Setting and accessing variables in Ruby

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module YourApp
   class Application < Rails::Application
      config.my_custom_variable = :custom_value
   end
end

This works in my Rails application. I just want to understand how this works from ruby perspective. As per to my minimal ruby knowledge, there must be getter and setter(my_custom_variable=) for my_custom_variable in the config(Rails::Application::Configuration) object. Since this is my custom variable this will not be present in the Configuration object instance. How is it dynamically created/added. ?

Can somebody please explain?, direct me to the proper documentation to understand this.

micahbf · Accepted Answer · 2013-11-02 06:22:31Z

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Rails is using method_missing here to catch any method called on config. Then, it just adds it into a hash of options.

You can see the relevant source code here.

answered Nov 2, 2013 at 6:22

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Steve Wilhelm · Accepted Answer · 2013-11-02 06:40:18Z

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Not how Rails implements it, but achieve similar functionality in Ruby

require 'ostruct'

module YourApp
    class Application
        @@config = OpenStruct.new

        def self.config
           return @@config
        end
    end
end

YourApp::Application.config.my_custom_variable = :custom_value
puts YourApp::Application.config.my_custom_variable
>> custom_value

answered Nov 2, 2013 at 6:40

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