How can this Java method header be represented in Ruby

[Abder-Rahman Ali]

I have a Java method header that looks something like follows:

public static short[][] setFile(String fileName)
{
...
}

How can I write this in Ruby?

Thanks.

 

[Peter Hickman]

def setFile(fileName)
...
end

You do realise that Ruby is a dynamic language, there is no typing?

How you name your methods and variables is up to you but I would go with

def set_file(filename)
...
end

 

[Abder-Rahman Ali]

def setFile(fileName)
...
end

You do realise that Ruby is a dynamic language, there is no typing?

How you name your methods and variables is up to you but I would go with

def set_file(filename)
...
end

Thanks @Peter. And, of course, the second form is more suitable
especially for Ruby convention.

 

[Abder-Rahman Ali]

@Peter. Ruby is a dynamic language, sure it is

 

[Brian Candler]

How you name your methods and variables is up to you but I would go with

def set_file(filename)
...
end

Or even:

def file=(filename)
...
end

 

[Abder-Rahman Ali]

Or even:

def file=(filename)
...
end

Thanks @Brian. A nice one!

 

[Hassan Schroeder]

=A0def file=3D(filename)
=A0 =A0...
=A0end

However, the 'static' in

public static short[][] setFile(String fileName)

means it's a class, not instance, method so

def self.file=3D(filename)
end

FWIW,
--=20
Hassan Schroeder ------------------------ (e-mail address removed)
twitter: @hassan

 

[Abder-Rahman Ali]

Thanks all for your replies.