Class: Gem::Specification (Ruby 2.3.4)

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Gem::Specification

The Specification class contains the information for a Gem. Typically defined in a .gemspec file or a Rakefile, and looks like this:

Gem::Specification.new do |s|
  s.name        = 'example'
  s.version     = '0.1.0'
  s.licenses    = ['MIT']
  s.summary     = "This is an example!"
  s.description = "Much longer explanation of the example!"
  s.authors     = ["Ruby Coder"]
  s.email       = 'rubycoder@example.com'
  s.files       = ["lib/example.rb"]
  s.homepage    = 'https://rubygems.org/gems/example'
end

Starting in RubyGems 2.0, a Specification can hold arbitrary metadata. See metadata for restrictions on the format and size of metadata items you may add to a specification.

Constants

NONEXISTENT_SPECIFICATION_VERSION

The version number of a specification that does not specify one (i.e. RubyGems 0.7 or earlier).

Optional gemspec attributes ↑ top

Attributes

bindir[RW]

The path in the gem for executable scripts. Usually ‘bin’

Usage:

spec.bindir = 'bin'
cert_chain[RW]

The certificate chain used to sign this gem. See Gem::Security for details.

description[R]

A long description of this gem

The description should be more detailed than the summary but not excessively long. A few paragraphs is a recommended length with no examples or formatting.

Usage:

spec.description = <<-EOF
  Rake is a Make-like program implemented in Ruby. Tasks and
  dependencies are specified in standard Ruby syntax.
EOF
metadata[RW]

:attr_accessor: metadata

The metadata holds extra data for this gem that may be useful to other consumers and is settable by gem authors without requiring an update to the rubygems software.

Metadata items have the following restrictions:

  • The metadata must be a Hash object

  • All keys and values must be Strings

  • Keys can be a maximum of 128 bytes and values can be a maximum of 1024 bytes

  • All strings must be UTF-8, no binary data is allowed

To add metadata for the location of a issue tracker:

s.metadata = { "issue_tracker" => "https://example/issues" }
post_install_message[RW]

A message that gets displayed after the gem is installed.

Usage:

spec.post_install_message = "Thanks for installing!"
required_ruby_version[R]

The version of Ruby required by this gem

required_rubygems_version[R]

The RubyGems version required by this gem

signing_key[RW]

The key used to sign this gem. See Gem::Security for details.

Public Instance Methods

add_development_dependency(gem, *requirements)

Adds a development dependency named gem with requirements to this gem.

Usage:

spec.add_development_dependency 'example', '~> 1.1', '>= 1.1.4'

Development dependencies aren’t installed by default and aren’t activated when a gem is required.

 
               # File rubygems/specification.rb, line 472
def add_development_dependency(gem, *requirements)
  add_dependency_with_type(gem, :development, *requirements)
end
            
add_runtime_dependency(gem, *requirements)

Adds a runtime dependency named gem with requirements to this gem.

Usage:

spec.add_runtime_dependency 'example', '~> 1.1', '>= 1.1.4'
 
               # File rubygems/specification.rb, line 483
def add_runtime_dependency(gem, *requirements)
  add_dependency_with_type(gem, :runtime, *requirements)
end
            
Also aliased as: add_dependency
executables()

Executables included in the gem.

For example, the rake gem has rake as an executable. You don’t specify the full path (as in bin/rake); all application-style files are expected to be found in bindir. These files must be executable Ruby files. Files that use bash or other interpreters will not work.

Executables included may only be ruby scripts, not scripts for other languages or compiled binaries.

Usage:

spec.executables << 'rake'
 
               # File rubygems/specification.rb, line 502
def executables
  @executables ||= []
end
            
extensions()

Extensions to build when installing the gem, specifically the paths to extconf.rb-style files used to compile extensions.

These files will be run when the gem is installed, causing the C (or whatever) code to be compiled on the user’s machine.

Usage:

spec.extensions << 'ext/rmagic/extconf.rb'

See Gem::Ext::Builder for information about writing extensions for gems.

