class Gem::Specification

The Specification class contains the information for a Gem. Typically defined in a .gemspec file or a Rakefile, and looks like this:

Gem::Specification.new do |s|
  s.name        = 'example'
  s.version     = '0.1.0'
  s.summary     = "This is an example!"
  s.description = "Much longer explanation of the example!"
  s.authors     = ["Ruby Coder"]
  s.email       = 'rubycoder@example.com'
  s.files       = ["lib/example.rb"]
  s.homepage    = 'https://rubygems.org/gems/example'
end

Starting in RubyGems 2.0, a Specification can hold arbitrary metadata. See metadata for restrictions on the format and size of metadata items you may add to a specification.

Constants

CURRENT_SPECIFICATION_VERSION

The specification version applied to any new Specification instances created. This should be bumped whenever something in the spec format changes.

Specification Version History:

spec   ruby
 ver    ver yyyy-mm-dd description
  -1 <0.8.0            pre-spec-version-history
   1  0.8.0 2004-08-01 Deprecated "test_suite_file" for "test_files"
                       "test_file=x" is a shortcut for "test_files=[x]"
   2  0.9.5 2007-10-01 Added "required_rubygems_version"
                       Now forward-compatible with future versions
   3  1.3.2 2009-01-03 Added Fixnum validation to specification_version
   4  1.9.0 2011-06-07 Added metadata
Dupable
LOAD_CACHE
MARSHAL_FIELDS
NONEXISTENT_SPECIFICATION_VERSION

The version number of a specification that does not specify one (i.e. RubyGems 0.7 or earlier).

SPECIFICATION_VERSION_HISTORY

An informal list of changes to the specification. The highest-valued key should be equal to the CURRENT_SPECIFICATION_VERSION.

TODAY

Optional gemspec attributes

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Attributes

bindir[RW]

The path in the gem for executable scripts. Usually 'bin'

Usage:

spec.bindir = 'bin'
cert_chain[RW]

The certificate chain used to sign this gem. See Gem::Security for details.

description[R]

A long description of this gem

The description should be more detailed than the summary.

Usage:

spec.description = <<-EOF
  Rake is a Make-like program implemented in Ruby. Tasks and
  dependencies are specified in standard Ruby syntax.
EOF
email[RW]

A contact email address (or addresses) for this gem

Usage:

spec.email = 'john.jones@example.com'
spec.email = ['jack@example.com', 'jill@example.com']
homepage[RW]

The URL of this gem's home page

Usage:

spec.homepage = 'http://rake.rubyforge.org'
metadata[RW]

:attr_accessor: metadata

The metadata holds extra data for this gem that may be useful to other consumers and is settable by gem authors without requiring an update to the rubygems software.

Metadata items have the following restrictions:

  • The metadata must be a Hash object

  • All keys and values must be Strings

  • Keys can be a maximum of 128 bytes and values can be a maximum of 1024 bytes

  • All strings must be UTF-8, no binary data is allowed

To add metadata for the location of a issue tracker:

s.metadata = { "issue_tracker" => "https://example/issues" }
post_install_message[RW]

A message that gets displayed after the gem is installed.

Usage:

spec.post_install_message = "Thanks for installing!"
signing_key[RW]

The key used to sign this gem. See Gem::Security for details.

Public Instance Methods

add_development_dependency(gem, *requirements) click to toggle source

Adds a development dependency named gem with requirements to this gem.

Usage:

spec.add_development_dependency 'example', '~> 1.1', '>= 1.1.4'

Development dependencies aren't installed by default and aren't activated when a gem is required.

# File lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 419
def add_development_dependency(gem, *requirements)
  add_dependency_with_type(gem, :development, *requirements)
end
add_runtime_dependency(gem, *requirements) click to toggle source

Adds a runtime dependency named gem with requirements to this gem.

Usage:

spec.add_runtime_dependency 'example', '~> 1.1', '>= 1.1.4'
# File lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 430
def add_runtime_dependency(gem, *requirements)
  add_dependency_with_type(gem, :runtime, *requirements)
end
author=(o) click to toggle source

Singular writer for authors

Usage:

spec.author = 'John Jones'
# File lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 441
def author= o
  self.authors = [o]
end
authors=(value) click to toggle source

Sets the list of authors, ensuring it is an array.

