openobject 1.0.0

data/README

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+NAME
+
+  openobject
+
+SYNOPSIS
+
+  a simple property based container that's much more capable than a blankslate
+  but far less polluted than ruby's built-in OpenStruct.  openobject is a tiny
+  lib that couples the power of the 'fattr' gem alongside a slightly
+  enhanced blankslate type object.
+
+INSTALL
+
+  gem install openobject
+
+URIS
+
+  http://codeforpeople.com/lib/ruby/
+  http://rubyforge.org/projects/codeforpeople/
+
+HISTORY
+
+  1.0.0
+    github import
+
+  0.0.3
+    added support for default values
+
+SAMPLES
+
+  
+  <========< sample/a.rb >========>
+
+  ~ > cat sample/a.rb
+
+    require 'openobject'
+    
+    oo = openobject
+    
+    oo.foo = 42
+    oo.bar 'forty-two'
+    
+    p oo.foo
+    p oo.bar
+
+  ~ > ruby sample/a.rb
+
+    42
+    "forty-two"
+
+
+  <========< sample/b.rb >========>
+
+  ~ > cat sample/b.rb
+
+    require 'openobject'
+    
+    oo = openobject :foo => 42, :bar => 'forty-two' do
+      foobar 42.0
+    end
+    
+    p oo.to_hash
+    p oo.fattrs
+
+  ~ > ruby sample/b.rb
+
+    {"foobar"=>42.0, "foo"=>42, "bar"=>"forty-two"}
+    ["foo", "bar", "foobar"]
+
+
+  <========< sample/c.rb >========>
+
+  ~ > cat sample/c.rb
+
+    require 'openobject'
+    
+    oo = openobject :foo => 42
+    
+    oo.bar = 'forty-two' 
+    
+    oo.extend do
+      fattr :foobar => 42.0
+    
+      def barfoo 
+        [ foo, bar, foobar ] 
+      end
+    end
+    
+    p oo.foobar
+    p oo.barfoo
+
+  ~ > ruby sample/c.rb
+
+    42.0
+    [42, "forty-two", 42.0]
+
+
+  <========< sample/d.rb >========>
+
+  ~ > cat sample/d.rb
+
+    require 'openobject'
+    
+    config =
+      oo{
+        header oo(:width => 42, :height => 42)
+        footer oo{ width 42.0; height 42.0 }
+      }
+    
+    p config.header.width
+    p config.footer.height
+
+  ~ > ruby sample/d.rb
+
+    42
+    42.0
+
+
+  <========< sample/e.rb >========>
+
+  ~ > cat sample/e.rb
+
+    require 'openobject'
+    
+    css = oo
+    
+    css.class = 'subtle'
+    css.style = 'display:none'
+
+  ~ > ruby sample/e.rb
+
+    
+
+  <========< sample/f.rb >========>
+
+  ~ > cat sample/f.rb
+
+    require 'openobject'
+    
+    # by default you cannot retrive unset values
+    #
+      o = oo
+      begin; o.foo; rescue NameError; p NameError; end
+     
+    #=> NameError
+    
+    # but you can set anything
+    #
+      o = oo
+      o.foo = 42
+      p o.foo
+     
+    #=> 42
+    
+    # blocks can extend openobjects
+    #
+      o = oo{ def bar() 42 end }
+      p o.bar
+     
+    #=> 42
+    
+    # you can set a default value which will be returned for anything
+    # missing value
+    #
+      o = oo{ default 42 }
+      p o.bar
+     
+    #=> 42
+    
+    # and the default value itself can be someting block/proc-like
+    #
+      n = 40
+      o = oo{ default{ n += 2 } }
+      p o.foo
+     
+    #=> 42
+
+  ~ > ruby sample/f.rb
+
+    NameError
+    42
+    42
+    42
+    42
+
+
+
+AUTHOR
+
+  ara.t.howard@gmail.com

