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A classic configuration store, that turns out Hash keys to methods to render an environment-aware configuration. Likewise, it handles any other application-wide value that can modify the rendering of the configuration.

Ruby 1.9.3 is required (i guess... 2.* for sure).

Install it with rubygems:

gem install figure

With bundler, add it to your Gemfile:

gem "figure"

The usual...

require 'figure'

Figure.configure do |config|
  config.config_directories << "yours"
  config.env = "your_env"
end

if Figure.that.configuration.item
  # value would be found in that.figure.yml
  # see `Sources` below for other options on source file names and location
  puts "our configuration has this item : #{Figure.that.configuration.item}"
end

YAML files. So far.

In the above-mentioned config_directories, will look for any such file, that is named *.figure.ymlor found in afigure` subdirectory

Have a peep at the fixture files in the spec/ directory to see what kind of YAML will be made useful.

In a conf.figure.yml file :

:my_conf:
  :hash:
    :default_env:
      :answer: 42
    :test:
      :answer: 0
    :production:
      :answer: 41

Will spot default_env key, will understand it defines defaults (yah a-will), and will look into a list of classes/modules for one that responds to env. The returned value will be used to render the fitting configuration according to it.

Hence in ruby code :

Figure.configure do |c|
  c.env = 'test'
end

# - hash keys are namespaced by the file name `conf`
# - :test node is omitted
puts Figure.conf.my_conf.hash.answer # puts 0

See Responders below for the said "responders" list.

The same key pattern can be used to set any other modifyer value.

With a 'services.figure.yml' file :

:available:
  :default_locale:
    :fr:
      - foo
      - bar
      - baz
      - bam
    :en:
      - foo
      - bar
      - tender

The french instance of the applications will offer the foo, bar, baz, bam services while the english one foo, bar, tender, found in ruby code with a :

Figure.services.available

See Responders below for the manner to have Figure use the correct locale value, and thus the correct locale node.

To get the current value of anything when a default_anything key is spotted, Figure class will be probed. But so far, only the env accessor is defined for this class.

So if a custom responder is needed, it can be pushed in the Figure.responders array.

In the above example, with default_locale node :

# given the i18n gem is available
I18n.locale = :en
Figure.responders << I18n

puts Figure.services.available # => [:foo, :bar, :tender]

When Rails is defined, figure will push the Rails.root.join('config') subdirectory in the config_directories, to point the conf' files location.

Rails will be pushed as well in the Figure.responders. Hence, Rails.env will be available to figure to render the proper configuration.

Eager and sincere thanks to all the Ruby guys and chicks for making all this so easy to devise.

I was tempted by the WTFPL, but i have to take time to read it. So far see LICENSE.