Base class for the RDoc code tree.

We contain the common stuff for contexts (which are containers) and other elements (methods, attributes and so on)

Here's the tree of the CodeObject subclasses:

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Included Modules
Attributes
[R] comment

Our comment
[R] document_children

Do we document our children?
[R] document_self

Do we document ourselves?
[R] done_documenting

Are we done documenting (ie, did we come across a :enddoc:)?
[R] file

Which file this code object was defined in
[R] force_documentation

Force documentation of this CodeObject
[RW] line

Line in file where this CodeObject was defined
[R] metadata

Hash of arbitrary metadata for this CodeObject
[RW] offset

Offset in file where this CodeObject was defined
[W] parent

Sets the parent CodeObject
[R] received_nodoc

Did we ever receive a :nodoc: directive?
[W] section

Set the section this CodeObject is in
[R] store

The RDoc::Store for this object.
[RW] viewer

We are the model of the code, but we know that at some point we will be worked on by viewers. By implementing the Viewable protocol, viewers can associated themselves with these objects.
Class Public methods
new()

Creates a new CodeObject that will document itself and its children

Source: show 

# File lib/rdoc/code_object.rb, line 108
def initialize
  @metadata         = {}
  @comment          = ''
  @parent           = nil
  @parent_name      = nil # for loading
  @parent_class     = nil # for loading
  @section          = nil
  @section_title    = nil # for loading
  @file             = nil
  @full_name        = nil
  @store            = nil
  @track_visibility = true

  initialize_visibility
end
Instance Public methods
comment=(comment)

Replaces our comment with comment, unless it is empty.

Source: show 

# File lib/rdoc/code_object.rb, line 141
def comment=(comment)
  @comment = case comment
             when NilClass               then ''
             when RDoc::Markup::Document then comment
             when RDoc::Comment          then comment.normalize
             else
               if comment and not comment.empty? then
                 normalize_comment comment
               else
                 # HACK correct fix is to have #initialize create @comment
                 #      with the correct encoding
                 if String === @comment and
                    Object.const_defined? :Encoding and @comment.empty? then
                   @comment.force_encoding comment.encoding
                 end
                 @comment
               end
             end
end
display?()

Should this CodeObject be displayed in output?

A code object should be displayed if:

  • The item didn't have a nodoc or wasn't in a container that had nodoc

  • The item wasn't ignored

  • The item has documentation and was not suppressed

Source: show 

# File lib/rdoc/code_object.rb, line 170
def display?
  @document_self and not @ignored and
    (documented? or not @suppressed)
end
document_children=(document_children)

Enables or disables documentation of this CodeObject's children unless it has been turned off by :enddoc:

Source: show 

# File lib/rdoc/code_object.rb, line 179
def document_children=(document_children)
  return unless @track_visibility

  @document_children = document_children unless @done_documenting
end
document_self=(document_self)

Enables or disables documentation of this CodeObject unless it has been turned off by :enddoc:. If the argument is nil it means the documentation is turned off by :nodoc:.

Source: show 

# File lib/rdoc/code_object.rb, line 190
def document_self=(document_self)
  return unless @track_visibility
  return if @done_documenting

  @document_self = document_self
  @received_nodoc = true if document_self.nil?
end
documented?()

Does this object have a comment with content or is received_nodoc true?

Source: show 

# File lib/rdoc/code_object.rb, line 201
def documented?
  @received_nodoc or !@comment.empty?
end
done_documenting=(value)

Turns documentation on/off, and turns on/off document_self and document_children.

Once documentation has been turned off (by :enddoc:), the object will refuse to turn document_self or document_children on, so :doc: and :start_doc: directives will have no effect in the current file.

Source: show 

# File lib/rdoc/code_object.rb, line 214
def done_documenting=(value)
  return unless @track_visibility
  @done_documenting  = value
  @document_self     = !value
  @document_children = @document_self
end
each_parent()

Yields each parent of this CodeObject. See also RDoc::ClassModule#each_ancestor

Source: show 

# File lib/rdoc/code_object.rb, line 225
def each_parent
  code_object = self

  while code_object = code_object.parent do
    yield code_object
  end

  self
end
file_name()

File name where this CodeObject was found.

