class HealthcarePhony::Race

Public: Creates a Race by randomly choosing values from a YAML file.

Attributes

code[RW]
coding_system[RW]
description[RW]

Public Class Methods

new(init_args = {}) click to toggle source

Public: Initializes an Address. Pass in hash of different parameters, currently this includes: race_data_file - Location of YAML file containing a list of potential degrees to choose from. By default the gem supplied file will be used. The default file race.yml.

# File lib/healthcare_phony/race.rb, line 13
def initialize(init_args = {})
  # TODO: allow a way for caller to pass in % blank
  # TODO: set coding system

  data_file = if !init_args[:race_data_file].nil?
                init_args[:race_data_file]
              else
                "#{::File.expand_path(::File.join("..", "data_files"), __FILE__)}/race.yml"
              end
  race_array = Psych.load_file(data_file)

  random_race = race_array.nil? ? '' : race_array.sample

  @code = random_race[:code]
  @description = random_race[:description]
  @coding_system = ''
end