Usage:

spec.authors = ['John Jones', 'Mary Smith']
# File lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 452
def authors= value
  @authors = Array(value).flatten.grep(String)
end
executables() click to toggle source

Executables included in the gem.

For example, the rake gem has rake as an executable. You don’t specify the full path (as in bin/rake); all application-style files are expected to be found in bindir. These files must be executable Ruby files. Files that use bash or other interpreters will not work.

Usage:

spec.executables << 'rake'
# File lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 468
def executables
  @executables ||= []
end
extensions() click to toggle source

Extensions to build when installing the gem, specifically the paths to extconf.rb-style files used to compile extensions.

These files will be run when the gem is installed, causing the C (or whatever) code to be compiled on the user’s machine.

Usage:

spec.extensions << 'ext/rmagic/extconf.rb'

See Gem::Ext::Builder for information about writing extensions for gems.

# File lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 485
def extensions
  @extensions ||= []
end
extra_rdoc_files() click to toggle source

Extra files to add to RDoc such as README or doc/examples.txt

When the user elects to generate the RDoc documentation for a gem (typically at install time), all the library files are sent to RDoc for processing. This option allows you to have some non-code files included for a more complete set of documentation.

Usage:

spec.extra_rdoc_files = ['README', 'doc/user-guide.txt']
# File lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 501
def extra_rdoc_files
  @extra_rdoc_files ||= []
end
license=(o) click to toggle source

The license for this gem.

The license must be a short name, no more than 64 characters.

This should just be the name of your license. The full text of the license should be inside of the gem when you build it.

See opensource.org/licenses/alphabetical for a list of licenses and their abbreviations (or short names).

You can set multiple licenses with licenses=

Usage:

spec.license = 'MIT'
# File lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 521
def license=o
  self.licenses = [o]
end
licenses=(licenses) click to toggle source

The license(s) for the library.

Each license must be a short name, no more than 64 characters.

This should just be the name of your license. The full text of the license should be inside of the gem when you build it.

See license= for more discussion

Usage:

spec.licenses = ['MIT', 'GPL-2']
# File lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 538
def licenses= licenses
  @licenses = Array licenses
end
rdoc_options() click to toggle source

Specifies the rdoc options to be used when generating API documentation.

Usage:

spec.rdoc_options << '--title' << 'Rake -- Ruby Make' <<
  '--main' << 'README' <<
  '--line-numbers'
# File lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 551
def rdoc_options
  @rdoc_options ||= []
end
required_ruby_version=(req) click to toggle source

The version of Ruby required by this gem. The ruby version can be specified to the patch-level:

$ ruby -v -e 'p Gem.ruby_version'
ruby 2.0.0p247 (2013-06-27 revision 41674) [x86_64-darwin12.4.0]
#<Gem::Version "2.0.0.247">

Usage:

# This gem will work with 1.8.6 or greater...
spec.required_ruby_version = '>= 1.8.6'

# Only with ruby 2.0.x
spec.required_ruby_version = '~> 2.0'
# File lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 571
def required_ruby_version= req
  @required_ruby_version = Gem::Requirement.create req
end
requirements() click to toggle source

Lists the external (to RubyGems) requirements that must be met for this gem to work. It's simply information for the user.

Usage:

spec.requirements << 'libmagick, v6.0'
spec.requirements << 'A good graphics card'
# File lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 584
def requirements
  @requirements ||= []
end
test_files=(files) click to toggle source

A collection of unit test files. They will be loaded as unit tests when the user requests a gem to be unit tested.

Usage:

spec.test_files = Dir.glob('test/tc_*.rb')
spec.test_files = ['tests/test-suite.rb']
# File lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 596
def test_files= files
  @test_files = Array files
end

Required gemspec attributes

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Attributes

name[RW]

This gem's name.

Usage:

spec.name = 'rake'
require_paths[RW]

Paths in the gem to add to $LOAD_PATH when this gem is activated.