 
               # File rubygems/specification.rb, line 519
def extensions
  @extensions ||= []
end
            
extra_rdoc_files()

Extra files to add to RDoc such as README or doc/examples.txt

When the user elects to generate the RDoc documentation for a gem (typically at install time), all the library files are sent to RDoc for processing. This option allows you to have some non-code files included for a more complete set of documentation.

Usage:

spec.extra_rdoc_files = ['README', 'doc/user-guide.txt']
 
               # File rubygems/specification.rb, line 535
def extra_rdoc_files
  @extra_rdoc_files ||= []
end
            
rdoc_options()

Specifies the rdoc options to be used when generating API documentation.

Usage:

spec.rdoc_options << '--title' << 'Rake -- Ruby Make' <<
  '--main' << 'README' <<
  '--line-numbers'
 
               # File rubygems/specification.rb, line 615
def rdoc_options
  @rdoc_options ||= []
end
            
required_ruby_version=(req)

The version of Ruby required by this gem. The ruby version can be specified to the patch-level:

$ ruby -v -e 'p Gem.ruby_version'
ruby 2.0.0p247 (2013-06-27 revision 41674) [x86_64-darwin12.4.0]
#<Gem::Version "2.0.0.247">

Because patch-level is taken into account, be very careful specifying using `<=`: `<= 2.2.2` will not match any patch-level of 2.2.2 after the `p0` release. It is much safer to specify `< 2.2.3` instead

Usage:

# This gem will work with 1.8.6 or greater...
spec.required_ruby_version = '>= 1.8.6'

# Only with ruby 2.0.x
spec.required_ruby_version = '~> 2.0'

# Only with ruby between 2.2.0 and 2.2.2
spec.required_ruby_version = ['>= 2.2.0', '< 2.2.3']
 
               # File rubygems/specification.rb, line 642
def required_ruby_version= req
  @required_ruby_version = Gem::Requirement.create req
end
            
required_rubygems_version=(req)

The RubyGems version required by this gem

 
               # File rubygems/specification.rb, line 649
def required_rubygems_version= req
  @required_rubygems_version = Gem::Requirement.create req
end
            
requirements()

Lists the external (to RubyGems) requirements that must be met for this gem to work. It’s simply information for the user.

Usage:

spec.requirements << 'libmagick, v6.0'
spec.requirements << 'A good graphics card'
 
               # File rubygems/specification.rb, line 662
def requirements
  @requirements ||= []
end
            

Recommended gemspec attributes ↑ top

Attributes

email[RW]

A contact email address (or addresses) for this gem

Usage:

spec.email = 'john.jones@example.com'
spec.email = ['jack@example.com', 'jill@example.com']
homepage[RW]

The URL of this gem’s home page

Usage:

spec.homepage = 'https://github.com/ruby/rake'

Public Instance Methods

license=(o)

The license for this gem.

The license must be no more than 64 characters.

This should just be the name of your license. The full text of the license should be inside of the gem (at the top level) when you build it.

The simplest way, is to specify the standard SPDX ID spdx.org/licenses/ for the license. Ideally you should pick one that is OSI (Open Source Initiative) opensource.org/licenses/alphabetical approved.

The most commonly used OSI approved licenses are MIT and Apache-2.0. GitHub also provides a license picker at choosealicense.com/.

You should specify a license for your gem so that people know how they are permitted to use it, and any restrictions you’re placing on it. Not specifying a license means all rights are reserved; others have no rights to use the code for any purpose.

You can set multiple licenses with licenses=

Usage:

spec.license = 'MIT'
 
               # File rubygems/specification.rb, line 584
def license=o
  self.licenses = [o]
end
            
licenses=(licenses)

The license(s) for the library.

Each license must be a short name, no more than 64 characters.

This should just be the name of your license. The full text of the license should be inside of the gem when you build it.

See license= for more discussion

Usage:

spec.licenses = ['MIT', 'GPL-2.0']
 
               # File rubygems/specification.rb, line 602
def licenses= licenses
  @licenses = Array licenses
end
            

Required gemspec attributes ↑ top

Attributes

name[RW]

This gem’s name.

Usage:

spec.name = 'rake'
rubygems_version[RW]

The version of RubyGems used to create this gem.

