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Module: Kernel

Overview

RubyGems adds the #gem method to allow activation of specific gem versions and overrides the #require method on Kernel to make gems appear as if they live on the $LOAD_PATH. See the documentation of these methods for further detail.

Instance Method Summary

Instance Method Details

gem(gem_name, *requirements) (private)

Use #gem to activate a specific version of gem_name.

requirements is a list of version requirements that the specified gem must match, most commonly “= example.version.number”. See ::Gem::Requirement for how to specify a version requirement.

If you will be activating the latest version of a gem, there is no need to call #gem, #require will do the right thing for you.

#gem returns true if the gem was activated, otherwise false. If the gem could not be found, didn't match the version requirements, or a different version was already activated, an exception will be raised.

#gem should be called before any require statements (otherwise RubyGems may load a conflicting library version).

#gem only loads prerelease versions when prerelease requirements are given:

gem 'rake', '>= 1.1.a', '< 2'

In older RubyGems versions, the environment variable GEM_SKIP could be used to skip activation of specified gems, for example to test out changes that haven't been installed yet. Now RubyGems defers to -I and the RUBYLIB environment variable to skip activation of a gem.

Example:

GEM_SKIP=libA:libB ruby -I../libA -I../libB ./mycode.rb

Raises:

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# File 'lib/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_gem.rb', line 44



def gem(gem_name, *requirements) # :doc:
  skip_list = (ENV['GEM_SKIP'] || "").split(/:/)
  raise Gem::LoadError, "skipping #{gem_name}" if skip_list.include? gem_name

  if gem_name.kind_of? Gem::Dependency
    unless Gem::Deprecate.skip
      warn "#{Gem.location_of_caller.join ':'}:Warning: Kernel.gem no longer "\
        "accepts a Gem::Dependency object, please pass the name "\
        "and requirements directly"
    end

    requirements = gem_name.requirement
    gem_name = gem_name.name
  end

  dep = Gem::Dependency.new(gem_name, *requirements)

  loaded = Gem.loaded_specs[gem_name]

  return false if loaded && dep.matches_spec?(loaded)

  spec = dep.to_spec

  Gem::LOADED_SPECS_MUTEX.synchronize {
    spec.activate
  } if spec
end


  








  

    gem_original_require   (private)
  



  

    

The #require from before RubyGems was loaded.


  



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# File 'lib/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb', line 21



alias gem_original_require require


  








  

    require(path)   (private)
  



  

    

When RubyGems is required, #require is replaced with our own which is capable of loading gems on demand.



When you call require 'x', this is what happens:


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    If the file can be loaded from the existing Ruby loadpath, it is.
    

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    Otherwise, installed gems are searched for a file that matches. If it's found in gem 'y', that gem is activated (added to the loadpath).
    




The normal require functionality of returning false if that file has already been loaded is preserved.


  



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# File 'lib/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb', line 39



def require path
  RUBYGEMS_ACTIVATION_MONITOR.enter

  path = path.to_path if path.respond_to? :to_path

  spec = Gem.find_unresolved_default_spec(path)
  if spec
    Gem.remove_unresolved_default_spec(spec)
    gem(spec.name)
  end

  # If there are no unresolved deps, then we can use just try
  # normal require handle loading a gem from the rescue below.

  if Gem::Specification.unresolved_deps.empty? then
    RUBYGEMS_ACTIVATION_MONITOR.exit
    return gem_original_require(path)
  end

  # If path is for a gem that has already been loaded, don't
  # bother trying to find it in an unresolved gem, just go straight
  # to normal require.
  #--
  # TODO request access to the C implementation of this to speed up RubyGems

  spec = Gem::Specification.find_active_stub_by_path path

  begin
    RUBYGEMS_ACTIVATION_MONITOR.exit
    return gem_original_require(path)
  end if spec

  # Attempt to find path in any unresolved gems...

  found_specs = Gem::Specification.find_in_unresolved path

  # If there are no directly unresolved gems, then try and find path
  # in any gems that are available via the currently unresolved gems.
  # For example, given:
  #
  #   a => b => c => d
  #
  # If a and b are currently active with c being unresolved and d.rb is
  # requested, then find_in_unresolved_tree will find d.rb in d because
  # it's a dependency of c.
  #
  if found_specs.empty? then
    found_specs = Gem::Specification.find_in_unresolved_tree path

    found_specs.each do |found_spec|
      found_spec.activate
    end

  # We found path directly in an unresolved gem. Now we figure out, of
  # the possible found specs, which one we should activate.
  else

    # Check that all the found specs are just different
    # versions of the same gem
    names = found_specs.map(&:name).uniq

    if names.size > 1 then
      RUBYGEMS_ACTIVATION_MONITOR.exit
      raise Gem::LoadError, "#{path} found in multiple gems: #{names.join ', '}"
    end

    # Ok, now find a gem that has no conflicts, starting
    # at the highest version.
    valid = found_specs.reject { |s| s.has_conflicts? }.last

    unless valid then
      le = Gem::LoadError.new "unable to find a version of '#{names.first}' to activate"
      le.name = names.first
      RUBYGEMS_ACTIVATION_MONITOR.exit
      raise le
    end

    valid.activate
  end

  RUBYGEMS_ACTIVATION_MONITOR.exit
  return gem_original_require(path)
rescue LoadError => load_error
  RUBYGEMS_ACTIVATION_MONITOR.enter

  if load_error.message.start_with?("Could not find") or
      (load_error.message.end_with?(path) and Gem.try_activate(path)) then
    RUBYGEMS_ACTIVATION_MONITOR.exit
    return gem_original_require(path)
  else
    RUBYGEMS_ACTIVATION_MONITOR.exit
  end

  raise load_error
end