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+ = Needle-Extras: Services for Needle
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+ Needle-Extras is a collection of additional services that may be used with the Needle dependency injection container for Ruby (http://needle.rubyforge.org).
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+ == Downloading
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+ You may download Needle-Extras from Needle's RubyForge project, at http://rubyforge.org/projects/needle. Needle-Extras is distributed both as a RubyGem[http://rubygems.rubyforge.org], and as a Ruby library. It is also available from the RPA[http://rpa-base.rubyforge.org].
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+ == Installation
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+ Needle-Extras is distributed as a gem, which makes it extremely easy to download, install, and use. However, it requires that you have RubyGems[http://rubygems.rubyforge.org] installed, first.
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+ Assuming you have RubyGems installed, all you have to do is:
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+ gem --remote-install needle-extras
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+ This will install the latest version of Needle-Extras.
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+ Needle-Extras is also distributed as a Ruby library. It's not as easy to install this way, but it works. Simply grab the latest Needle-Extras package from the website, untar it, and install it by typing:
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+ ruby setup.rb
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+ Or, if you want a little more control over the installation:
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+ ruby setup.rb --help
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+ This will show you the options that are available to you, and then you can do each stage of the installation manually:
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+ ruby setup.rb config
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+ ruby setup.rb setup
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+ ruby setup.rb install
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+ == Manual
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+ For more information about Needle-Extras, see the Needle-Extras manual at http://needle.rubyforge.org/extras.
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+ For more information about Needle, such as an overview and tutorials, see the Needle manual at http://needle.rubyforge.org.
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+ == Credits
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+ Thanks go to:
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+ * Matz, for creating Ruby in the first place.
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+ * Christian Neukirchen for the prototype implementation of attr_inject.
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+
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+ == License
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+ Needle-Extras is copyright (c) 2004 Jamis Buck. It is open-source software, and may be redistributed under the terms of the BSD or Ruby licenses. The texts of these licences are included in the Needle-Extras distribution, under the +doc+ subdirectory.
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+ The Needle-Extras manual and all software used to build it are distributed under the Attribution-ShareAlike 1.0 Creative Commons license. Distribute it and modify it all you want, but give me credit and distribute your changes under an identical license.
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+ <title>Needle-Extras Manual :: Chapter 1: Introduction</title>
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+ <table border='0' cellpadding='0' cellspacing='0' width='100%'>
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+ <tr><td valign='top' align='left'>
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+ <div class="title">
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+ <span class="product">Needle-Extras&mdash;</span><br />
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+ <span class="tagline">for all your needle needs</span>
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+ </div>
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+ </td><td valign='middle' align='right'>
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+ <div class="info">
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+ Needle-Extras Version: <strong>1.0.0</strong><br />
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+ Manual Last Updated: <strong>2004-11-18 19:20 GMT</strong>
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+ <div id="navigation">
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+ <h1>Needle-Extras Manual</h1>
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+ <h2>Chapters</h2>
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+ <ol type="I">
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+ <li><strong>
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+ <a href="chapter-1.html">
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+ Introduction
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+ </a>
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+ </strong> <big>&larr;</big>
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+ <ol type="1">
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+ <li><a href="chapter-1.html#s1">What is Needle-Extras?</a></li>
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+ <li><a href="chapter-1.html#s2">How Do I Use It?</a></li>
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+ <li><a href="chapter-1.html#s3">License Information</a></li>
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+ <li><a href="chapter-1.html#s4">Support</a></li>
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+ <a href="chapter-2.html">
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+ AttrInject
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+ <li><a href="chapter-2.html#s1">Overview</a></li>
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+ <li><a href="chapter-2.html#s2">Usage</a></li>
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+ </li>
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+ <a href="chapter-3.html">
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+ Multicast
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+ <li><a href="chapter-3.html#s1">Overview</a></li>
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+ <li><a href="chapter-3.html#s2">Usage</a></li>
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+ <a href="chapter-4.html">
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+ RequireLibrary
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+ <li><a href="chapter-4.html#s1">Overview</a></li>
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+ <li><a href="chapter-4.html#s2">Usage</a></li>
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+ </ol>
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+ </li>
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+ </ol>
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+ <h2>Other Documentation</h2>
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+ <ul>
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+ <li><a href="http://needle.rubyforge.org/extras/api/index.html">Needle-Extras API</a></li>
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+ This manual is licensed under a <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/">Creative Commons License</a>.
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+ <h1>1. Introduction</h1>
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+ 1.1. What is Needle-Extras?
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+ <p>Needle-Extras is a collection of additional services and utilities that can be used in conjuction with Needle. It is a kind of test-bed for services that may eventually find their way into Needle itself.</p>
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+ <p>Currently, Needle-Extras includes the following services and utilities:</p>
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+ <li>AttrInject: this is an implementation of simple interface-based dependency injection, inspired by a proof-of-concept by Christian Neukirchen (<a href="http://rafb.net/paste/results/sexpfu84.html">http://rafb.net/paste/results/sexpfu84.html</a>).</li>
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+ <li>Multicast: this is a demonstration of how to do multicast services&#8212;services that delegate the messages they receive to a collection of other services.</li>
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+ <li>RequireLibrary: this is not actually a service, so much as a mini-framework for simplifying the process of including a third-party service in your application.</li>
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+ 1.2. How Do I Use It?
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+ <p>You can make all of the services in Needle-Extras available to your applications in either of two ways.</p>
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+ <p>If you don&#8217;t want to use <em>all</em> of the services available in Needle-Extras, you can include just the ones you want by requiring them directly:</p>
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+ 1.3. License Information
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+ <p>Needle-Extras is made available under either the <span class="caps">BSD</span> license, or the same license Ruby (which, by extension, also allows the <span class="caps">GPL</span> as a permissable license as well). You can view the full text of any of these licenses in the <code>doc</code> subdirectory of the Needle distrubtion. The texts of the <span class="caps">BSD</span> and <span class="caps">GPL</span> licenses are also available online: <a href="http://www.opensource.org/licenses/bsd-license.php">BSD</a> and <a href="http://www.opensource.org/licenses/gpl-license.php">GPL</a>.</p>
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+ <p>This manual (in any form, be it source or otherwise) and the scripts and templates used to generate it, are all distributed under the <a href="http://creativecommons.org">Creative Commons</a> <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0">Attribution-ShareAlike</a> license.</p>
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+ <p>If you desire permission to use either Needle-Extras or the manual in a manner incompatible with these licenses, please contact the copyright holder (<a href="mailto:jgb3@email.byu.edu">Jamis Buck</a>) in order to negotiate a more compatible license.</p>
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+ <p>Mailing lists, bug trackers, feature requests, and public forums are available (courtesy of <a href="http://rubyforge.org">RubyForge</a>) at Needle&#8217;s RubyForge project page. Just direct your browser to <a href="http://rubyforge.org/projects/needle">http://rubyforge.org/projects/needle</a>.</p>
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