Do not set this, it is set automatically when the gem is packaged.

summary[R]

A short summary of this gem’s description. Displayed in `gem list -d`.

The description should be more detailed than the summary.

Usage:

spec.summary = "This is a small summary of my gem"
version[R]

This gem’s version.

The version string can contain numbers and periods, such as 1.0.0. A gem is a ‘prerelease’ gem if the version has a letter in it, such as 1.0.0.pre.

Usage:

spec.version = '0.4.1'

Public Instance Methods

author=(o)

Singular writer for authors

Usage:

spec.author = 'John Jones'
 
               # File rubygems/specification.rb, line 254
def author= o
  self.authors = [o]
end
            
authors=(value)

Sets the list of authors, ensuring it is an array.

Usage:

spec.authors = ['John Jones', 'Mary Smith']
 
               # File rubygems/specification.rb, line 265
def authors= value
  @authors = Array(value).flatten.grep(String)
end
            
files()

Files included in this gem. You cannot append to this accessor, you must assign to it.

Only add files you can require to this list, not directories, etc.

Directories are automatically stripped from this list when building a gem, other non-files cause an error.

Usage:

require 'rake'
spec.files = FileList['lib     .rb',
                      'bin/*',
                      '[A-Z]*',
                      'test/   *'].to_a

# or without Rake...
spec.files = Dir['lib/   *.rb'] + Dir['bin/*']
spec.files += Dir['[A-Z]*'] + Dir['test/**/*']
spec.files.reject! { |fn| fn.include? "CVS" }
 
               # File rubygems/specification.rb, line 348
def files
  # DO NOT CHANGE TO ||= ! This is not a normal accessor. (yes, it sucks)
  # DOC: Why isn't it normal? Why does it suck? How can we fix this?
  @files = [@files,
            @test_files,
            add_bindir(@executables),
            @extra_rdoc_files,
            @extensions,
           ].flatten.compact.uniq.sort
end
            
platform=(platform)

The platform this gem runs on.

This is usually Gem::Platform::RUBY or Gem::Platform::CURRENT.

Most gems contain pure Ruby code; they should simply leave the default value in place. Some gems contain C (or other) code to be compiled into a Ruby “extension”. The gem should leave the default value in place unless the code will only compile on a certain type of system. Some gems consist of pre-compiled code (“binary gems”). It’s especially important that they set the platform attribute appropriately. A shortcut is to set the platform to Gem::Platform::CURRENT, which will cause the gem builder to set the platform to the appropriate value for the system on which the build is being performed.

If this attribute is set to a non-default value, it will be included in the filename of the gem when it is built such as: nokogiri-1.6.0-x86-mingw32.gem

Usage:

spec.platform = Gem::Platform.local
 
               # File rubygems/specification.rb, line 292
def platform= platform
  if @original_platform.nil? or
     @original_platform == Gem::Platform::RUBY then
    @original_platform = platform
  end

  case platform
  when Gem::Platform::CURRENT then
    @new_platform = Gem::Platform.local
    @original_platform = @new_platform.to_s

  when Gem::Platform then
    @new_platform = platform

  # legacy constants
  when nil, Gem::Platform::RUBY then
    @new_platform = Gem::Platform::RUBY
  when 'mswin32' then # was Gem::Platform::WIN32
    @new_platform = Gem::Platform.new 'x86-mswin32'
  when 'i586-linux' then # was Gem::Platform::LINUX_586
    @new_platform = Gem::Platform.new 'x86-linux'
  when 'powerpc-darwin' then # was Gem::Platform::DARWIN
    @new_platform = Gem::Platform.new 'ppc-darwin'
  else
    @new_platform = Gem::Platform.new platform
  end

  @platform = @new_platform.to_s

  invalidate_memoized_attributes

  @new_platform
end
            
require_paths=(val)

Paths in the gem to add to $LOAD_PATH when this gem is activated.

See also require_paths

If you have an extension you do not need to add "ext" to the require path, the extension build process will copy the extension files into “lib” for you.

