Variabile di istanza su una classe:
class Parent
@things = []
def self.things
@things
end
def things
self.class.things
end
end
class Child < Parent
@things = []
end
Parent.things << :car
Child.things << :doll
mom = Parent.new
dad = Parent.new
p Parent.things #=> [:car]
p Child.things #=> [:doll]
p mom.things #=> [:car]
p dad.things #=> [:car]
Variabile di classe:
class Parent
@@things = []
def self.things
@@things
end
def things
@@things
end
end
class Child < Parent
end
Parent.things << :car
Child.things << :doll
p Parent.things #=> [:car,:doll]
p Child.things #=> [:car,:doll]
mom = Parent.new
dad = Parent.new
son1 = Child.new
son2 = Child.new
daughter = Child.new
[ mom, dad, son1, son2, daughter ].each{ |person| p person.things }
#=> [:car, :doll]
#=> [:car, :doll]
#=> [:car, :doll]
#=> [:car, :doll]
#=> [:car, :doll]
Con una variabile di istanza su una classe (non su un'istanza di quella classe) è possibile memorizzare qualcosa di comune a quella classe senza che anche le sottoclassi le ottengano automaticamente (e viceversa). Con le variabili di classe, si ha la comodità di non dover scrivere self.class
da un oggetto di istanza e (quando desiderato) si ottiene anche la condivisione automatica in tutta la gerarchia di classi.
Unendo questi insieme in un singolo esempio che copre anche le variabili di istanza su istanze:
class Parent
@@family_things = [] # Shared between class and subclasses
@shared_things = [] # Specific to this class
def self.family_things
@@family_things
end
def self.shared_things
@shared_things
end
attr_accessor :my_things
def initialize
@my_things = [] # Just for me
end
def family_things
self.class.family_things
end
def shared_things
self.class.shared_things
end
end
class Child < Parent
@shared_things = []
end
E poi in azione:
mama = Parent.new
papa = Parent.new
joey = Child.new
suzy = Child.new
Parent.family_things << :house
papa.family_things << :vacuum
mama.shared_things << :car
papa.shared_things << :blender
papa.my_things << :quadcopter
joey.my_things << :bike
suzy.my_things << :doll
joey.shared_things << :puzzle
suzy.shared_things << :blocks
p Parent.family_things #=> [:house, :vacuum]
p Child.family_things #=> [:house, :vacuum]
p papa.family_things #=> [:house, :vacuum]
p mama.family_things #=> [:house, :vacuum]
p joey.family_things #=> [:house, :vacuum]
p suzy.family_things #=> [:house, :vacuum]
p Parent.shared_things #=> [:car, :blender]
p papa.shared_things #=> [:car, :blender]
p mama.shared_things #=> [:car, :blender]
p Child.shared_things #=> [:puzzle, :blocks]
p joey.shared_things #=> [:puzzle, :blocks]
p suzy.shared_things #=> [:puzzle, :blocks]
p papa.my_things #=> [:quadcopter]
p mama.my_things #=> []
p joey.my_things #=> [:bike]
p suzy.my_things #=> [:doll]