module TemporalObject

@author Craig A. Cook

Constants

VERSION

Attributes

temporal_statuses[RW]

Array: of TimeSpan::TimeLine statuses for temporal attributes

Public Class Methods

new() click to toggle source

Calls superclass method

# File lib/temporal_object.rb, line 11
def initialize
  super
  @temporal_statuses = []         # Array of TimeSpan::TimeLine
end

Public Instance Methods

add_timeline(timeline) click to toggle source

add a timeline to the TemporalObject

@param [TimeSpan::TimeLine] timeline added to the object @return [Array] adjusted list of timelines if no exception raised.

# File lib/temporal_object.rb, line 19
def add_timeline(timeline)
  raise ArgumentError, "Can only add a TimeSpan::TimeLine to a TemporalObject's statuses" unless timeline.kind_of? TimeSpan::TimeLine
  @temporal_statuses << timeline
end

remove_timeline(timeline) click to toggle source

delete the cited timeline @param timeline [TimeSpan::TimeLine] timeline to delete @raise ArgumentError if called with a non-TimeLine object @return [TimeSpan::TimeLine, nil] TimeLIne deleted if successful or nil if not

# File lib/temporal_object.rb, line 34
def remove_timeline(timeline)
  raise ArgumentError, "Can only remove a TimeLine with this call."  unless timeline.kind_of? TimeSpan::TimeLine
  @temporal_statuses.delete(timeline)
end

remove_timelines() click to toggle source

remove all TimeLine s from the TemporalObject @return [Array] the associated timelines

# File lib/temporal_object.rb, line 26
def remove_timelines
  @temporal_statuses = []
end