If you have an extension you do not need to add "ext" to the require path, the extension build process will copy the extension files into “lib” for you.

The default value is "lib"

Usage:

# If all library files are in the root directory...
spec.require_path = '.'
rubygems_version[RW]

The version of RubyGems used to create this gem.

Do not set this, it is set automatically when the gem is packaged.

summary[R]

A short summary of this gem's description. Displayed in `gem list -d`.

The description should be more detailed than the summary.

Usage:

spec.summary = "This is a small summary of my gem"
version[R]

This gem's version.

The version string can contain numbers and periods, such as 1.0.0. A gem is a 'prerelease' gem if the version has a letter in it, such as 1.0.0.pre.

Usage:

spec.version = '0.4.1'

Public Instance Methods

files() click to toggle source

Files included in this gem. You cannot append to this accessor, you must assign to it.

Only add files you can require to this list, not directories, etc.

Directories are automatically stripped from this list when building a gem, other non-files cause an error.

Usage:

require 'rake'
spec.files = FileList['lib     .rb',
                      'bin/*',
                      '[A-Z]*',
                      'test/   *'].to_a

# or without Rake...
spec.files = Dir['lib/   *.rb'] + Dir['bin/*']
spec.files += Dir['[A-Z]*'] + Dir['test/**/*']
spec.files.reject! { |fn| fn.include? "CVS" }
# File lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 311
def files
  # DO NOT CHANGE TO ||= ! This is not a normal accessor. (yes, it sucks)
  # DOC: Why isn't it normal? Why does it suck? How can we fix this?
  @files = [@files,
            @test_files,
            add_bindir(@executables),
            @extra_rdoc_files,
            @extensions,
           ].flatten.uniq.compact
end
platform=(platform) click to toggle source

The platform this gem runs on.

This is usually Gem::Platform::RUBY or Gem::Platform::CURRENT.

Most gems contain pure Ruby code; they should simply leave the default value in place. Some gems contain C (or other) code to be compiled into a Ruby “extension”. The should leave the default value in place unless their code will only compile on a certain type of system. Some gems consist of pre-compiled code (“binary gems”). It's especially important that they set the platform attribute appropriately. A shortcut is to set the platform to Gem::Platform::CURRENT, which will cause the gem builder to set the platform to the appropriate value for the system on which the build is being performed.

If this attribute is set to a non-default value, it will be included in the filename of the gem when it is built such as: nokogiri-1.6.0-x86-mingw32.gem

Usage:

spec.platform = Gem::Platform.local
# File lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 255
def platform= platform
  if @original_platform.nil? or
     @original_platform == Gem::Platform::RUBY then
    @original_platform = platform
  end

  case platform
  when Gem::Platform::CURRENT then
    @new_platform = Gem::Platform.local
    @original_platform = @new_platform.to_s

  when Gem::Platform then
    @new_platform = platform

  # legacy constants
  when nil, Gem::Platform::RUBY then
    @new_platform = Gem::Platform::RUBY
  when 'mswin32' then # was Gem::Platform::WIN32
    @new_platform = Gem::Platform.new 'x86-mswin32'
  when 'i586-linux' then # was Gem::Platform::LINUX_586
    @new_platform = Gem::Platform.new 'x86-linux'
  when 'powerpc-darwin' then # was Gem::Platform::DARWIN
    @new_platform = Gem::Platform.new 'ppc-darwin'
  else
    @new_platform = Gem::Platform.new platform
  end

  @platform = @new_platform.to_s

  invalidate_memoized_attributes

  @new_platform
end

Specification internals

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Attributes

activated[RW]

True when this gemspec has been activated. This attribute is not persisted.

activated?[RW]

True when this gemspec has been activated. This attribute is not persisted.

default_executable[W]

Sets the default executable for this gem.

Deprecated: You must now specify the executable name to Gem.bin_path.

required_ruby_version[R]

The version of Ruby required by this gem

required_rubygems_version[R]

The RubyGems version required by this gem

rubyforge_project[RW]

The rubyforge project this gem lives under. i.e. RubyGems' #rubyforge_project is “rubygems”.

