* lib/ostruct.rb: documented

git-svn-id: svn+ssh://ci.ruby-lang.org/ruby/trunk@5785 b2dd03c8-39d4-4d8f-98ff-823fe69b080e

ChangeLog

@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+Thu Feb 19 22:39:00 2004  Gavin Sinclair <gsinclair@soyabean.com.au>
+
+	* lib/ostruct.rb: documented
+
 Thu Feb 19 22:39:04 2004  NAKAMURA, Hiroshi  <nakahiro@sarion.co.jp>
 
 	* test/rinda/test_rinda.rb: DRb.start_service only once in testsuites.

lib/ostruct.rb

@@ -1,14 +1,48 @@
-# ostruct.rb - Python Style Object
-#  just assign to create field
 #
-# s = OpenStruct.new
+# = ostruct.rb: OpenStruct implementation
-# s.foo = 25
+#
-# p s.foo
+# Author:: Yukihiro Matsumoto
-# s.bar = 2
+# Documentation:: Gavin Sinclair
-# p s.bar
+#
-# p s
+# OpenStruct allows the creation of data objects with arbitrary attributes.
+# See OpenStruct for an example.
+#
 
+#
+# OpenStruct allows you to create data objects and set arbitrary attributes.
+# For example:
+#
+#   require 'ostruct' 
+#
+#   record = OpenStruct.new
+#   record.name    = "John Smith"
+#   record.age     = 70
+#   record.pension = 300
+#   
+#   puts record.name     # -> "John Smith"
+#   puts record.address  # -> nil
+#
+# It is like a hash with a different way to access the data.  In fact, it is
+# implemented with a hash, and you can initialize it with one.
+#
+#   hash = { "country" => "Australia", :population => 20_000_000 }
+#   data = OpenStruct.new(hash)
+#
+#   p data        # -> <OpenStruct country="Australia" population=20000000>
+#
 class OpenStruct
+  #
+  # Create a new OpenStruct object.  The optional +hash+, if given, will
+  # generate attributes and values.  For example.
+  #
+  #   require 'ostruct'
+  #   hash = { "country" => "Australia", :population => 20_000_000 }
+  #   data = OpenStruct.new(hash)
+  #
+  #   p data        # -> <OpenStruct country="Australia" population=20000000>
+  #
+  # By default, the resulting OpenStruct object will have no attributes. 
+  #
   def initialize(hash=nil)
     @table = {}
     if hash
@@ -18,7 +52,7 @@ class OpenStruct
     end
   end
 
-  def method_missing(mid, *args)
+  def method_missing(mid, *args) # :nodoc:
     mname = mid.id2name
     len = args.length
     if mname =~ /=$/
@@ -37,10 +71,16 @@ class OpenStruct
     end
   end
 
+  #
+  # Remove the named field from the object.
+  #
   def delete_field(name)
     @table.delete name.to_sym
   end
 
+  #
+  # Returns a string containing a detailed summary of the keys and values.
+  #
   def inspect
     str = "<#{self.class}"
     for k,v in @table
@@ -49,9 +89,12 @@ class OpenStruct
     str << ">"
   end
 
-  attr_reader :table
+  attr_reader :table # :nodoc:
   protected :table
 
+  #
+  # Compare this object and +other+ for equality.
+  #
   def ==(other)
     return false unless(other.kind_of?(OpenStruct))
     return @table == other.table