Most of the core Alias actions are run through Alias::Manager except for Alias.create. See Alias::Manager for an explanation of how aliases are created.
Classes and Modules
Module Alias::ConsoleClass Alias::Creator
Class Alias::Creators
Class Alias::Manager
Class Alias::Validator
Public instance methods
By default, looks for existing files in config/alias.yml and then ~/.alias.yml. A config file has the following keys:
- :aliases
- This takes a hash mapping creators to their config hashes. Valid creators are :instance_method, :class_method, :constant, :class_to_instance_method and :any_to_instance_method.
- :verbose
- Sets whether creators are verbose with boolean or array of creator symbols. A boolean sets verbosity for all creators whereas the array specifies which creators. Default is false.
- :force
- Sets whether creators force optional validations with boolean or array of creator symbols. Works the same as :verbose. Default is false.
# File lib/alias.rb, line 46 def config_file @config_file ||= File.exists?("config/alias.yml") ? 'config/alias.yml' : "#{ENV['HOME']}/.alias.yml" end
Creates aliases from Alias.config_file if it exists and merges them with any explicit aliases. This method takes the same keys used by config files (see Alias.config_file) and also the following options:
- :file : Specifies a config file to override Alias.config_file. If set to false, no config file is loaded.
Examples:
# Loads any default files and the ones in :aliases. # Sets global verbosity for creators. create :aliases=>{:constant=>{"Array"=>"A"}}, :verbose=>true # Loads the given file and sets verbosity just for the :instance_method creator. create :file=>"some file", :verbose=>[:instance_method]
# File lib/alias.rb, line 29 def create(options={}) file_config = load_config_file(options.delete(:file)) new_config = Util.recursive_hash_merge(file_config, options) manager.verbose = new_config[:verbose] if new_config[:verbose] manager.force = new_config[:force] if new_config[:force] (new_config[:aliases] || {}).each do |creator_type, aliases| manager.create_aliases(creator_type, aliases) end @config = Util.recursive_hash_merge(config, new_config) end
Contains primary Alias::Manager object which is used throughout Alias.
# File lib/alias.rb, line 51 def manager @manager ||= Manager.new end