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respond_to?

v2.1.0 - Show latest stable - Class: ActiveResource::Base

respond_to?(method, include_priv = false)

public

A method to determine if an object responds to a message (e.g., a method call). In Active Resource, a Person object with a name attribute can answer true to my_person.respond_to?("name"), my_person.respond_to?("name="), and my_person.respond_to?("name?").

# File activeresource/lib/active_resource/base.rb, line 908
    def respond_to?(method, include_priv = false)
      method_name = method.to_s
      if attributes.nil?
        return super
      elsif attributes.has_key?(method_name)
        return true 
      elsif ['?','='].include?(method_name.last) && attributes.has_key?(method_name.first(-1))
        return true
      end
      # super must be called at the end of the method, because the inherited respond_to?
      # would return true for generated readers, even if the attribute wasn't present
      super
    end

respond_to?

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