class 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 [R]

Is this an alias declared in a singleton context?

Public Class Methods

new (old_name, new_name, comment, singleton: false)

Source

# File lib/rdoc/code_object/alias.rb, line 32
def initialize(old_name, new_name, comment, singleton: false)
  super()

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

Creates a new Alias that aliases old_name to new_name, has comment and is a singleton context.

Calls superclass method RDoc::CodeObject::new

Public Instance Methods

<=> (other)

Source

# File lib/rdoc/code_object/alias.rb, line 44
def <=>(other)
  [@singleton ? 0 : 1, new_name] <=> [other.singleton ? 0 : 1, other.new_name]
end

Order by singleton then new_name

aref ()

Source

# File lib/rdoc/code_object/alias.rb, line 51
def aref
  type = singleton ? 'c' : 'i'
  "#alias-#{type}-#{html_name}"
end

HTML fragment reference for this alias

html_name ()

Source

# File lib/rdoc/code_object/alias.rb, line 59
def html_name
  CGI.escape(@new_name.gsub('-', '-2D')).gsub('%', '-').sub(/^-/, '')
end

HTML id-friendly version of new_name.

name_prefix ()

Source

# File lib/rdoc/code_object/alias.rb, line 74
def name_prefix
  singleton ? '::' : '#'
end

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

pretty_name ()

Alias for: pretty_new_name

pretty_new_name ()

Source

# File lib/rdoc/code_object/alias.rb, line 88
def pretty_new_name
  "#{singleton ? '::' : '#'}#{@new_name}"
end

New name with prefix ‘::’ or ‘#’.

Also aliased as: pretty_name

pretty_old_name ()

Source

# File lib/rdoc/code_object/alias.rb, line 81
def pretty_old_name
  "#{singleton ? '::' : '#'}#{@old_name}"
end

Old name with prefix ‘::’ or ‘#’.