useful_duration 0.0.1 → 0.0.2

data/README.md

@@ -18,16 +18,27 @@ Or install it yourself as:
 
 ## Usage
 
-  require 'useful_duration'
-
   > require 'useful_duration'
 
+  > include UsefulDuration
+
   > 10.in_a_gadda_da_vidas.ago
   => 2013-04-18 11:25:56 -0400
 
   > 2.bravehearts.from_now
    => 2013-04-18 20:10:45 -0400
 
+## Defining Your Own Duration
+
+  > require 'useful_duration'
+
+  > include UsefulDuration
+
+  > useful_duration :fortnights, 1209600
+
+  > 1.fortnight.from_now
+  => 2013-07-21 08:47:37 -0400
+
 ## Dependencies
 
 This requires ActiveSupport to play nicely with ActiveSupport duration.

data/lib/useful_duration.rb

@@ -2,22 +2,34 @@ require "useful_duration/version"
 require 'active_support/duration'
 require 'active_support/core_ext/time/calculations'
 require 'active_support/core_ext/time/acts_like'
+require 'active_support/core_ext/string/inflections.rb'
 
-class Numeric
+module UsefulDuration
 
-  def bravehearts
-     ActiveSupport::Duration.new(self * 10620, [[:seconds, self * 10620]])
+  def self.included(base)
+    # Some nice - built in durations
+    useful_duration :bravehearts,         10620
+    useful_duration :in_a_gadda_da_vidas,  1023
+    useful_duration :doctor_zhivagos,     11820
   end
-  alias :braveheart :bravehearts
 
-  def in_a_gadda_da_vidas
-    ActiveSupport::Duration.new(self * 1023, [[:seconds, self * 1023]])
+  def useful_duration name, value
+    # Send a `define_method` to Numeric class
+    Numeric.send(:define_method, name) do
+      ActiveSupport::Duration.new(self * value, [[:seconds, self * value]])
+    end
+
+    # Alias the "singular" method with it
+    # For example, useful_duration :fortnights, 1209600
+    #   will create #fortnights and #fortnight
+    Numeric.send(:alias_method, singular_method(name), name)
   end
-  alias :in_a_gadda_da_vida :in_a_gadda_da_vidas
 
-  def doctor_zhivagos
-    ActiveSupport::Duration.new(self * 11820, [[:seconds, self * 11820]])
+  private
+  # Helper function to "singularlize" a method name (as a symbol)
+  # Using ActiveSupport::Inflector::Inflections
+  def singular_method name
+    name.to_s.singularize.to_sym
   end
-  alias :doctor_zhivago :doctor_zhivagos
 
-end
+end

data/lib/useful_duration/version.rb

@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 module UsefulDuration
-  VERSION = "0.0.1"
+  VERSION = "0.0.2"
 end

metadata

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 --- !ruby/object:Gem::Specification
 name: useful_duration
 version: !ruby/object:Gem::Version
-  version: 0.0.1
+  version: 0.0.2
   prerelease: 
 platform: ruby
 authors:
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ authors:
 autorequire: 
 bindir: bin
 cert_chain: []
-date: 2013-05-24 00:00:00.000000000 Z
+date: 2013-07-07 00:00:00.000000000 Z
 dependencies:
 - !ruby/object:Gem::Dependency
   name: activesupport