Moon Prototype

This was extracted from Moon's prototype package.

Usage

Prototypes work like class level shared variables, you can define one on the parent class and then share values all the way down.

require 'moon-prototype/load'

# Simply extend your class using 
class EggKeeper
  # you'll need to use the singleton class to define the attributes
  class << self
    # prototype_attr creates several methods since prototype_attrs behave like
    # collections and not single values
    # the key is pluralized using String#pluralize, your choice of inflector
    # is up to you.
    prototype_attr :egg
  end

  # By default, prototype attributes are Arrays
  eggs << 'Full White'
end

class EggKeeperJr < EggKeeper
  # Now, whats different here is, eggs is a unique array to this class
  eggs << 'Speckled White'

  eggs #=> ["Speckled White"]

  # before you say, HOW IS THIS ANY DIFFERENT FROM REGULAR VARIABLES?
  all_eggs #=> ["Full White", "Speckled White"]
  # this is where shared values come in, any changes made to one class won't
  # directly affect the others around it, you can then query for a list of
  # all the values in class's direct ancestor line.
end

class MsEggKeeper < EggKeeper
  eggs << 'Round Golden'

  all_eggs #=> ["Full White", "Round Golden"]
end

Have fun messing around with Moon::Prototype :3