See also RDoc::Context#in_files

Source: show 

# File lib/rdoc/code_object.rb, line 240
def file_name
  return unless @file

  @file.absolute_name
end
force_documentation=(value)

Force the documentation of this object unless documentation has been turned off by :enddoc:

Source: show 

# File lib/rdoc/code_object.rb, line 252
def force_documentation=(value)
  @force_documentation = value unless @done_documenting
end
full_name=(full_name)

Sets the full_name overriding any computed full name.

Set to nil to clear RDoc's cached value

Source: show 

# File lib/rdoc/code_object.rb, line 261
def full_name= full_name
  @full_name = full_name
end
ignore()

Use this to ignore a CodeObject and all its children until found again (#record_location is called). An ignored item will not be displayed in documentation.

See github issue #55

The ignored status is temporary in order to allow implementation details to be hidden. At the end of processing a file RDoc allows all classes and modules to add new documentation to previously created classes.

If a class was ignored (via stopdoc) then reopened later with additional documentation it should be displayed. If a class was ignored and never reopened it should not be displayed. The ignore flag allows this to occur.

Source: show 

# File lib/rdoc/code_object.rb, line 281
def ignore
  return unless @track_visibility

  @ignored = true

  stop_doc
end
ignored?()

Has this class been ignored?

See also ignore

Source: show 

# File lib/rdoc/code_object.rb, line 294
def ignored?
  @ignored
end
options()

The options instance from the store this CodeObject is attached to, or a default options instance if the CodeObject is not attached.

This is used by Text#snippet

Source: show 

# File lib/rdoc/code_object.rb, line 304
def options
  if @store and @store.rdoc then
    @store.rdoc.options
  else
    RDoc::Options.new
  end
end
parent()

Our parent CodeObject. The parent may be missing for classes loaded from legacy RI data stores.

Source: show 

# File lib/rdoc/code_object.rb, line 316
def parent
  return @parent if @parent
  return nil unless @parent_name

  if @parent_class == RDoc::TopLevel then
    @parent = @store.add_file @parent_name
  else
    @parent = @store.find_class_or_module @parent_name

    return @parent if @parent

    begin
      @parent = @store.load_class @parent_name
    rescue RDoc::Store::MissingFileError
      nil
    end
  end
end
parent_file_name()

File name of our parent

Source: show 

# File lib/rdoc/code_object.rb, line 338
def parent_file_name
  @parent ? @parent.base_name : '(unknown)'
end
parent_name()

Name of our parent

Source: show 

# File lib/rdoc/code_object.rb, line 345
def parent_name
  @parent ? @parent.full_name : '(unknown)'
end
record_location(top_level)

Records the RDoc::TopLevel (file) where this code object was defined

Source: show 

# File lib/rdoc/code_object.rb, line 352
def record_location top_level
  @ignored    = false
  @suppressed = false
  @file       = top_level
end
section()

The section this CodeObject is in. Sections allow grouping of constants, attributes and methods inside a class or module.

Source: show 

# File lib/rdoc/code_object.rb, line 362
def section
  return @section if @section

  @section = parent.add_section @section_title if parent
end
start_doc()

Enable capture of documentation unless documentation has been turned off by :enddoc:

Source: show 

# File lib/rdoc/code_object.rb, line 372
def start_doc
  return if @done_documenting

  @document_self = true
  @document_children = true
  @ignored    = false
  @suppressed = false
end
stop_doc()

Disable capture of documentation

Source: show 

# File lib/rdoc/code_object.rb, line 384
def stop_doc
  return unless @track_visibility

  @document_self = false
  @document_children = false
end
store=(store)

Sets the store that contains this CodeObject

Source: show 

# File lib/rdoc/code_object.rb, line 394
def store= store
  @store = store

  return unless @track_visibility

  if :nodoc == options.visibility then
    initialize_visibility
    @track_visibility = false
  end
end
suppress()

Use this to suppress a CodeObject and all its children until the next file it is seen in or documentation is discovered. A suppressed item with documentation will be displayed while an ignored item with documentation may not be displayed.

Source: show 

# File lib/rdoc/code_object.rb, line 411
def suppress
  return unless @track_visibility

  @suppressed = true

  stop_doc
end
suppressed?()

Has this class been suppressed?

See also suppress

Source: show 

# File lib/rdoc/code_object.rb, line 424
def suppressed?
  @suppressed
end