1.foo}" | |
booking2 = Booking.new | |
booking2.lets_go_dps | |
puts "booking2 (dps): #{booking2.foo}" | |
puts "booking1 (still eway): #{booking1.foo}" | |
# You can flip it but only once. Scary..? | |
# I'm guessing once a module is included, re-including it does nothing | |
booking1.lets_go_dps | |
puts "booking1 (now dps): #{booking1.foo}" | |
booking1.lets_go_eway | |
puts "booking1 (is still dps): #{booking1.foo}" | |
# output: | |
# booking1 (original): none | |
# booking1 (eway): eway | |
# booking2 (dps): dps | |
# booking1 (still eway): eway | |
# booking1 (now dps): dps | |
# booking1 (is still dps): dps |
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