data/README.erb

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+NAME
+
+  openobject
+
+SYNOPSIS
+
+  a simple property based container that's much more capable than a blankslate
+  but far less polluted than ruby's built-in OpenStruct.  openobject is a tiny
+  lib that couples the power of the 'fattr' gem alongside a slightly
+  enhanced blankslate type object.
+
+INSTALL
+
+  gem install openobject
+
+URIS
+
+  http://codeforpeople.com/lib/ruby/
+  http://rubyforge.org/projects/codeforpeople/
+
+HISTORY
+
+  1.0.0
+    github import
+
+  0.0.3
+    added support for default values
+
+SAMPLES
+
+  <%= samples %>
+
+AUTHOR
+
+  ara.t.howard@gmail.com

data/Rakefile

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+This.rubyforge_project = 'codeforpeople'
+This.author = "Ara T. Howard"
+This.email = "ara.t.howard@gmail.com"
+This.homepage = "http://github.com/ahoward/#{ This.lib }/tree/master"
+
+
+task :default do
+  puts((Rake::Task.tasks.map{|task| task.name.gsub(/::/,':')} - ['default']).sort)
+end
+
+task :test do
+  run_tests!
+end
+
+namespace :test do
+  task(:unit){ run_tests!(:unit) }
+  task(:functional){ run_tests!(:functional) }
+  task(:integration){ run_tests!(:integration) }
+end
+
+def run_tests!(which = nil)
+  which ||= '**'
+  test_dir = File.join(This.dir, "test")
+  test_glob ||= File.join(test_dir, "#{ which }/**_test.rb")
+  test_rbs = Dir.glob(test_glob).sort
+        
+  div = ('=' * 119)
+  line = ('-' * 119)
+  helper = "-r ./test/helper.rb" if test(?e, "./test/helper.rb")
+
+  test_rbs.each_with_index do |test_rb, index|
+    testno = index + 1
+    command = "#{ This.ruby } -I ./lib -I ./test/lib #{ helper } #{ test_rb }"
+
+    puts
+    say(div, :color => :cyan, :bold => true)
+    say("@#{ testno } => ", :bold => true, :method => :print)
+    say(command, :color => :cyan, :bold => true)
+    say(line, :color => :cyan, :bold => true)
+
+    system(command)
+
+    say(line, :color => :cyan, :bold => true)
+
+    status = $?.exitstatus
+
+    if status.zero? 
+      say("@#{ testno } <= ", :bold => true, :color => :white, :method => :print)
+      say("SUCCESS", :color => :green, :bold => true)
+    else
+      say("@#{ testno } <= ", :bold => true, :color => :white, :method => :print)
+      say("FAILURE", :color => :red, :bold => true)
+    end
+    say(line, :color => :cyan, :bold => true)
+
+    exit(status) unless status.zero?
+  end
+end
+
+
+task :gemspec do
+  ignore_extensions = 'git', 'svn', 'tmp', /sw./, 'bak', 'gem'
+  ignore_directories = 'pkg'
+  ignore_files = 'test/log'
+
+  shiteless = 
+    lambda do |list|
+      list.delete_if do |entry|
+        next unless test(?e, entry)
+        extension = File.basename(entry).split(%r/[.]/).last
+        ignore_extensions.any?{|ext| ext === extension}
+      end
+      list.delete_if do |entry|
+        next unless test(?d, entry)
+        dirname = File.expand_path(entry)
+        ignore_directories.any?{|dir| File.expand_path(dir) == dirname}
+      end
+      list.delete_if do |entry|
+        next unless test(?f, entry)
+        filename = File.expand_path(entry)
+        ignore_files.any?{|file| File.expand_path(file) == filename}
+      end
+    end
+
+  lib         = This.lib
+  object      = This.object
+  version     = This.version
+  files       = shiteless[Dir::glob("**/**")]
+  executables = shiteless[Dir::glob("bin/*")].map{|exe| File.basename(exe)}
+  has_rdoc    = true #File.exist?('doc')
+  test_files  = "test/#{ lib }.rb" if File.file?("test/#{ lib }.rb")
