Classes
Classes Example
class Person
# when you create a new object, it looks for a method named initialize and executes it, like a constructor in java
# def initialize(name, number)
# @name = name
# @number = number
# end
# instance variable
# @name
# class variable
# @@count
# attr_accessor acts as a getter and setter for the following instance attributes
attr_accessor :name, :number
# class variable must be initialized
@@count = 0
def self.count
@@count
end
def self.count=(count)
@@count = count
end
def initialize
@@count += 1
end
end
# create an instance of the Person class
p1 = Person.new
# set attributes of the Person class
p1.name = "Yukihiro Matsumoto"
p1.number = 9999999999
# get attributes of the Person class
puts "#{p1.name}"
puts "#{p1.number}"
puts "#{Person.count}"
# Yukihiro Matsumoto
# 9999999999
# 1
p2 = Person.new
p2.name = "Yukihiro Matsumoto"
p2.number = 9999999999
# get attributes of the Person class
puts "#{p2.name}"
puts "#{p2.number}"
puts "#{Person.count}"
# Yukihiro Matsumoto
# 9999999999
# 2
# set class variable
Person.count = 3
puts "#{Person.count}"
# 3
Inherit a class
class Person
attr_accessor :name, :number
end
# Inherit methods and properties from parent class using < symbol
class Student < Person
attr_accessor :id
end
s = Student.new
s.name = "James Bond"
s.number = 700
s.id = 678
puts "#{p.name}"
James Bond
puts "#{p.number}"
700
puts "#{p.id}"
678
Check instance type
class Vehicle; end
class Car < Vehicle; end
class Audi < Car; end
car = Car.new
car.instance_of? Vehicle
false
car.instance_of? Car
true
car.instance_of? Audi
false
a = 7
a.instance_of? Integer
true
a.instance_of? Numeric
false
Returns true if the object is an instance of the given class and not a subclass or superclass
Print all method names of a class
puts (String.methods).sort
# Exclude methods inherited from Object class
puts (String.methods - Object.public_instance_methods).sort