This option is deprecated.

specification_version[RW]

The Gem::Specification version of this gemspec.

Do not set this, it is set automatically when the gem is packaged.

Public Class Methods

new(name = nil, version = nil) { |self| ... } click to toggle source

Specification constructor. Assigns the default values to the attributes and yields itself for further initialization. Optionally takes name and version.

# File lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 1748
def initialize name = nil, version = nil
  @loaded = false
  @activated = false
  self.loaded_from = nil
  @original_platform = nil

  @@nil_attributes.each do |key|
    instance_variable_set "@#{key}", nil
  end

  @@non_nil_attributes.each do |key|
    default = default_value(key)
    value = Dupable[key] ? default.dup : default
    instance_variable_set "@#{key}", value
  end

  @new_platform = Gem::Platform::RUBY

  self.name = name if name
  self.version = version if version

  yield self if block_given?
end

Public Instance Methods

initialize_copy(other_spec) click to toggle source

Duplicates array_attributes from other_spec so state isn't shared.

# File lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 1775
def initialize_copy other_spec
  self.class.array_attributes.each do |name|
    name = :"@#{name}"
    next unless other_spec.instance_variable_defined? name

    begin
      val = other_spec.instance_variable_get(name)
      if val then
        instance_variable_set name, val.dup
      elsif Gem.configuration.really_verbose
        warn "WARNING: #{full_name} has an invalid nil value for #{name}"
      end
    rescue TypeError
      e = Gem::FormatException.new            "#{full_name} has an invalid value for #{name}"

      e.file_path = loaded_from
      raise e
    end
  end
end
inspect() click to toggle source
Calls superclass method
# File lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 1808
def inspect
  if $DEBUG
    super
  else
    "#<#{self.class}:0x#{__id__.to_s(16)} #{full_name}>"
  end
end
lib_dirs_glob() click to toggle source

Returns a string usable in Dir.glob to match all requirable paths for this spec.

# File lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 1820
def lib_dirs_glob
  dirs = if self.require_paths.size > 1 then
           "{#{self.require_paths.join(',')}}"
         else
           self.require_paths.first
         end

  "#{self.full_gem_path}/#{dirs}"
end
lib_files() click to toggle source

Files in the Gem under one of the #require_paths

# File lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 1833
def lib_files
  @files.select do |file|
    require_paths.any? do |path|
      file.start_with? path
    end
  end
end
license() click to toggle source

Singular accessor for licenses

# File lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 1844
def license
  val = licenses and val.first
end
licenses() click to toggle source

Plural accessor for setting licenses

See license= for details

# File lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 1853
def licenses
  @licenses ||= []
end
mark_version() click to toggle source

Sets the #rubygems_version to the current RubyGems version.

# File lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 1873
def mark_version
  @rubygems_version = Gem::VERSION
end
matches_for_glob(glob) click to toggle source

Return all files in this gem that match for glob.

# File lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 1880
def matches_for_glob glob # TODO: rename?
  # TODO: do we need these?? Kill it
  glob = File.join(self.lib_dirs_glob, glob)

  Dir[glob].map { |f| f.untaint } # FIX our tests are broken, run w/ SAFE=1
end
name_tuple() click to toggle source

Return a NameTuple that represents this Specification

# File lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 1922
def name_tuple
  Gem::NameTuple.new name, version, original_platform
end
normalize() click to toggle source

Normalize the list of files so that:

  • All file lists have redundancies removed.

  • Files referenced in the #extra_rdoc_files are included in the package file list.

# File lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 1905
def normalize
  if defined?(@extra_rdoc_files) and @extra_rdoc_files then
    @extra_rdoc_files.uniq!
    @files ||= []
    @files.concat(@extra_rdoc_files)
  end

  @files            = @files.uniq if @files
  @extensions       = @extensions.uniq if @extensions
  @test_files       = @test_files.uniq if @test_files
  @executables      = @executables.uniq if @executables
  @extra_rdoc_files = @extra_rdoc_files.uniq if @extra_rdoc_files
end
platform() click to toggle source

The platform this gem runs on. See Gem::Platform for details.