+  summary     = object.respond_to?(:summary) ? object.summary : "summary: #{ lib } kicks the ass"
+  description = object.respond_to?(:description) ? object.description : "description: #{ lib } kicks the ass"
+
+  if This.extensions.nil?
+    This.extensions = []
+    extensions = This.extensions
+    %w( Makefile configure extconf.rb ).each do |ext|
+      extensions << ext if File.exists?(ext)
+    end
+  end
+  extensions = [extensions].flatten.compact
+
+  template = 
+    if test(?e, 'gemspec.erb')
+      Template{ IO.read('gemspec.erb') }
+    else
+      Template {
+        <<-__
+          ## #{ lib }.gemspec
+          #
+
+          Gem::Specification::new do |spec|
+            spec.name = #{ lib.inspect }
+            spec.version = #{ version.inspect }
+            spec.platform = Gem::Platform::RUBY
+            spec.summary = #{ lib.inspect }
+            spec.description = #{ description.inspect }
+
+            spec.files = #{ files.inspect }
+            spec.executables = #{ executables.inspect }
+            
+            spec.require_path = "lib"
+
+            spec.has_rdoc = #{ has_rdoc.inspect }
+            spec.test_files = #{ test_files.inspect }
+            #spec.add_dependency 'lib', '>= version'
+            spec.add_dependency 'fattr'
+
+            spec.extensions.push(*#{ extensions.inspect })
+
+            spec.rubyforge_project = #{ This.rubyforge_project.inspect }
+            spec.author = #{ This.author.inspect }
+            spec.email = #{ This.email.inspect }
+            spec.homepage = #{ This.homepage.inspect }
+          end
+        __
+      }
+    end
+
+  Fu.mkdir_p(This.pkgdir)
+  gemspec = File.join(This.pkgdir, "#{ lib }.gemspec")
+  open(gemspec, "w"){|fd| fd.puts(template)}
+  This.gemspec = gemspec
+end
+
+task :gem => [:clean, :gemspec] do
+  Fu.mkdir_p(This.pkgdir)
+  before = Dir['*.gem']
+  cmd = "gem build #{ This.gemspec }"
+  `#{ cmd }`
+  after = Dir['*.gem']
+  gem = ((after - before).first || after.first) or abort('no gem!')
+  Fu.mv(gem, This.pkgdir)
+  This.gem = File.join(This.pkgdir, File.basename(gem))
+end
+
+task :readme do
+  samples = ''
+  prompt = '~ > '
+  lib = This.lib
+  version = This.version
+
+  Dir['sample*/*'].sort.each do |sample|
+    samples << "\n" << "  <========< #{ sample } >========>" << "\n\n"
+
+    cmd = "cat #{ sample }"
+    samples << Util.indent(prompt + cmd, 2) << "\n\n"
+    samples << Util.indent(`#{ cmd }`, 4) << "\n"
+
+    cmd = "ruby #{ sample }"
+    samples << Util.indent(prompt + cmd, 2) << "\n\n"
+
+    cmd = "ruby -e'STDOUT.sync=true; exec %(ruby -I ./lib #{ sample })'"
+    samples << Util.indent(`#{ cmd } 2>&1`, 4) << "\n"
+  end
+
+  template = 
+    if test(?e, 'readme.erb')
+      Template{ IO.read('readme.erb') }
+    else
+      Template {
+        <<-__
+          NAME
+            #{ lib }
+
+          DESCRIPTION
+
+          INSTALL
+            gem install #{ lib }
+
+          SAMPLES
+            #{ samples }
+        __
+      }
+    end
+
+  open("README", "w"){|fd| fd.puts template}
+end
+
+
+task :clean do
+  Dir[File.join(This.pkgdir, '**/**')].each{|entry| Fu.rm_rf(entry)}
+end
+
+
+task :release => [:clean, :gemspec, :gem] do
+  gems = Dir[File.join(This.pkgdir, '*.gem')].flatten
+  raise "which one? : #{ gems.inspect }" if gems.size > 1
+  raise "no gems?" if gems.size < 1
+
+  cmd = "gem push #{ This.gem }"
+  puts cmd
+  puts
+  system(cmd)
+  abort("cmd(#{ cmd }) failed with (#{ $?.inspect })") unless $?.exitstatus.zero?
+
+  cmd = "rubyforge login && rubyforge add_release #{ This.rubyforge_project } #{ This.lib } #{ This.version } #{ This.gem }"
