you could also create a module and mix it in with the objects you want have the custom methods defined in.
- Matt On Thu, Nov 17, 2011 at 3:21 PM, Kam Dahlin <hax...@me.com> wrote: > If you didn't want to use a category, you could do: > > orderedSet = NSOrderedSet.orderedSetWithArray(["1", "2", "3"]) > orderedSet.class.send(:define_method, :each) do > self.array.each do |item| > yield item > end > end > > orderedSet.each do |item| > puts item > end > > This method also has the advantage of capturing local scope, if needed. > > hth > kam > > On Nov 17, 2011, at 8:22 AM, techzen wrote: > > > The Cbjective-C way to handle this would be to put a category that > provided an `each` method on NSOrderedSet. Then when you called `each` it > would just work. Ruby has a similar functionality but I can't remember > right now what it's called. > > > > Using a category would be optimal in the case of Core Data because in > some instances you can actually evoke a method as part of a key path when > sending Key-Value messages. > > > > Shannon > > > > On Nov 16, 2011, at 4:11 AM, Jean-Denis MUYS wrote: > > > >> I have this ordered Core Data to-many relation named "operations" that > I want to iterate over. I wrote: > >> > >> self.operations.each { | operation | operation.doSomething } > >> > >> However this fails because self.operations returns an NSOrderedSet and > NSOrderedSet doesn't have an 'each' method. > >> > >> I was able to use the 'enumerateObjectsUsingBlock' method of > NSOrderedSet which is working fine. > >> > >> My question is: what would be the MacRuby way to add an 'each' method > to NSOrderedSet? > >> > >> Thanks, > >> > >> Jean-Denis > >> > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> MacRuby-devel mailing list > >> MacRuby-devel@lists.macosforge.org > >> http://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/macruby-devel > > > > _______________________________________________ > > MacRuby-devel mailing list > > MacRuby-devel@lists.macosforge.org > > http://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/macruby-devel > > _______________________________________________ > MacRuby-devel mailing list > MacRuby-devel@lists.macosforge.org > http://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/macruby-devel >
_______________________________________________ MacRuby-devel mailing list MacRuby-devel@lists.macosforge.org http://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/macruby-devel