# File lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 1948
def platform
  @new_platform ||= Gem::Platform::RUBY
end
raise_if_conflicts() click to toggle source

Check the spec for possible conflicts and freak out if there are any.

# File lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 1981
def raise_if_conflicts
  other = Gem.loaded_specs[self.name]

  if other and self.version != other.version then
    # This gem is already loaded.  If the currently loaded gem is not in the
    # list of candidate gems, then we have a version conflict.

    msg = "can't activate #{full_name}, already activated #{other.full_name}"

    e = Gem::LoadError.new msg
    e.name = self.name
    # TODO: e.requirement = dep.requirement

    raise e
  end

  conf = self.conflicts

  unless conf.empty? then
    y = conf.map { |act,con|
      "#{act.full_name} conflicts with #{con.join(", ")}"
    }.join ", "

    # TODO: improve message by saying who activated `con`

    raise Gem::LoadError, "Unable to activate #{self.full_name}, because #{y}"
  end
end
rdoc_options=(options) click to toggle source

Sets #rdoc_options to value, ensuring it is an array. Don't use this, push onto the array instead.

# File lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 2014
def rdoc_options= options
  # TODO: warn about setting instead of pushing
  @rdoc_options = Array options
end
require_path() click to toggle source

Singular accessor for require_paths

# File lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 2022
def require_path
  val = require_paths and val.first
end
require_path=(path) click to toggle source

Singular accessor for require_paths

# File lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 2029
def require_path= path
  self.require_paths = [path]
end
required_rubygems_version=(req) click to toggle source

The RubyGems version required by this gem

# File lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 2036
def required_rubygems_version= req
  @required_rubygems_version = Gem::Requirement.create req
end
requirements=(req) click to toggle source

Set requirements to req, ensuring it is an array. Don't use this, push onto the array instead.

# File lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 2044
def requirements= req
  # TODO: warn about setting instead of pushing
  @requirements = Array req
end
reset_nil_attributes_to_default() click to toggle source

Reset nil attributes to their default values to make the spec valid

# File lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 2584
def reset_nil_attributes_to_default
  nil_attributes = self.class.non_nil_attributes.find_all do |name|
    !instance_variable_defined?("@#{name}") || instance_variable_get("@#{name}").nil?
  end

  nil_attributes.each do |attribute|
    default = self.default_value attribute

    value = case default
            when Time, Numeric, Symbol, true, false, nil then default
            else default.dup
            end

    instance_variable_set "@#{attribute}", value
  end

  @installed_by_version ||= nil
end
ri_dir() click to toggle source

Returns the full path to this spec's ri directory.

# File lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 2056
def ri_dir
  @ri_dir ||= File.join base_dir, 'ri', full_name
end
runtime_dependencies() click to toggle source

List of dependencies that will automatically be activated at runtime.

# File lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 2089
def runtime_dependencies
  dependencies.select { |d| d.type == :runtime }
end
satisfies_requirement?(dependency) click to toggle source

Checks if this specification meets the requirement of dependency.

# File lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 2105
def satisfies_requirement? dependency
  return @name == dependency.name &&
    dependency.requirement.satisfied_by?(@version)
end
sort_obj() click to toggle source

Returns an object you can use to sort specifications in sort_by.

# File lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 2113
def sort_obj
  [@name, @version, @new_platform == Gem::Platform::RUBY ? -1 : 1]
end
spec_dir() click to toggle source

Returns the full path to the directory containing this spec's gemspec file. eg: /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/specifications

# File lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 2128
def spec_dir
  @spec_dir ||= File.join base_dir, "specifications"
end
spec_file() click to toggle source

Returns the full path to this spec's gemspec file. eg: /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/specifications/mygem-1.0.gemspec

# File lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 2136
def spec_file
  @spec_file ||= File.join spec_dir, "#{full_name}.gemspec"
end
spec_name() click to toggle source

The default name of the gemspec. See also file_name

spec.spec_name # => "example-1.0.gemspec"
# File lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 2145
def spec_name
  "#{full_name}.gemspec"
end
summary=(str) click to toggle source

A short summary of this gem's description.

