norby
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Call your Ruby libraries from node.js
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norby
Call your Ruby libraries from node.js
var ruby = require('norby');
var Time = ruby.getClass('Time');
var t = new Time(2014, 7, 2);
console.log('Year: ' + t.year()); // => 'Year: 2014'
console.log(t); // => '2014-07-02 00:00:00 -0400'
To install
Prerequisites:
* node.js >= 0.10
* ruby >= 1.9
Install using npm:
npm install norby
Compile from repository:
git clone https://github.com/rylanc/norby.git
cd norby
npm install
Run unit tests:
npm test
What's missing
norby is currently in an early beta state. Check back for updates as features are implemented. Feel free to add an issue for any bugs or missing features.
- Windows support. node.js is built with Visual Studio while most Windows Ruby installers use MinGW. It may work if you build Ruby with VS, but I haven't tried it yet.
- Support for Ruby version 1.8.X
- Support for Ruby including/extending
- Support for Ruby hashes
- Conversion of JS objects (that aren't wrapped Ruby objects)
- Support for Ruby global variables
API
ruby
Exposed by require('norby')
.
ruby#require(name:String)
Calls Ruby's require
method with the specified name
.
ruby#eval(code:String [, binding:Binding [, filename:String [, lineno:Number]]])
Calls Ruby's eval method with the specified parameters.
ruby#getClass(name:String)
Returns a wrapped Ruby class (or struct) specified by name
. The new
class
method will be called when the constructor is called.
var Time = ruby.getClass('Time');
var t = new Time(2014, 7, 2);
To get a class within a module, separate the module and class with ::
.
var ZlibInflate = ruby.getClass('Zlib::Inflate');
Class methods and constants are exposed as properties of the constructor.
var Time = ruby.getClass('Time');
var t = Time.utc(2014, 7, 2);
var File = ruby.getClass('File');
console.log(File.SEPARATOR); // => '/'
ruby#newInstance(className:String [, …])
Returns a new instance of a Ruby object specified by className
. Any
additional arguments will be passed on to the class's new
method.
var t = ruby.newInstance('Time', 2014, 7, 2);
ruby#inherits(derived:Constructor, superName:String)
Creates a new Ruby class (named derived.name
) who's superclass is specified
by superName
. All public instance methods of superName
will be added to
the derived class's prototype. To add methods to the derived class, call its
defineMethod
function. This will add the method to the class's prototype and
override the Ruby superclass's method. Adding the method to the prototype only
will fail to override the superclass's method.
# base.rb
class Base
def call_me
end
def make_call
call_me
end
end
ruby.require('./base');
function Derived() {
Derived.super_.apply(this, arguments);
this.val = 'Hello';
}
ruby.inherits(Derived, 'Base');
Derived.defineMethod('call_me', function() {
console.log('In JS: ' + this.val);
});
var d = new Derived();
d.make_call(); // => 'In JS: Hello'
ruby#getMethod(name:String)
Returns a JS function that wraps the Ruby method specified by name
. This
currently only works with Kernel
methods.
# hello.rb
def my_func (name)
puts "Hello, #{name}!"
end
ruby.require('./hello');
var my_func = ruby.getMethod('my_func');
my_func('Stan');
ruby#getConstant(name:String)
Returns the Ruby constant specified by name
. To get a constant within a
module or class, separate the module and constant with ::. Without the
separator, it returns an Object
constant. getConstant
can also be used to return modules.
# const.rb
module MyMod
MY_CONST = "abcde"
end
class MyClass
OTHER_CONST = "fghi"
end
ruby.require('./const');
var RUBY_VERSION = ruby.getConstant('RUBY_VERSION');
console.log(ruby.getConstant('MyMod::MY_CONST')); // => 'abcde'
console.log(ruby.getConstant('MyClass::OTHER_CONST')); // => 'fghi'
Ruby objects
Methods
Wrapped Ruby objects expose their public instance methods through function properties.
var Time = ruby.getClass('Time');
var t = new Time(2014, 7, 2);
console.log(t.year()); // => '2014'
The Ruby to_s
method is mapped to the JS toString()
function.
console.log(t.toString()); // => '2014-07-02 00:00:00 -0400'
Since node's console.log()
function calls inspect
with a depth
argument,
it is ignored when passed to the Ruby inspect
method.
console.log(t); // => '2014-07-02 00:00:00 -0400'
Blocks
If the last argument in a method call is a function, it is passed to the method as a Ruby block.
var Regexp = ruby.getClass('Regexp');
var pat = new Regexp('.at');
pat.match('cat', function() {
console.log('match!');
}); // => 'match!'
Ruby Modules
To retrieve Ruby modules, call ruby#getConstant
. Modules are returned as JS
objects with their class methods and constants as properties.
# mod.rb
module MyMod
MY_CONST = "abcde"
def MyMod.say_hi
puts "Hello"
end
end
ruby.require('./mod');
var MyMod = ruby.getConstant('MyMod');
console.log(MyMod.MY_CONST); // => 'abcde'
MyMod.say_hi(); // => 'Hello'
Type conversion
From node
null
and undefined
Are converted to nil
.
booleans
Are converted to Ruby booleans.
numbers
If the number can be determined to be an integer (v8::Value::IsInt32()
), it's
converted to a Ruby Fixnum
. Otherwise, it's converted to a Float
.
arrays
Are converted to Ruby arrays. Their contents are recursively converted.
strings
Are converted to Ruby strings.
Ruby objects
Wrapped Ruby objects are unwrapped.
From Ruby
nil
Is converted to undefined
.
booleans
Are converted to JS booleans.
Float
s
Are converted to JS numbers.
Fixnum
s
Are converted to JS numbers. Keep in mind that JS stores numbers as double
precision floating point numbers, meaning that Fixnum
s (and Bignum
s) will
lose precision above 253.
Bignum
s
Are converted to JS numbers if they are less than or equal to Number.MAX_VALUE
.
Otherwise, they are converted into JS strings. See the above note about precision.
arrays
Are converted to JS arrays. Their contents are recursively converted.
strings
Are converted to JS strings.
Symbol
s
Are converted to JS strings.
Ruby objects
Are wrapped as JS objects.
Ruby exceptions
Are caught within norby native code, converted to v8 exceptions and rethrown.
The thrown v8 exceptions have a rubyStack
property that holds the result of
calling Exception#backtrace
on the original Ruby exceptions.
License
The MIT License (MIT)
Copyright (c) 2014 Rylan Collins
Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.