The default value is "lib"

Usage:

# If all library files are in the root directory...
spec.require_paths = ['.']
 
               # File rubygems/specification.rb, line 225
def require_paths=(val)
  @require_paths = Array(val)
end
            

Specification internals ↑ top

Attributes

activated[RW]

True when this gemspec has been activated. This attribute is not persisted.

activated?[RW]

True when this gemspec has been activated. This attribute is not persisted.

default_executable[W]

Sets the default executable for this gem.

Deprecated: You must now specify the executable name to Gem.bin_path.

rubyforge_project[RW]

The rubyforge project this gem lives under. i.e. RubyGems’ #rubyforge_project is “rubygems”.

This option is deprecated.

specification_version[RW]

The Gem::Specification version of this gemspec.

Do not set this, it is set automatically when the gem is packaged.

Public Class Methods

_load(str)

Load custom marshal format, re-initializing defaults as needed

 
               # File rubygems/specification.rb, line 1302
def self._load(str)
  array = Marshal.load str

  spec = Gem::Specification.new
  spec.instance_variable_set :@specification_version, array[1]

  current_version = CURRENT_SPECIFICATION_VERSION

  field_count = if spec.specification_version > current_version then
                  spec.instance_variable_set :@specification_version,
                                             current_version
                  MARSHAL_FIELDS[current_version]
                else
                  MARSHAL_FIELDS[spec.specification_version]
                end

  if array.size < field_count then
    raise TypeError, "invalid Gem::Specification format #{array.inspect}"
  end

  # Cleanup any YAML::PrivateType. They only show up for an old bug
  # where nil => null, so just convert them to nil based on the type.

  array.map! { |e| e.kind_of?(YAML::PrivateType) ? nil : e }

  spec.instance_variable_set :@rubygems_version,          array[0]
  # spec version
  spec.instance_variable_set :@name,                      array[2]
  spec.instance_variable_set :@version,                   array[3]
  spec.date =                                             array[4]
  spec.instance_variable_set :@summary,                   array[5]
  spec.instance_variable_set :@required_ruby_version,     array[6]
  spec.instance_variable_set :@required_rubygems_version, array[7]
  spec.instance_variable_set :@original_platform,         array[8]
  spec.instance_variable_set :@dependencies,              array[9]
  spec.instance_variable_set :@rubyforge_project,         array[10]
  spec.instance_variable_set :@email,                     array[11]
  spec.instance_variable_set :@authors,                   array[12]
  spec.instance_variable_set :@description,               array[13]
  spec.instance_variable_set :@homepage,                  array[14]
  spec.instance_variable_set :@has_rdoc,                  array[15]
  spec.instance_variable_set :@new_platform,              array[16]
  spec.instance_variable_set :@platform,                  array[16].to_s
  spec.instance_variable_set :@license,                   array[17]
  spec.instance_variable_set :@metadata,                  array[18]
  spec.instance_variable_set :@loaded,                    false
  spec.instance_variable_set :@activated,                 false

  spec
end
            
add_spec(spec)

Adds spec to the known specifications, keeping the collection properly sorted.

 
               # File rubygems/specification.rb, line 881
def self.add_spec spec
  warn "Gem::Specification.add_spec is deprecated and will be removed in Rubygems 3.0" unless Gem::Deprecate.skip
  # TODO: find all extraneous adds
  # puts
  # p :add_spec => [spec.full_name, caller.reject { |s| s =~ /minitest/ }]

  # TODO: flush the rest of the crap from the tests
  # raise "no dupes #{spec.full_name} in #{all_names.inspect}" if
  #   _all.include? spec

  raise "nil spec!" unless spec # TODO: remove once we're happy with tests

  return if _all.include? spec

  _all << spec
  stubs << spec
  (@@stubs_by_name[spec.name] ||= []) << spec
  sort_by!(@@stubs_by_name[spec.name]) { |s| s.version }
  _resort!(_all)
  _resort!(stubs)
end
            
add_specs(*specs)

Adds multiple specs to the known specifications.