# File lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 2152
def summary= str
  @summary = str.to_s.strip.
    gsub(/(\w-)\n[ \t]*(\w)/, '\1\2').gsub(/\n[ \t]*/, " ") # so. weird.
end
test_file() click to toggle source

Singular accessor for test_files

# File lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 2160
def test_file
  val = test_files and val.first
end
test_file=(file) click to toggle source

Singular mutator for test_files

# File lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 2167
def test_file= file
  self.test_files = [file]
end
test_files() click to toggle source

Test files included in this gem. You cannot append to this accessor, you must assign to it.

# File lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 2175
def test_files
  # Handle the possibility that we have @test_suite_file but not
  # @test_files.  This will happen when an old gem is loaded via
  # YAML.
  if defined? @test_suite_file then
    @test_files = [@test_suite_file].flatten
    @test_suite_file = nil
  end
  if defined?(@test_files) and @test_files then
    @test_files
  else
    @test_files = []
  end
end
to_ruby() click to toggle source

Returns a Ruby code representation of this specification, such that it can be eval'ed and reconstruct the same specification later. Attributes that still have their default values are omitted.

REFACTOR: This, plus stuff like ruby_code and pretty_print, should probably be extracted out into some sort of separate class. SRP, do you speak it!??!

# File lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 2199
def to_ruby
  mark_version
  result = []
  result << "# -*- encoding: utf-8 -*-"
  result << "#{Gem::StubSpecification::PREFIX}#{name} #{version} #{platform} #{require_paths.join("\0")}"
  result << nil
  result << "Gem::Specification.new do |s|"

  result << "  s.name = #{ruby_code name}"
  result << "  s.version = #{ruby_code version}"
  unless platform.nil? or platform == Gem::Platform::RUBY then
    result << "  s.platform = #{ruby_code original_platform}"
  end
  result << ""
  result << "  s.required_rubygems_version = #{ruby_code required_rubygems_version} if s.respond_to? :required_rubygems_version="

  if metadata and !metadata.empty?
    result << "  s.metadata = #{ruby_code metadata} if s.respond_to? :metadata="
  end

  handled = [
    :dependencies,
    :name,
    :platform,
    :required_rubygems_version,
    :specification_version,
    :version,
    :has_rdoc,
    :default_executable,
    :metadata
  ]

  @@attributes.each do |attr_name|
    next if handled.include? attr_name
    current_value = self.send(attr_name)
    if current_value != default_value(attr_name) or
       self.class.required_attribute? attr_name then
      result << "  s.#{attr_name} = #{ruby_code current_value}"
    end
  end

  unless dependencies.empty? then
    result << nil
    result << "  if s.respond_to? :specification_version then"
    result << "    s.specification_version = #{specification_version}"
    result << nil

    result << "    if Gem::Version.new(Gem::VERSION) >= Gem::Version.new('1.2.0') then"

    dependencies.each do |dep|
      req = dep.requirements_list.inspect
      dep.instance_variable_set :@type, :runtime if dep.type.nil? # HACK
      result << "      s.add_#{dep.type}_dependency(%q<#{dep.name}>, #{req})"
    end

    result << "    else"

    dependencies.each do |dep|
      version_reqs_param = dep.requirements_list.inspect
      result << "      s.add_dependency(%q<#{dep.name}>, #{version_reqs_param})"
    end

    result << '    end'

    result << "  else"
    dependencies.each do |dep|
      version_reqs_param = dep.requirements_list.inspect
      result << "    s.add_dependency(%q<#{dep.name}>, #{version_reqs_param})"
    end
    result << "  end"
  end

  result << "end"
  result << nil

  result.join "\n"
end
to_ruby_for_cache() click to toggle source

Returns a Ruby lighter-weight code representation of this specification, used for indexing only.

See to_ruby.

# File lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 2283
def to_ruby_for_cache
  for_cache.to_ruby
end
to_spec() click to toggle source

Returns self

# File lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 2294
def to_spec
  self
end
traverse(trail = [], &block) click to toggle source

Recursively walk dependencies of this spec, executing the block for each hop.

