instance method
mattr_reader
Ruby on Rails 5.1.7
Signature
mattr_reader(*syms)Defines a class attribute and creates a class and instance reader methods. The underlying class variable is set to nil, if it is not previously defined. All class and instance methods created will be public, even if this method is called with a private or protected access modifier.
module HairColors
mattr_reader :hair_colors
end
HairColors.hair_colors # => nil
HairColors.class_variable_set("@@hair_colors", [:brown, :black])
HairColors.hair_colors # => [:brown, :black]
The attribute name must be a valid method name in Ruby.
module Foo
mattr_reader :"1_Badname"
end
# => NameError: invalid attribute name: 1_Badname
If you want to opt out the creation on the instance reader method, pass instance_reader: false or instance_accessor: false.
module HairColors
mattr_reader :hair_colors, instance_reader: false
end
class Person
include HairColors
end
Person.new.hair_colors # => NoMethodError
Also, you can pass a block to set up the attribute with a default value.
module HairColors
mattr_reader :hair_colors do
[:brown, :black, :blonde, :red]
end
end
class Person
include HairColors
end
Person.new.hair_colors # => [:brown, :black, :blonde, :red]
Parameters
-
symsrest
Source
# File activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/module/attribute_accessors.rb, line 55
def mattr_reader(*syms)
options = syms.extract_options!
syms.each do |sym|
raise NameError.new("invalid attribute name: #{sym}") unless /\A[_A-Za-z]\w*\z/.match?(sym)
class_eval(<<-EOS, __FILE__, __LINE__ + 1)
@@#{sym} = nil unless defined? @@#{sym}
def self.#{sym}
@@#{sym}
end
EOS
unless options[:instance_reader] == false || options[:instance_accessor] == false
class_eval(<<-EOS, __FILE__, __LINE__ + 1)
def #{sym}
@@#{sym}
end
EOS
end
class_variable_set("@@#{sym}", yield) if block_given?
end
end
Defined in activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/module/attribute_accessors.rb line 55
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