 
               # File rubygems/specification.rb, line 906
def self.add_specs *specs
  warn "Gem::Specification.add_specs is deprecated and will be removed in Rubygems 3.0" unless Gem::Deprecate.skip

  raise "nil spec!" if specs.any?(&:nil?) # TODO: remove once we're happy

  # TODO: this is much more efficient, but we need the extra checks for now
  # _all.concat specs
  # _resort!

  Gem::Deprecate.skip_during do
    specs.each do |spec| # TODO: slow
      add_spec spec
    end
  end
end
            
all()

Returns all specifications. This method is discouraged from use. You probably want to use one of the Enumerable methods instead.

 
               # File rubygems/specification.rb, line 926
def self.all
  warn "NOTE: Specification.all called from #{caller.first}" unless
    Gem::Deprecate.skip
  _all
end
            
all=(specs)

Sets the known specs to specs. Not guaranteed to work for you in the future. Use at your own risk. Caveat emptor. Doomy doom doom. Etc etc.

 
               # File rubygems/specification.rb, line 944
def self.all= specs
  @@stubs_by_name = specs.group_by(&:name)
  @@all = @@stubs = specs
end
            
all_names()

Return full names of all specs in sorted order.

 
               # File rubygems/specification.rb, line 952
def self.all_names
  self._all.map(&:full_name)
end
            
array_attributes()

Return the list of all array-oriented instance variables.

 
               # File rubygems/specification.rb, line 961
def self.array_attributes
  @@array_attributes.dup
end
            
attribute_names()

Return the list of all instance variables.

 
               # File rubygems/specification.rb, line 970
def self.attribute_names
  @@attributes.dup
end
            
dirs()

Return the directories that Specification uses to find specs.

 
               # File rubygems/specification.rb, line 977
def self.dirs
  @@dirs ||= Gem.path.collect { |dir|
    File.join dir.dup.untaint, "specifications"
  }
end
            
dirs=(dirs)

Set the directories that Specification uses to find specs. Setting this resets the list of known specs.

 
               # File rubygems/specification.rb, line 987
def self.dirs= dirs
  self.reset

  @@dirs = Array(dirs).map { |dir| File.join dir, "specifications" }
end
            
each()

Enumerate every known spec. See ::dirs= and ::add_spec to set the list of specs.

 
               # File rubygems/specification.rb, line 999
def self.each
  return enum_for(:each) unless block_given?

  self._all.each do |x|
    yield x
  end
end
            
find_active_stub_by_path(path)
 
               # File rubygems/specification.rb, line 1052
def self.find_active_stub_by_path path
  stub = @@active_stub_with_requirable_file[path] ||= (stubs.find { |s|
    s.activated? and s.contains_requirable_file? path
  } || NOT_FOUND)
  stub.this
end
            
find_all_by_name(name, *requirements)

Returns every spec that matches name and optional requirements.

 
               # File rubygems/specification.rb, line 1010
def self.find_all_by_name name, *requirements
  requirements = Gem::Requirement.default if requirements.empty?

  # TODO: maybe try: find_all { |s| spec === dep }

  Gem::Dependency.new(name, *requirements).matching_specs
end
            
find_by_name(name, *requirements)

Find the best specification matching a name and requirements. Raises if the dependency doesn’t resolve to a valid specification.

 
               # File rubygems/specification.rb, line 1022
def self.find_by_name name, *requirements
  requirements = Gem::Requirement.default if requirements.empty?

  # TODO: maybe try: find { |s| spec === dep }

  Gem::Dependency.new(name, *requirements).to_spec
end
            
find_by_path(path)

Return the best specification that contains the file matching path.

 
               # File rubygems/specification.rb, line 1033
def self.find_by_path path
  path = path.dup.freeze
  spec = @@spec_with_requirable_file[path] ||= (stubs.find { |s|
    s.contains_requirable_file? path
  } || NOT_FOUND)
  spec.to_spec
end
            
find_in_unresolved(path)

Return currently unresolved specs that contain the file matching path.

 
               # File rubygems/specification.rb, line 1062
def self.find_in_unresolved path
  # TODO: do we need these?? Kill it
  specs = unresolved_deps.values.map { |dep| dep.to_specs }.flatten

  specs.find_all { |spec| spec.contains_requirable_file? path }
end
            
find_in_unresolved_tree(path)

Search through all unresolved deps and sub-dependencies and return specs that contain the file matching path.