# File lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 2330
def traverse trail = [], &block
  trail = trail + [self]
  runtime_dependencies.each do |dep|
    dep.to_specs.each do |dep_spec|
      block[self, dep, dep_spec, trail + [dep_spec]]
      dep_spec.traverse(trail, &block) unless
        trail.map(&:name).include? dep_spec.name
    end
  end
end
validate(packaging = true) click to toggle source

Checks that the specification contains all required fields, and does a very basic sanity check.

Raises InvalidSpecificationException if the spec does not pass the checks..

# File lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 2348
  def validate packaging = true
    require 'rubygems/user_interaction'
    extend Gem::UserInteraction
    normalize

    nil_attributes = self.class.non_nil_attributes.find_all do |name|
      instance_variable_get("@#{name}").nil?
    end

    unless nil_attributes.empty? then
      raise Gem::InvalidSpecificationException,
        "#{nil_attributes.join ', '} must not be nil"
    end

    if packaging and rubygems_version != Gem::VERSION then
      raise Gem::InvalidSpecificationException,
            "expected RubyGems version #{Gem::VERSION}, was #{rubygems_version}"
    end

    @@required_attributes.each do |symbol|
      unless self.send symbol then
        raise Gem::InvalidSpecificationException,
              "missing value for attribute #{symbol}"
      end
    end

    unless String === name then
      raise Gem::InvalidSpecificationException,
            "invalid value for attribute name: \"#{name.inspect}\""
    end

    if require_paths.empty? then
      raise Gem::InvalidSpecificationException,
            'specification must have at least one require_path'
    end

    @files.delete_if            { |x| File.directory?(x) }
    @test_files.delete_if       { |x| File.directory?(x) }
    @executables.delete_if      { |x| File.directory?(File.join(@bindir, x)) }
    @extra_rdoc_files.delete_if { |x| File.directory?(x) }
    @extensions.delete_if       { |x| File.directory?(x) }

    non_files = files.reject { |x| File.file?(x) }

    unless not packaging or non_files.empty? then
      raise Gem::InvalidSpecificationException,
            "[\"#{non_files.join "\", \""}\"] are not files"
    end

    unless specification_version.is_a?(Fixnum)
      raise Gem::InvalidSpecificationException,
            'specification_version must be a Fixnum (did you mean version?)'
    end

    case platform
    when Gem::Platform, Gem::Platform::RUBY then # ok
    else
      raise Gem::InvalidSpecificationException,
            "invalid platform #{platform.inspect}, see Gem::Platform"
    end

    self.class.array_attributes.each do |field|
      val = self.send field
      klass = case field
              when :dependencies
                Gem::Dependency
              else
                String
              end

      unless Array === val and val.all? { |x| x.kind_of?(klass) } then
        raise(Gem::InvalidSpecificationException,
              "#{field} must be an Array of #{klass}")
      end
    end

    # FIX: uhhhh single element array.each?
    [:authors].each do |field|
      val = self.send field
      raise Gem::InvalidSpecificationException, "#{field} may not be empty" if
        val.empty?
    end

    unless Hash === metadata
      raise Gem::InvalidSpecificationException,
              'metadata must be a hash'
    end

    metadata.keys.each do |k|
      if !k.kind_of?(String)
        raise Gem::InvalidSpecificationException,
                'metadata keys must be a String'
      end

      if k.size > 128
        raise Gem::InvalidSpecificationException,
                "metadata key too large (#{k.size} > 128)"
      end
    end

    metadata.values.each do |k|
      if !k.kind_of?(String)
        raise Gem::InvalidSpecificationException,
                'metadata values must be a String'
      end

      if k.size > 1024
        raise Gem::InvalidSpecificationException,
                "metadata value too large (#{k.size} > 1024)"
      end
    end

    licenses.each { |license|
      if license.length > 64
        raise Gem::InvalidSpecificationException,
          "each license must be 64 characters or less"
      end
    }

    alert_warning "licenses is empty.  Use a license abbreviation from:
  http://opensource.org/licenses/alphabetical
" if licenses.empty?

