[Ironruby-core] can't include System

[Tomas Matousek]

Actually, System::Converter is a generic type definition for a delegate class. Generic type definitions are mapped to Ruby modules. These modules are included in all instantiations of the generic type.

>>> load_assembly 'System'
=> true
>>> System::Converter
=> System::Converter[TInput, TOutput]
>>> module System::Converter
...   def foo
...    puts 'foo'
...   end
... end
=> nil
>>> c = System::Converter[Fixnum, String].new { |i| i.to_s }
=> System.Converter`2[System.Int32,IronRuby.Builtins.MutableString]
>>> c.foo
Foo
>>> System::Converter[Array, Hash].ancestors
=> [System::Converter[Array, Hash], System::Converter[TInput, TOutput], System::MulticastDelegate, System::Delegate, System::ICloneable, System::Runtime::Serialization::ISerializable, Object, Kernel]

Tomas

From: ironruby-core-bounces at rubyforge.org [mailto:ironruby-core-bounces at rubyforge.org] On Behalf Of Patrick Brown
Sent: Friday, November 20, 2009 8:15 AM
To: ironruby-core at rubyforge.org
Subject: Re: [Ironruby-core] can't include System

Hi

   It is funny how obvious some of these things turn out to be.

Thanks,
Patrick
On Fri, Nov 20, 2009 at 10:49 AM, Ivan Porto Carrero <ivan at flanders.co.nz<mailto:ivan at flanders.co.nz>> wrote:
Converter is a static class and those are mapped to modules

module Converter
 def self.convert(inputDirectories, outputDirectory)
....
 end
end

puts System::Converter.class #=> Module


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On Fri, Nov 20, 2009 at 4:39 PM, Patrick Brown <patrickcbrown at gmail.com<mailto:patrickcbrown at gmail.com>> wrote:
Hello

   Can anyone see why I can't include System in this little script?  If I do I get an exception 'Converter is not a class (TypeError)'.  If I skip the include and fully qualify the classes in that namespace this works perfectly.

Thanks for your time and ideas,
Patrick



require 'System, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089'
require 'Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word, Version=12.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=71e9bce111e9429c'

include System
include Microsoft::Office::Interop::Word

class Converter
 def Convert(inputDirectories, outputDirectory)
  word = ApplicationClass.new

  inputDirectories.each {|inputDirectory|
    Directory.GetFiles(inputDirectory, '*.doc').each { |file|
    documentPath = System::IO::Path.Combine(outputDirectory, Path.GetFileNameWithoutExtension(file) + ".xps")

    word.Documents.Open(file)
    word.ActiveDocument.SaveAs(documentPath, WdSaveFormat.wdFormatXPS)
    word.ActiveDocument.Close()
   }

   word.Quit()
  }
 end
end

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