+  puts cmd
+  puts
+  system(cmd)
+  abort("cmd(#{ cmd }) failed with (#{ $?.inspect })") unless $?.exitstatus.zero?
+end
+
+
+
+
+
+BEGIN {
+# support for this rakefile
+#
+  $VERBOSE = nil
+
+  require 'ostruct'
+  require 'erb'
+  require 'fileutils'
+  require 'rbconfig'
+
+# fu shortcut
+#
+  Fu = FileUtils
+
+# cache a bunch of stuff about this rakefile/environment
+#
+  This = OpenStruct.new
+
+  This.file = File.expand_path(__FILE__)
+  This.dir = File.dirname(This.file)
+  This.pkgdir = File.join(This.dir, 'pkg')
+
+# grok lib
+#
+  lib = ENV['LIB']
+  unless lib
+    lib = File.basename(Dir.pwd).sub(/[-].*$/, '')
+  end
+  This.lib = lib
+
+# grok version
+#
+  version = ENV['VERSION']
+  unless version
+    require "./lib/#{ This.lib }"
+    This.name = lib.capitalize
+    This.object = eval(This.name)
+    version = This.object.send(:version)
+  end
+  This.version = version
+
+# we need to know the name of the lib an it's version
+#
+  abort('no lib') unless This.lib
+  abort('no version') unless This.version
+
+# discover full path to this ruby executable
+#
+  c = Config::CONFIG
+  bindir = c["bindir"] || c['BINDIR']
+  ruby_install_name = c['ruby_install_name'] || c['RUBY_INSTALL_NAME'] || 'ruby'
+  ruby_ext = c['EXEEXT'] || ''
+  ruby = File.join(bindir, (ruby_install_name + ruby_ext))
+  This.ruby = ruby
+
+# some utils
+#
+  module Util
+    def indent(s, n = 2)
+      s = unindent(s)
+      ws = ' ' * n
+      s.gsub(%r/^/, ws)
+    end
+
+    def unindent(s)
+      indent = nil
+      s.each do |line|
+      next if line =~ %r/^\s*$/
+      indent = line[%r/^\s*/] and break
+    end
+    indent ? s.gsub(%r/^#{ indent }/, "") : s
+  end
+    extend self
+  end
+
+# template support
+#
+  class Template
+    def initialize(&block)
+      @block = block
+      @template = block.call.to_s
+    end
+    def expand(b=nil)
+      ERB.new(Util.unindent(@template)).result(b||@block)
+    end
+    alias_method 'to_s', 'expand'
+  end
+  def Template(*args, &block) Template.new(*args, &block) end
+
+# colored console output support
+#
+  This.ansi = {
+    :clear      => "\e[0m",
+    :reset      => "\e[0m",
+    :erase_line => "\e[K",
+    :erase_char => "\e[P",
+    :bold       => "\e[1m",
+    :dark       => "\e[2m",
+    :underline  => "\e[4m",
+    :underscore => "\e[4m",
+    :blink      => "\e[5m",
+    :reverse    => "\e[7m",
+    :concealed  => "\e[8m",
+    :black      => "\e[30m",
+    :red        => "\e[31m",
+    :green      => "\e[32m",
+    :yellow     => "\e[33m",
+    :blue       => "\e[34m",
+    :magenta    => "\e[35m",
+    :cyan       => "\e[36m",
+    :white      => "\e[37m",
+    :on_black   => "\e[40m",
+    :on_red     => "\e[41m",
+    :on_green   => "\e[42m",
+    :on_yellow  => "\e[43m",
+    :on_blue    => "\e[44m",
+    :on_magenta => "\e[45m",
+    :on_cyan    => "\e[46m",
+    :on_white   => "\e[47m"
+  }
+  def say(phrase, *args)
+    options = args.last.is_a?(Hash) ? args.pop : {}
+    options[:color] = args.shift.to_s.to_sym unless args.empty?
+    keys = options.keys
+    keys.each{|key| options[key.to_s.to_sym] = options.delete(key)}
+
+    color = options[:color]
+    bold = options.has_key?(:bold)
+
+    parts = [phrase]
+    parts.unshift(This.ansi[color]) if color
+    parts.unshift(This.ansi[:bold]) if bold
+    parts.push(This.ansi[:clear]) if parts.size > 1
+
+    method = options[:method] || :puts
+
+    Kernel.send(method, parts.join)
+  end
+
+# always run out of the project dir
+#
+  Dir.chdir(This.dir)
+}

