Factorymethods

Installation

Add this line to your application's Gemfile:

gem 'factorymethods'

And then execute:

$ bundle

Or install it yourself as:

$ gem install factorymethods

Usage

# Define factory class with static factory methods
class Humanoid
  # add ability to use deffactory macro
  extend FactoryMethods

  # Define necessary static factories
  deffactory :call
  deffactory :shout
  deffactory :make_some

  # define instance relevant methods
  def initialize(thing)
    @thing = thing
  end

  def call
    puts 'CALL 911!'
  end

  def make_some
    puts "CRAFTING #{@thing}"
  end

  def shout(&block)
    puts "SHOUT: #{block.call}"
  end
end

# Use your factories

# without arguments
Humanoid.call
# => CALL 911!

# with block
Humanoid.shout { "humanoid instance says 'HELLO'" }
# => SHOUT: humanoid instance says 'HELLO'

# with arguments, passed to constructor
Humanoid.make_some(:coffee)
# => CRAFTING coffee

Development

After checking out the repo, run bin/setup to install dependencies. Then, run rake spec to run the tests. You can also run bin/console for an interactive prompt that will allow you to experiment.

To install this gem onto your local machine, run bundle exec rake install. To release a new version, update the version number in version.rb, and then run bundle exec rake release, which will create a git tag for the version, push git commits and tags, and push the .gem file to rubygems.org.

Contributing

Bug reports and pull requests are welcome on GitHub at https://github.com/o-kurnenkov/factorymethods.