I need to create an object with my own custom method in ruby instead of default new().
obj = User.new
If I need to create an object for a user with generate(), how this can be achieved. So when I type
obj = User.generate
it should create an object of User.
One way I understand is by aliasing the method with alias keyword.
Though I am not sure.
Is there any suggestion for doing it.??
As you say, you can just alias_method it:
class << User
alias_method :generate, :new
end
You could also delegate:
class User
def self.generate(*args, &blk)
new(*args, &blk)
end
end
Or, you could re-implement what Class#new does:
class User
def self.generate(*args, &blk)
obj = allocate
obj.send(:initialize, *args, &blk)
obj
end
end
class User
def self.generate
new
end
end
Create a class method called generate inside your User class
class User; def self.generate; puts "How now, brown cow?"; end; end?
new ever puts out How now, brown cow? :). @PiotrKruczek this isn't really and answer since the OP wanted to know how to create a generate method that acts like new which your answer does not cover.You can call your specific method and inside it call self.new
class User
def self.generate
self.new
end
end
obj = User.generate
newdoesn’t do what you want, otherwise just usenew.