ruby--ruby/lib/rdoc/ri/ri_reader.rb

require 'rdoc/ri/ri_descriptions'
require 'rdoc/ri/ri_writer'
require 'rdoc/markup/simple_markup/to_flow'

module RI
  class RiReader

    def initialize(ri_cache)
      @cache = ri_cache
    end

    def top_level_namespace
      [ @cache.toplevel ]
    end

    def lookup_namespace_in(target, namespaces)
      result = []
      for n in namespaces
        result.concat(n.contained_modules_matching(target))
      end
      result
    end

    def find_methods(name, is_class_method, namespaces)
      result = []
      namespaces.each do |ns|
        result.concat ns.methods_matching(name, is_class_method)
      end
      result
    end

    # return the MethodDescription for a given MethodEntry
    # by deserializing the YAML
    def get_method(method_entry)
      path = method_entry.path_name
      File.open(path) { |f| RI::Description.deserialize(f) }
    end

    # Return a class description
    def get_class(class_entry)
      path = RiWriter.class_desc_path(class_entry.path_name, class_entry)
      File.open(path) {|f| RI::Description.deserialize(f) }
    end

  end
end