class Rake::TaskArguments - rake-13.4.2 Documentation

# class Rake::TaskArguments

`TaskArguments` manage the arguments passed to a task.

### Attributes

names[R]

Argument names

### Public Class Methods

new(names, values, parent=nil) click to toggle source

Create a TaskArgument object with a list of argument `names` and a set of associated `values`. `parent` is the parent argument object.

    # File lib/rake/task_arguments.rb, line 15
    def initialize(names, values, parent=nil)
      @names = names
      @parent = parent
      @hash = {}
      @values = values
      names.each_with_index { |name, i|
        next if values[i].nil? || values[i] == ""
        @hash[name.to_sym] = values[i]
      }
    end

### Public Instance Methods

[](index) click to toggle source

Find an argument value by name or index.

    # File lib/rake/task_arguments.rb, line 44
    def [](index)
      lookup(index.to_sym)
    end

deconstruct_keys(keys) click to toggle source

    # File lib/rake/task_arguments.rb, line 97
    def deconstruct_keys(keys)
      keys ? @hash.slice(*keys) : to_hash
    end

each(&block) click to toggle source

Enumerates the arguments and their values

    # File lib/rake/task_arguments.rb, line 56
    def each(&block)
      @hash.each(&block)
    end

extras() click to toggle source

Retrieve the list of values not associated with named arguments

    # File lib/rake/task_arguments.rb, line 32
    def extras
      @values[@names.length..-1] || []
    end

fetch(*args, &block) click to toggle source

    # File lib/rake/task_arguments.rb, line 93
    def fetch(*args, &block)
      @hash.fetch(*args, &block)
    end

has_key?(key) click to toggle source

Returns true if `key` is one of the arguments

    # File lib/rake/task_arguments.rb, line 88
    def has_key?(key)
      @hash.has_key?(key)
    end

Also aliased as: key?
key?(key)
Alias for: has_key?
method_missing(sym, *args) click to toggle source

Returns the value of the given argument via `method_missing`

    # File lib/rake/task_arguments.rb, line 66
    def method_missing(sym, *args)
      lookup(sym.to_sym)
    end

new_scope(names) click to toggle source

Create a new argument scope using the prerequisite argument names.

    # File lib/rake/task_arguments.rb, line 38
    def new_scope(names)
      values = names.map { |n| self[n] }
      self.class.new(names, values + extras, self)
    end

to_a() click to toggle source

Retrieve the complete array of sequential values

    # File lib/rake/task_arguments.rb, line 27
    def to_a
      @values.dup
    end

to_hash() click to toggle source

Returns a Hash of arguments and their values

    # File lib/rake/task_arguments.rb, line 71
    def to_hash
      @hash.dup
    end

values_at(*keys) click to toggle source

Extracts the argument values at `keys`

    # File lib/rake/task_arguments.rb, line 61
    def values_at(*keys)
      keys.map { |k| lookup(k) }
    end

with_defaults(defaults) click to toggle source

Specify a hash of default values for task arguments. Use the defaults only if there is no specific value for the given argument.

    # File lib/rake/task_arguments.rb, line 51
    def with_defaults(defaults)
      @hash = defaults.merge(@hash)
    end