module QuestionGenerator

Generates some questions.

Constants

VERSION: Version of QuestionGenerator

Attributes

default_locale[RW]

The default locale, as a symbol.

question_base_path[RW]

The base path to the questions (e.g. +‘/home/nilsding/questions’+).

Public Class Methods

compile(options = {}) click to toggle source

Compiles all the questions and stores it into the +@compiled+ hash. @param options [Hash] A customizable set of options. @option options [Symbol] :locale (@default_locale) The target locale

# File lib/questiongenerator.rb, line 43
def self.compile(options = {})
  opts = { 
    locale: @default_locale
  }.merge!(options)
  questions = YAML.load_file(File.expand_path("#{opts[:locale].to_s}.yml", @question_base_path))
  @compiled[@default_locale] = build(questions)
end

generate(options = {}) click to toggle source

Generates a new question. @param options [Hash] A customizable set of options. @option options [Symbol] :locale (@default_locale) The target locale @option options [String] :prefix Prefix of the question, e.g. +‘¿’+ @option options [String] :suffix (‘?’) Suffix of the question, e.g. +‘ ?’+ @option options [Boolean] :use_compiled (true) Use compiled questions

instead of generating it.  See also {compile}

@return [String] String containing the generated question.

# File lib/questiongenerator.rb, line 25
def self.generate(options = {})
  opts = {
    locale: @default_locale,
    prefix: '',
    suffix: '?',
    use_compiled: true
  }.merge!(options)
  if opts[:use_compiled] and !@compiled[opts[:locale]].nil?
    opts[:prefix] + @compiled[opts[:locale]].sample + opts[:suffix]
  else
    questions = YAML.load_file(File.expand_path("#{opts[:locale].to_s}.yml", @question_base_path))
    opts[:prefix] + get_question(questions).strip + opts[:suffix]
  end
end

Private Class Methods

build(questions, q = "") click to toggle source

# File lib/questiongenerator.rb, line 67
def self.build(questions, q = "")
  ary = []
  if questions.is_a? Hash
    questions.each do |k, v|
      ary << build(v, "#{q}#{k} ")
    end
  elsif questions.is_a? Array
    questions.each do |v|
      ary << build(v, q)
    end
  elsif questions.is_a? String
    return "#{q}#{questions}".strip
  end
  ary.flatten
end

get_question(questions) click to toggle source

# File lib/questiongenerator.rb, line 53
def self.get_question questions
  question = ""
  if questions.is_a? Hash
    key = questions.keys.sample
    value = questions[key]
    question = "#{key} #{get_question(value)}"
  elsif questions.is_a? Array
    question = get_question questions.sample
  elsif questions.is_a? String
    question = questions
  end
  question
end