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What the hell is ActiveSupport::Concern?
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Aaron Patterson
December 04, 2012
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What the hell is ActiveSupport::Concern?
A short talk about ActiveSupport::Concern.
Aaron Patterson
December 04, 2012
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Transcript
Thanks!
Hark
Substantial
What the hell is ActiveSupport::Concern?
I have no idea.
U Concerned, Bro?
Aaron Patterson @tenderlove
Lead Pun Architect
Substantial, Thanks
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Gorbachev Puff-Puff Thunderhorse
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Rails Core ~ 3 years (I think)
Confession
What’s in a name?
Classes ❤ File ❤ Hash ❤ Set ❤ Array
Modules ❤ Enumerable ❤ Comparable
AS::Concern
“Concern” is a noun
“Concern” is a noun
“Son, We’re Concerned”
Grown Man.
Stay Classy Change Your Self Track Dependents
Stay Classy.
Class Methods module MyEnumerable def my_first end module ClassMethods def
my_new end end def self.included(klass) klass.extend ClassMethods end end
Including class Aaron include MyEnumerable end p Aaron.respond_to?(:my_new) # =>
true p Aaron.new.respond_to?(:my_first) # => true
With Concern module MyEnumerable extend ActiveSupport::Concern def my_first end module
ClassMethods def my_new end end end
Including class Aaron include MyEnumerable end p Aaron.respond_to?(:my_new) # =>
true p Aaron.new.respond_to?(:my_first) # => true
Be Careful!
Normal Include module MyEnumerable def my_first end end class Aaron
p singleton_methods # => [] include MyEnumerable p singleton_methods # => [] end
Normal Extend module MyEnumerable def my_first end end class Aaron
p singleton_methods # => [] extend MyEnumerable p singleton_methods # => [:my_first] end
Users May Be Surprised
Do I need this?
Are you coupled?
Change Your Self.
Setting up ivars
Class Accessor module MyEnumerable module ClassMethods attr_accessor :foo end def
self.included klass klass.extend ClassMethods end end
Warning! class Aaron include MyEnumerable p foo end
Warning! class Aaron include MyEnumerable p foo end @foo not
initialized
Class Accessor module MyEnumerable module ClassMethods attr_accessor :foo end def
self.included klass klass.extend ClassMethods @foo = 10 end end
Class Accessor module MyEnumerable module ClassMethods attr_accessor :foo end def
self.included klass klass.extend ClassMethods @foo = 10 end end self == MyEnumerable
Class Accessor module MyEnumerable module ClassMethods attr_accessor :foo end def
self.included klass klass.extend ClassMethods klass.class_eval do @foo = 10 end end end
Working Code class Aaron include MyEnumerable p foo # =>
10 end
With Concern module MyEnumerable extend ActiveSupport::Concern module ClassMethods attr_accessor :foo
end included do @foo = 10 end end self == included class
Isolating Setup
Class Method Calls class Foo < ActiveRecord::Base scope :foo, ->
{ ... } scope :bar, -> { ... } scope :baz, -> { ... } # other methods end
Module Extraction module Findable def self.included(klass) klass.scope :foo, -> {
... } klass.scope :bar, -> { ... } klass.scope :baz, -> { ... } end end
Module Extraction module Findable def self.included(klass) klass.scope :foo, -> {
... } klass.scope :bar, -> { ... } klass.scope :baz, -> { ... } end end
class_eval module Findable def self.included(klass) klass.class_eval do scope :foo, ->
{ ... } scope :bar, -> { ... } scope :baz, -> { ... } end end end
Concerned module Findable extend ActiveSupport::Concern included do scope :foo, ->
{ ... } scope :bar, -> { ... } scope :baz, -> { ... } end end
Track Your Dependents.
Two Modules module Foo module ClassMethods def some_method end #
.... end end module Bar def self.included klass klass.some_method end end
Bar depends on Foo
Usage class Aaron include Foo include Bar end
Usage - BOOM! class Aaron include Bar include Foo end
Try to Fix module Foo module ClassMethods def some_method end
end end module Bar include Foo def self.included klass klass.some_method end end
Try to Fix module Foo module ClassMethods def some_method end
end end module Bar include Foo def self.included klass klass.some_method end end
Fix with class_eval module Bar def self.included klass klass.class_eval do
include Foo end klass.some_method end end
Concerned module Bar extend ActiveSupport::Concern include Foo included do some_method
end end
Concerned module Bar extend ActiveSupport::Concern include Foo included do some_method
end end NOT Ruby’s Include
When should I be concerned?
You probably shouldn’t be.
Can you simplify?
Many Dependencies
THANKS!