 
               # File rubygems/specification.rb, line 1073
def self.find_in_unresolved_tree path
  specs = unresolved_deps.values.map { |dep| dep.to_specs }.flatten

  specs.reverse_each do |spec|
    spec.traverse do |from_spec, dep, to_spec, trail|
      if to_spec.has_conflicts? || to_spec.conficts_when_loaded_with?(trail)
        :next
      else
        return trail.reverse if to_spec.contains_requirable_file? path
      end
    end
  end

  []
end
            
find_inactive_by_path(path)

Return the best specification that contains the file matching path amongst the specs that are not activated.

 
               # File rubygems/specification.rb, line 1045
def self.find_inactive_by_path path
  stub = stubs.find { |s|
    s.contains_requirable_file? path unless s.activated?
  }
  stub && stub.to_spec
end
            
from_yaml(input)

Special loader for YAML files. When a Specification object is loaded from a YAML file, it bypasses the normal Ruby object initialization routine (#initialize). This method makes up for that and deals with gems of different ages.

input can be anything that YAML.load() accepts: String or IO.

 
               # File rubygems/specification.rb, line 1097
def self.from_yaml(input)
  Gem.load_yaml

  input = normalize_yaml_input input
  spec = YAML.load input

  if spec && spec.class == FalseClass then
    raise Gem::EndOfYAMLException
  end

  unless Gem::Specification === spec then
    raise Gem::Exception, "YAML data doesn't evaluate to gem specification"
  end

  spec.specification_version ||= NONEXISTENT_SPECIFICATION_VERSION
  spec.reset_nil_attributes_to_default

  spec
end
            
latest_specs(prerelease = false)

Return the latest specs, optionally including prerelease specs if prerelease is true.

 
               # File rubygems/specification.rb, line 1121
def self.latest_specs prerelease = false
  _latest_specs Gem::Specification._all, prerelease
end
            
load(file)

Loads Ruby format gemspec from file.

 
               # File rubygems/specification.rb, line 1145
def self.load file
  return unless file

  _spec = LOAD_CACHE[file]
  return _spec if _spec

  file = file.dup.untaint
  return unless File.file?(file)

  code = if defined? Encoding
           File.read file, :mode => 'r:UTF-8:-'
         else
           File.read file
         end

  code.untaint

  begin
    _spec = eval code, binding, file

    if Gem::Specification === _spec
      _spec.loaded_from = File.expand_path file.to_s
      LOAD_CACHE[file] = _spec
      return _spec
    end

    warn "[#{file}] isn't a Gem::Specification (#{_spec.class} instead)."
  rescue SignalException, SystemExit
    raise
  rescue SyntaxError, Exception => e
    warn "Invalid gemspec in [#{file}]: #{e}"
  end

  nil
end
            
load_defaults()

Loads the default specifications. It should be called only once.

 
               # File rubygems/specification.rb, line 869
def self.load_defaults
  each_spec([default_specifications_dir]) do |spec|
    # #load returns nil if the spec is bad, so we just ignore
    # it at this stage
    Gem.register_default_spec(spec)
  end
end
            
new(name = nil, version = nil)

Specification constructor. Assigns the default values to the attributes and yields itself for further initialization. Optionally takes name and version.

 
               # File rubygems/specification.rb, line 2024
def initialize name = nil, version = nil
  super()
  @gems_dir              = nil
  @base_dir              = nil
  @loaded = false
  @activated = false
  @loaded_from = nil
  @original_platform = nil
  @installed_by_version = nil

  @@nil_attributes.each do |key|
    instance_variable_set "@#{key}", nil
  end

  @@non_nil_attributes.each do |key|
    default = default_value(key)
    value = Dupable[key] ? default.dup : default
    instance_variable_set "@#{key}", value
  end

  @new_platform = Gem::Platform::RUBY

  self.name = name if name
  self.version = version if version

  yield self if block_given?
end
            
non_nil_attributes()

