Class: ActiveSupport::Deprecation::DeprecatedInstanceVariableProxy
| Relationships & Source Files | |
| Inherits: | ActiveSupport::Deprecation::DeprecationProxy 
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| Defined in: | activesupport/lib/active_support/deprecation/proxy_wrappers.rb | 
Overview
DeprecatedInstanceVariableProxy transforms an instance variable into a deprecated one. It takes an instance of a class, a method on that class, an instance variable, and a deprecator as the last argument.
Trying to use the deprecated instance variable will result in a deprecation warning, pointing to the method as a replacement.
class Example
  def initialize
    @request = ActiveSupport::Deprecation::DeprecatedInstanceVariableProxy.new(self, :request, :@request, ActiveSupport::Deprecation.new)
    @_request = :special_request
  end
  def request
    @_request
  end
  def old_request
    @request
  end
end
example = Example.new
# => #<Example:0x007fb9b31090b8 @_request=:special_request, @request=:special_request>
example.old_request.to_s
# => DEPRECATION WARNING: @request is deprecated! Call request.to_s instead of
   @request.to_s
   (Backtrace information…)
   "special_request"
example.request.to_s
# => "special_request"Class Method Summary
Constructor Details
    .new(instance, method, var = "@#{method}", deprecator:)  ⇒ DeprecatedInstanceVariableProxy 
  
# File 'activesupport/lib/active_support/deprecation/proxy_wrappers.rb', line 88
def initialize(instance, method, var = "@#{method}", deprecator:) @instance = instance @method = method @var = var @deprecator = deprecator end