Calling a method on a Ruby module

Question

I have the following Ruby code:

module MyModule   class MyClass     def self.my_method     end   end end 

To call my_method, I enter MyModule::MyClass.my_method. I'd like to write a wrapper for my_method on the module itself:

MyModule.my_method 

Is this possible?

Answer 1

I'm not sure what you're trying to achieve, but: if you make it a regular method and modify it with module_function, you will be able to call it any way you choose.

#!/usr/bin/ruby1.8  module MyModule    def my_method     p "my method"   end   module_function :my_method  end 

Having done this, you may either include the module and call the method as an instance method:

class MyClass    include MyModule    def foo     my_method   end  end  MyClass.new.foo      # => "my method" 

or you may call the method as a class method on the module:

MyModule.my_method   # => "my method"