Specification attributes that must be non-nil

 
               # File rubygems/specification.rb, line 1184
def self.non_nil_attributes
  @@non_nil_attributes.dup
end
            
normalize_yaml_input(input)

Make sure the YAML specification is properly formatted with dashes

 
               # File rubygems/specification.rb, line 1191
def self.normalize_yaml_input(input)
  result = input.respond_to?(:read) ? input.read : input
  result = "--- " + result unless result =~ /\A--- /
  result = result.dup
  result.gsub!(/ !!null \n/, " \n")
  # date: 2011-04-26 00:00:00.000000000Z
  # date: 2011-04-26 00:00:00.000000000 Z
  result.gsub!(/^(date: \d{4}-\d{2}-\d{2} \d{2}:\d{2}:\d{2}\.\d+?)Z/, '\1 Z')
  result
end
            
outdated()

Return a list of all outdated local gem names. This method is HEAVY as it must go fetch specifications from the server.

Use ::outdated_and_latest_version if you wish to retrieve the latest remote version as well.

 
               # File rubygems/specification.rb, line 1209
def self.outdated
  outdated_and_latest_version.map { |local, _| local.name }
end
            
outdated_and_latest_version()

Enumerates the outdated local gems yielding the local specification and the latest remote version.

This method may take some time to return as it must check each local gem against the server’s index.

 
               # File rubygems/specification.rb, line 1220
def self.outdated_and_latest_version
  return enum_for __method__ unless block_given?

  # TODO: maybe we should switch to rubygems' version service?
  fetcher = Gem::SpecFetcher.fetcher

  latest_specs(true).each do |local_spec|
    dependency =
      Gem::Dependency.new local_spec.name, ">= #{local_spec.version}"

    remotes, = fetcher.search_for_dependency dependency
    remotes  = remotes.map { |n, _| n.version }

    latest_remote = remotes.sort.last

    yield [local_spec, latest_remote] if
      latest_remote and local_spec.version < latest_remote
  end

  nil
end
            
remove_spec(spec)

Removes spec from the known specs.

 
               # File rubygems/specification.rb, line 1245
def self.remove_spec spec
  warn "Gem::Specification.remove_spec is deprecated and will be removed in Rubygems 3.0" unless Gem::Deprecate.skip
  _all.delete spec
  stubs.delete_if { |s| s.full_name == spec.full_name }
  (@@stubs_by_name[spec.name] || []).delete_if { |s| s.full_name == spec.full_name }
  reset
end
            
required_attribute?(name)

Is name a required attribute?

 
               # File rubygems/specification.rb, line 1256
def self.required_attribute?(name)
  @@required_attributes.include? name.to_sym
end
            
required_attributes()

Required specification attributes

 
               # File rubygems/specification.rb, line 1263
def self.required_attributes
  @@required_attributes.dup
end
            
reset()

Reset the list of known specs, running pre and post reset hooks registered in Gem.

 
               # File rubygems/specification.rb, line 1271
def self.reset
  @@dirs = nil
  Gem.pre_reset_hooks.each { |hook| hook.call }
  @@all = nil
  @@stubs = nil
  @@stubs_by_name = {}
  @@spec_with_requirable_file          = {}
  @@active_stub_with_requirable_file   = {}
  _clear_load_cache
  unresolved = unresolved_deps
  unless unresolved.empty? then
    w = "W" + "ARN"
    warn "#{w}: Unresolved specs during Gem::Specification.reset:"
    unresolved.values.each do |dep|
      warn "      #{dep}"
    end
    warn "#{w}: Clearing out unresolved specs."
    warn "Please report a bug if this causes problems."
    unresolved.clear
  end
  Gem.post_reset_hooks.each { |hook| hook.call }
end
            
stubs()

Returns a Gem::StubSpecification for every installed gem

 
               # File rubygems/specification.rb, line 827
def self.stubs
  @@stubs ||= begin
    pattern = "*.gemspec"
    stubs = default_stubs(pattern).concat installed_stubs(dirs, pattern)
    stubs = uniq_by(stubs) { |stub| stub.full_name }

    _resort!(stubs)
    @@stubs_by_name = stubs.group_by(&:name)
    stubs
  end
end
            
stubs_for(name)