data/install.rb

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+#!/usr/bin/env ruby
+require 'rbconfig'
+require 'find'
+require 'ftools'
+require 'tempfile'
+include Config
+
+LIBDIR      = "lib"
+LIBDIR_MODE = 0644
+
+BINDIR      = "bin"
+BINDIR_MODE = 0755
+
+
+$srcdir            = CONFIG["srcdir"]
+$version           = CONFIG["MAJOR"]+"."+CONFIG["MINOR"]
+$libdir            = File.join(CONFIG["libdir"], "ruby", $version)
+$archdir           = File.join($libdir, CONFIG["arch"])
+$site_libdir       = $:.find {|x| x =~ /site_ruby$/}
+$bindir            = CONFIG["bindir"] || CONFIG['BINDIR']
+$ruby_install_name = CONFIG['ruby_install_name'] || CONFIG['RUBY_INSTALL_NAME'] || 'ruby'
+$ruby_ext          = CONFIG['EXEEXT'] || ''
+$ruby              = File.join($bindir, ($ruby_install_name + $ruby_ext))
+
+if !$site_libdir
+  $site_libdir = File.join($libdir, "site_ruby")
+elsif $site_libdir !~ %r/#{Regexp.quote($version)}/
+  $site_libdir = File.join($site_libdir, $version)
+end
+
+def install_rb(srcdir=nil, destdir=nil, mode=nil, bin=nil)
+#{{{
+  path   = []
+  dir    = []
+  Find.find(srcdir) do |f|
+    next unless FileTest.file?(f)
+    next if (f = f[srcdir.length+1..-1]) == nil
+    next if (/CVS$/ =~ File.dirname(f))
+    next if f =~ %r/\.lnk/
+    path.push f
+    dir |= [File.dirname(f)]
+  end
+  for f in dir
+    next if f == "."
+    next if f == "CVS"
+    File::makedirs(File.join(destdir, f))
+  end
+  for f in path
+    next if (/\~$/ =~ f)
+    next if (/^\./ =~ File.basename(f))
+    unless bin
+      File::install(File.join(srcdir, f), File.join(destdir, f), mode, true)
+    else
+      from = File.join(srcdir, f)
+      to = File.join(destdir, f)
+      shebangify(from) do |sf|
+        $deferr.print from, " -> ", File::catname(from, to), "\n"
+        $deferr.printf "chmod %04o %s\n", mode, to 
+        File::install(sf, to, mode, false)
+      end
+    end
+  end
+#}}}
+end
+def shebangify f
+#{{{
+  open(f) do |fd|
+    buf = fd.read 42 
+    if buf =~ %r/^\s*#\s*!.*ruby/o
+      ftmp = Tempfile::new("#{ $$ }_#{ File::basename(f) }")
+      begin
+        fd.rewind
+        ftmp.puts "#!#{ $ruby  }"
+        while((buf = fd.read(8192)))
+          ftmp.write buf
+        end
+        ftmp.close
+        yield ftmp.path
+      ensure
+        ftmp.close!
+      end
+    else
+      yield f
+    end
+  end
+#}}}
+end
+def ARGV.switch
+#{{{
+  return nil if self.empty?
+  arg = self.shift
