[rjb-users] Extending a Java class

[rjb-users at rubyforge.org]

Hi Arton,

The delegation idea is nice. I gave it a try and it
worked. Now I have a more difficult question.

Here's a situation I'd like to get working. I have a
Java library. A class has a static method that takes
an argument of type Foo:

public class Foo
{
  //...

  public void bar()
  {
    //...
  }
}

and....

package my.lib;

public class Util
{
  //...

  public static void doSomething(Foo foo)
  {
    // use F
  }
}

In Ruby, I would like to create a pure Ruby class that
works like the Java class Foo:

class FakeFoo

  #...

  def bar
    #implement
  end
end

I'd like to be able to do this:

require 'rjb'

Util=Rjb::import 'my.lib.Util'

ff=FakeFoo.new

Util.doSomething(ff)

When I try this now, I get a method_missing error. But
what is the method that's missing? What can I do to
FakeFoo to make it work with the Util.doSomething
method?

cheers,
Rich

--- arton <arton at e07.itscom.net> wrote:

> Hi Rich,
> 
> At this time, the imported class is not a really
> Ruby class in Rjb.
> If you think it's better to map imported class as
> Ruby's class, I positively
> plan to implement the feature.
> So, at this time, a workaround is to use delegation
> instead of
> inheritance.
> This sample code describes how to delegate method
> calls to the contained
> object.
> 
> require 'rjb'
> require 'test/unit'
> 
> class RubyVector
>   Vector = Rjb::import('java.util.Vector')
>   def initialize
>     @vector = Vector.new
>   end
>   def test_vector
>     'it worked'
>   end
>   def method_missing(msg, *arg)
>     @vector.send(msg, *arg)
>   end
> end
> 
> class VectorTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
> 
>   def setup
>     @r = RubyVector.new
>   end
> 
>   def test_adding_method()
>     assert_equal('it worked', @r.test_vector)
>   end
> 
>   def test_add()
>     @r.add(1)
>     @r.add(2)
>     @r.add(3)
>     assert(@r.contains(1))
>     assert(!@r.contains(8))
>   end
> 
>   def test_get()
>     @r.add("ab")
>     @r.add("cd")
>     @r.add("ef")
>     assert_equal("ab", @r.get(0).toString)
>     assert_equal("cd", @r.get(1).toString)
>     assert_equal("ef", @r.get(2).toString)
>   end
> 
>   def test_iterator()
>     @r.add("ab")
>     @r.add("cd")
>     @r.add("ef")
>     i = @r.iterator
>     assert(i.hasNext)
>     assert_equal("ab", i.next.toString)
>     assert(i.hasNext)
>     assert_equal("cd", i.next.toString)
>     assert(i.hasNext)
>     assert_equal("ef", i.next.toString)
>     assert(!i.hasNext)
>   end
> end
> 
> Best reagrds
> 
> On Mon, 30 Oct 2006 22:07:02 -0800 (PST)
> richard apodaca <rich_apodaca at yahoo.com>¤µ¤ó wrote:
> 
> > Hi Arton,
> > 
> > I was wondering how to extend a Java class with
> RJB. I
> > saw in the documentation how to bind a Java
> interface
> > to a Ruby class, but can I extend a Java class
> with
> > Ruby? Here's an example of what I've tried:
> > 
> > require 'rubygems'
> > require_gem 'rjb'
> > require 'rjb'
> > 
> > Vector=Rjb::import 'java.util.Vector'
> > 
> > class Test < Vector.class
> >   def initialize
> >   end
> >   def test_vector
> >     puts "it worked"
> >   end
> > end
> > 
> > t=Test.new # => TypeError: allocator undefined for
> > Test
> > 
> > I get a TypeError with the above code. If I try to
> > extend directly form Vector rather than
> Vector.class,
> > I get:
> > 
> > TypeError: superclass must be a Class
> > 
> > Any ideas?
> > 
> > thanks,
> > Rich
> > 
> > 
> > ____________________________
> > Richard Apodaca
> > Blog: http://depth-first.com
> > 
> > 
> >  
> >
>
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> -- 
> arton
> 
> 


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