Merge pull request #331 from warmwaffles/ruby-modules

Added module extension and inclusion examples

1 files changed, 51 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/ruby.html.markdown b/ruby.html.markdown
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@@ -403,4 +403,55 @@ end
 Human.bar # 0
 Doctor.bar # nil
 
+module ModuleExample
+  def foo
+    'foo'
+  end
+end
+
+# Including modules binds the methods to the object instance
+# Extending modules binds the methods to the class instance
+
+class Person
+  include ModuleExample
+end
+
+class Book
+  extend ModuleExample
+end
+
+Person.foo     # => NoMethodError: undefined method `foo' for Person:Class
+Person.new.foo # => 'foo'
+Book.foo       # => 'foo'
+Book.new.foo   # => NoMethodError: undefined method `foo'
+
+# Callbacks when including and extending a module are executed
+
+module ConcernExample
+  def self.included(base)
+    base.extend(ClassMethods)
+    base.send(:include, InstanceMethods)
+  end
+
+  module ClassMethods
+    def bar
+      'bar'
+    end
+  end
+
+  module InstanceMethods
+    def qux
+      'qux'
+    end
+  end
+end
+
+class Something
+  include ConcernExample
+end
+
+Something.bar     # => 'bar'
+Something.qux     # => NoMethodError: undefined method `qux'
+Something.new.bar # => NoMethodError: undefined method `bar'
+Something.new.qux # => 'qux'
 ```