+  return nil if arg == '--'
+  if arg =~ /^-(.)(.*)/
+    return arg if $1 == '-'
+    raise 'unknown switch "-"' if $2.index('-')
+    self.unshift "-#{$2}" if $2.size > 0
+    "-#{$1}"
+  else
+    self.unshift arg
+    nil
+  end
+#}}}
+end
+def ARGV.req_arg
+#{{{
+  self.shift || raise('missing argument')
+#}}}
+end
+def linkify d, linked = []
+#--{{{
+  if test ?d, d
+    versioned = Dir[ File::join(d, "*-[0-9].[0-9].[0-9].rb") ]
+    versioned.each do |v| 
+      src, dst = v, v.gsub(%r/\-[\d\.]+\.rb$/, '.rb')
+      lnk = nil
+      begin
+        if test ?l, dst
+          lnk = "#{ dst }.lnk"
+          puts "#{ dst } -> #{ lnk }"
+          File::rename dst, lnk
+        end
+        unless test ?e, dst
+          puts "#{ src } -> #{ dst }"
+          File::copy src, dst 
+          linked << dst
+        end
+      ensure
+        if lnk
+          at_exit do
+            puts "#{ lnk } -> #{ dst }"
+            File::rename lnk, dst
+          end
+        end
+      end
+    end
+  end
+  linked
+#--}}}
+end
+
+
+#
+# main program
+#
+
+libdir = $site_libdir
+bindir = $bindir
+no_linkify = false
+linked = nil
+help = false
+
+usage = <<-usage
+  #{ File::basename $0 }
+    -d, --destdir    <destdir>
+    -l, --libdir     <libdir>
+    -b, --bindir     <bindir>
+    -r, --ruby       <ruby>
+    -n, --no_linkify
+    -s, --sudo
+    -h, --help
+usage
+
+begin
+  while switch = ARGV.switch
+    case switch
+    when '-d', '--destdir'
+      libdir = ARGV.req_arg
+    when '-l', '--libdir'
+      libdir = ARGV.req_arg
+    when '-b', '--bindir'
+      bindir = ARGV.req_arg
+    when '-r', '--ruby'
+      $ruby = ARGV.req_arg
+    when '-n', '--no_linkify'
+      no_linkify = true
+    when '-s', '--sudo'
+      sudo = 'sudo' 
+    when '-h', '--help'
+      help = true
+    else
+      raise "unknown switch #{switch.dump}"
+    end
+  end
+rescue
+  STDERR.puts $!.to_s
+  STDERR.puts usage
+  exit 1
+end    
+
+if help
+  STDOUT.puts usage
+  exit
+end
+
+system "#{ sudo } #{ $ruby } pre-install.rb" if test(?s, 'pre-install.rb')
+
+unless no_linkify
+  linked = linkify('lib') + linkify('bin')
+end
+
+system "#{ $ruby } extconf.rb && make && #{ sudo } make install" if test(?s, 'extconf.rb')
+
+install_rb(LIBDIR, libdir, LIBDIR_MODE)
+install_rb(BINDIR, bindir, BINDIR_MODE, bin=true)
+
+if linked
+  linked.each{|path| File::rm_f path}
+end
+
+system "#{ sudo } #{ $ruby } post-install.rb" if test(?s, 'post-install.rb')