    validate_permissions

    # reject lazy developers:

    # FIX: Doesn't this just evaluate to "FIXME" or "TODO"?
    lazy = '"FIxxxXME" or "TOxxxDO"'.gsub(/xxx/, '')

    unless authors.grep(/FI XME|TO DO/).empty? then
      raise Gem::InvalidSpecificationException, "#{lazy} is not an author"
    end

    unless Array(email).grep(/FI XME|TO DO/).empty? then
      raise Gem::InvalidSpecificationException, "#{lazy} is not an email"
    end

    if description =~ /FI XME|TO DO/ then
      raise Gem::InvalidSpecificationException, "#{lazy} is not a description"
    end

    if summary =~ /FI XME|TO DO/ then
      raise Gem::InvalidSpecificationException, "#{lazy} is not a summary"
    end

    if homepage and not homepage.empty? and
       homepage !~ /\A[a-z][a-z\d+.-]*:/ then
      raise Gem::InvalidSpecificationException,
            "\"#{homepage}\" is not a URI"
    end

    # Warnings

    %w[author description email homepage summary].each do |attribute|
      value = self.send attribute
      alert_warning "no #{attribute} specified" if value.nil? or value.empty?
    end

    if description == summary then
      alert_warning 'description and summary are identical'
    end

    # TODO: raise at some given date
    alert_warning "deprecated autorequire specified" if autorequire

    executables.each do |executable|
      executable_path = File.join(bindir, executable)
      shebang = File.read(executable_path, 2) == '#!'

      alert_warning "#{executable_path} is missing #! line" unless shebang
    end

    dependencies.each do |dep|
      prerelease_dep = dep.requirements_list.any? do |req|
        Gem::Requirement.new(req).prerelease?
      end

      alert_warning "prerelease dependency on #{dep} is not recommended" if
        prerelease_dep
    end

    true
  end
validate_permissions() click to toggle source

Checks to see if the files to be packaged are world-readable.

# File lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 2537
def validate_permissions
  return if Gem.win_platform?

  files.each do |file|
    next if File.stat(file).mode & 0444 == 0444
    alert_warning "#{file} is not world-readable"
  end

  executables.each do |name|
    exec = File.join @bindir, name
    next if File.stat(exec).executable?
    alert_warning "#{exec} is not executable"
  end
end
version=(version) click to toggle source

Set the version to version, potentially also setting #required_rubygems_version if version indicates it is a prerelease.

# File lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 2557
def version= version
  @version = Gem::Version.create(version)
  self.required_rubygems_version = '> 1.3.1' if @version.prerelease?
  invalidate_memoized_attributes

  return @version
end

Private Instance Methods

invalidate_memoized_attributes() click to toggle source

Expire memoized instance variables that can incorrectly generate, replace or miss files due changes in certain attributes used to compute them.

# File lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 1801
def invalidate_memoized_attributes
  @full_name = nil
  @cache_file = nil
end
ruby_code(obj) click to toggle source

Return a string containing a Ruby code representation of the given object.

# File lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 2064
def ruby_code(obj)
  case obj
  when String            then obj.dump
  when Array             then '[' + obj.map { |x| ruby_code x }.join(", ") + ']'
  when Hash              then
    seg = obj.keys.sort.map { |k| "#{k.to_s.dump} => #{obj[k].to_s.dump}" }
    "{ #{seg.join(', ')} }"
  when Gem::Version      then obj.to_s.dump
  when Date              then obj.strftime('%Y-%m-%d').dump
  when Time              then obj.strftime('%Y-%m-%d').dump
  when Numeric           then obj.inspect
  when true, false, nil  then obj.inspect
  when Gem::Platform     then "Gem::Platform.new(#{obj.to_a.inspect})"
  when Gem::Requirement  then
    list = obj.as_list
    "Gem::Requirement.new(#{ruby_code(list.size == 1 ? obj.to_s : list)})"
  else raise Gem::Exception, "ruby_code case not handled: #{obj.class}"
  end
end
same_attributes?(spec) click to toggle source

True if this gem has the same attributes as other.

# File lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 2096
def same_attributes? spec
  @@attributes.all? { |name, default| self.send(name) == spec.send(name) }
end