unrar / midb

#

# The "hooks" part of the MIDB::API module allows programmers to customize their API.

# Hooks are methods that are run in the API; overriding them allows you to run a custom API.

#

# This hooking technology has been developed in its-hookable.

#

module MIDB

  module API

    class Hooks

      attr_accessor :hooks

      def initialize()

        @hooks = Hash.new

        @hooks["after_get_all_entries"] = []

        @hooks["format_field"] = []

      end

      # This method adds a method _reference_ (:whatever) to the hash defined above.

      def register(hook, method)

        @hooks[hook].push method

      end

      # These are the methods that are ran when the hook is called from the main class.

      # The code can be slightly modified depending on the arguments that each hook takes,

      # but that's up to the original developer - not the one who does the customization.

      def format_field(field, what)

        if @hooks["format_field"] == []

          return what

        else

          @hooks["format_field"].each do |f|

            return Object.send(f, field, what)

          end

        end

      end

    end

  end

end