data/lib/openobject.rb

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+require 'fattr'
+
+class OpenObject
+  Version = '1.0.0' unless defined?(OpenObject::Version)
+  def OpenObject.version() OpenObject::Version end
+
+# setup a super blank slate
+#
+  alias_method "__inspect__", "inspect"
+  alias_method "__to_s__", "to_s"
+  alias_method "__instance_eval__", "instance_eval"
+
+    instance_methods.each{|m| undef_method m unless m[%r/__/]}
+
+  alias_method "instance_eval", "__instance_eval__"
+  alias_method "inspect", "__inspect__"
+  alias_method "to_s", "__to_s__"
+
+# method missing is contrcuted to raise an error if a property is read that
+# was never set
+#
+  def method_missing(m, *a, &b)
+    if(a.empty? and b.nil?)
+      return((
+        if defined?(@default)
+          value = @default.respond_to?(:call) ? @default.call(m, *a) : @default
+          __fattr__(m => value)
+          value
+        else
+          super
+        end
+      ))
+    end
+    m = m.to_s
+    setter = m.delete!('=') || a.first || b
+    if setter
+      if a.empty?
+        __fattr__(m, &b)
+      else
+        __fattr__(m => a.shift)
+      end
+    else
+      nil
+    end
+  end
+
+# the default method can be used to force missing attribute calls to return a
+# value -
+#
+  def default(*value, &block)
+    @default = (( value.empty? ? block : value.first ))
+  end
+
+# configure is used to set key/val pairs via a hash AND/OR to to evaluate code
+# in the instance
+#
+  def configure(kvs = {}, &b)
+    kvs.each{|k,v| __fattr__(k => v)}
+    __instance_eval__(&b) if b
+  end
+  alias_method "initialize", "configure"
+  alias_method "eval", "configure"
+
+# return the singleton_class or evaluate code inside of it
+#
+  def __singleton_class__(&b)
+    sc =
+      class << self
+        self
+      end
+    b ? sc.module_eval(&b) : sc
+  end
+  alias_method "singleton_class", "__singleton_class__"
+
+# override extend to to the 'normal' thang or extend the instance via a block
+# of code - evaluated in the singleton class
+#
+  def extend(*a, &b)
+    if b
+      __singleton_class__(&b)
+      self
+    else
+      super
+    end
+  end
+  alias_method "extending", "extend"
+
+# pollute the namespace a little...
+#
+  def fattrs(*a, &b)
+    __fattrs__(*a, &b)
+  end
+  alias_method "fattr", "fattrs"
+
+  def to_hash
+    __fattrs__.inject(Hash.new){|h,a| h.update(a => __send__(a))}
+  end
+  alias_method "to_h", "to_hash"
+
+  def respond_to?(*a, &b)
+    true
+  end
+end
+
+Openobject = OpenObject
+
+class Object
+  def Open *a, &b
+    OpenObject.new(*a, &b)
+  end
+
+  def openobject(*a, &b)
+    OpenObject.new(*a, &b)
+  end
+
+  def oo *a, &b
+    OpenObject.new(*a, &b)
+  end
+end

data/openobject.gemspec

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+## openobject.gemspec
+#
+
+Gem::Specification::new do |spec|
+  spec.name = "openobject"
+  spec.version = "1.0.0"
+  spec.platform = Gem::Platform::RUBY
+  spec.summary = "openobject"
+  spec.description = "description: openobject kicks the ass"
+
+  spec.files = ["install.rb", "lib", "lib/openobject.rb", "openobject.gemspec", "Rakefile", "README", "README.erb", "sample", "sample/a.rb", "sample/b.rb", "sample/c.rb", "sample/d.rb", "sample/e.rb", "sample/f.rb"]
+  spec.executables = []
+  
+  spec.require_path = "lib"
+
+  spec.has_rdoc = true
+  spec.test_files = nil
+  #spec.add_dependency 'lib', '>= version'
+  spec.add_dependency 'fattr'
+
+  spec.extensions.push(*[])
+
+  spec.rubyforge_project = "codeforpeople"
+  spec.author = "Ara T. Howard"
+  spec.email = "ara.t.howard@gmail.com"
+  spec.homepage = "http://github.com/ahoward/openobject/tree/master"
+end

