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
[RW] 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

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# File lib/rdoc/code_object.rb, line 107
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

  initialize_visibility
end
Instance Public methods
comment=(comment)

Replaces our comment with comment, unless it is empty.

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# File lib/rdoc/code_object.rb, line 137
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 shown in documentation?

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# File lib/rdoc/code_object.rb, line 160
def display?
  @document_self and not @ignored
end
document_children=(document_children)

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

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# File lib/rdoc/code_object.rb, line 168
def document_children=(document_children)
  @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:.

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# File lib/rdoc/code_object.rb, line 177
def document_self=(document_self)
  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?

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# File lib/rdoc/code_object.rb, line 187
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.

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# File lib/rdoc/code_object.rb, line 200
def done_documenting=(value)
  @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

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# File lib/rdoc/code_object.rb, line 210
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

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# File lib/rdoc/code_object.rb, line 225
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:

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# File lib/rdoc/code_object.rb, line 237
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

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# File lib/rdoc/code_object.rb, line 246
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 shown 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 shown. If a class was ignored and never reopened it should not be shown. The ignore flag allows this to occur.

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# File lib/rdoc/code_object.rb, line 265
def ignore
  @ignored = true

  stop_doc
end
ignored?()

Has this class been ignored?

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# File lib/rdoc/code_object.rb, line 274
def ignored?
  @ignored
end
parent()

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

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# File lib/rdoc/code_object.rb, line 282
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

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# File lib/rdoc/code_object.rb, line 304
def parent_file_name
  @parent ? @parent.base_name : '(unknown)'
end
parent_name()

Name of our parent

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# File lib/rdoc/code_object.rb, line 311
def parent_name
  @parent ? @parent.full_name : '(unknown)'
end
record_location(top_level)

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

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# File lib/rdoc/code_object.rb, line 318
def record_location top_level
  @ignored = 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.

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# File lib/rdoc/code_object.rb, line 327
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:

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# File lib/rdoc/code_object.rb, line 337
def start_doc
  return if @done_documenting

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

Disable capture of documentation

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# File lib/rdoc/code_object.rb, line 348
def stop_doc
  @document_self = false
  @document_children = false
end