data/sample/a.rb

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+require 'openobject'
+
+oo = openobject
+
+oo.foo = 42
+oo.bar 'forty-two'
+
+p oo.foo
+p oo.bar

data/sample/b.rb

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+require 'openobject'
+
+oo = openobject :foo => 42, :bar => 'forty-two' do
+  foobar 42.0
+end
+
+p oo.to_hash
+p oo.fattrs

data/sample/c.rb

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+require 'openobject'
+
+oo = openobject :foo => 42
+
+oo.bar = 'forty-two' 
+
+oo.extend do
+  fattr :foobar => 42.0
+
+  def barfoo 
+    [ foo, bar, foobar ] 
+  end
+end
+
+p oo.foobar
+p oo.barfoo

data/sample/d.rb

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+require 'openobject'
+
+config =
+  oo{
+    header oo(:width => 42, :height => 42)
+    footer oo{ width 42.0; height 42.0 }
+  }
+
+p config.header.width
+p config.footer.height

data/sample/e.rb

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+require 'openobject'
+
+css = oo
+
+css.class = 'subtle'
+css.style = 'display:none'

data/sample/f.rb

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+require 'openobject'
+
+# by default you cannot retrive unset values
+#
+  o = oo
+  begin; o.foo; rescue NameError; p NameError; end
+ 
+#=> NameError
+
+# but you can set anything
+#
+  o = oo
+  o.foo = 42
+  p o.foo
+ 
+#=> 42
+
+# blocks can extend openobjects
+#
+  o = oo{ def bar() 42 end }
+  p o.bar
+ 
+#=> 42
+
+# you can set a default value which will be returned for anything
+# missing value
+#
+  o = oo{ default 42 }
+  p o.bar
+ 
+#=> 42
+
+# and the default value itself can be someting block/proc-like
+#
+  n = 40
+  o = oo{ default{ n += 2 } }
+  p o.foo
+ 
+#=> 42

metadata

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+--- !ruby/object:Gem::Specification 
+name: openobject
+version: !ruby/object:Gem::Version 
+  prerelease: false
+  segments: 
+  - 1
+  - 0
+  - 0
+  version: 1.0.0
+platform: ruby
+authors: 
+- Ara T. Howard
+autorequire: 
+bindir: bin
+cert_chain: []
+
+date: 2010-09-12 00:00:00 -06:00
+default_executable: 
+dependencies: 
+- !ruby/object:Gem::Dependency 
+  name: fattr
+  prerelease: false
+  requirement: &id001 !ruby/object:Gem::Requirement 
+    none: false
+    requirements: 
+    - - ">="
+      - !ruby/object:Gem::Version 
+        segments: 
+        - 0
+        version: "0"
+  type: :runtime
+  version_requirements: *id001
+description: "description: openobject kicks the ass"
+email: ara.t.howard@gmail.com
+executables: []
+
+extensions: []
+
+extra_rdoc_files: []
+
+files: 
+- install.rb
+- lib/openobject.rb
+- openobject.gemspec
+- Rakefile
+- README
+- README.erb
+- sample/a.rb
+- sample/b.rb
+- sample/c.rb
+- sample/d.rb
+- sample/e.rb
+- sample/f.rb
+has_rdoc: true
+homepage: http://github.com/ahoward/openobject/tree/master
+licenses: []
+
+post_install_message: 
+rdoc_options: []
+
+require_paths: 
+- lib
+required_ruby_version: !ruby/object:Gem::Requirement 
+  none: false
+  requirements: 
+  - - ">="
+    - !ruby/object:Gem::Version 
+      segments: 
+      - 0
+      version: "0"
+required_rubygems_version: !ruby/object:Gem::Requirement 
+  none: false
+  requirements: 
+  - - ">="
+    - !ruby/object:Gem::Version 
+      segments: 
+      - 0
+      version: "0"
+requirements: []
+
+rubyforge_project: codeforpeople
+rubygems_version: 1.3.7
+signing_key: 
+specification_version: 3
+summary: openobject
+test_files: []
+