Returns a Gem::StubSpecification for installed gem named name

 
               # File rubygems/specification.rb, line 844
def self.stubs_for name
  if @@stubs
    @@stubs_by_name[name] || []
  else
    pattern = "#{name}-*.gemspec"
    stubs = default_stubs(pattern) + installed_stubs(dirs, pattern)
    stubs = uniq_by(stubs) { |stub| stub.full_name }.group_by(&:name)
    stubs.each_value { |v| sort_by!(v) { |i| i.version } }

    @@stubs_by_name.merge! stubs
    @@stubs_by_name[name] ||= EMPTY
  end
end
            
unresolved_deps()

DOC: This method needs documented or nodoc’d

 
               # File rubygems/specification.rb, line 1295
def self.unresolved_deps
  @unresolved_deps ||= Hash.new { |h, n| h[n] = Gem::Dependency.new n }
end
            

Public Instance Methods

_dump(limit)

Dump only crucial instance variables.

 
               # File rubygems/specification.rb, line 1370
def _dump(limit)
  Marshal.dump [
    @rubygems_version,
    @specification_version,
    @name,
    @version,
    date,
    @summary,
    @required_ruby_version,
    @required_rubygems_version,
    @original_platform,
    @dependencies,
    @rubyforge_project,
    @email,
    @authors,
    @description,
    @homepage,
    true, # has_rdoc
    @new_platform,
    @licenses,
    @metadata
  ]
end
            
abbreviate()

Abbreviate the spec for downloading. Abbreviated specs are only used for searching, downloading and related activities and do not need deployment specific information (e.g. list of files). So we abbreviate the spec, making it much smaller for quicker downloads.

 
               # File rubygems/specification.rb, line 1457
def abbreviate
  self.files = []
  self.test_files = []
  self.rdoc_options = []
  self.extra_rdoc_files = []
  self.cert_chain = []
end
            
activate()

Activate this spec, registering it as a loaded spec and adding it’s lib paths to $LOAD_PATH. Returns true if the spec was activated, false if it was previously activated. Freaks out if there are conflicts upon activation.

 
               # File rubygems/specification.rb, line 1400
def activate
  other = Gem.loaded_specs[self.name]
  if other then
    check_version_conflict other
    return false
  end

  raise_if_conflicts

  activate_dependencies
  add_self_to_load_path

  Gem.loaded_specs[self.name] = self
  @activated = true
  @loaded = true

  return true
end
            
activate_dependencies()

Activate all unambiguously resolved runtime dependencies of this spec. Add any ambiguous dependencies to the unresolved list to be resolved later, as needed.

 
               # File rubygems/specification.rb, line 1424
def activate_dependencies
  unresolved = Gem::Specification.unresolved_deps

  self.runtime_dependencies.each do |spec_dep|
    if loaded = Gem.loaded_specs[spec_dep.name]
      next if spec_dep.matches_spec? loaded

      msg = "can't satisfy '#{spec_dep}', already activated '#{loaded.full_name}'"
      e = Gem::LoadError.new msg
      e.name = spec_dep.name

      raise e
    end

    specs = spec_dep.to_specs

    if specs.size == 1 then
      specs.first.activate
    else
      name = spec_dep.name
      unresolved[name] = unresolved[name].merge spec_dep
    end
  end

  unresolved.delete self.name
end
            
add_bindir(executables)

Returns an array with bindir attached to each executable in the executables list

 
               # File rubygems/specification.rb, line 1499
def add_bindir(executables)
  return nil if executables.nil?

  if @bindir then
    Array(executables).map { |e| File.join(@bindir, e) }
  else
    executables
  end
rescue
  return nil
end
            
add_dependency(gem, *requirements)
add_self_to_load_path()

Adds this spec’s require paths to LOAD_PATH, in the proper location.

 
               # File rubygems/specification.rb, line 1538
def add_self_to_load_path
  return if default_gem?

  paths = full_require_paths

  # gem directories must come after -I and ENV['RUBYLIB']
  insert_index = Gem.load_path_insert_index

  if insert_index then
    # gem directories must come after -I and ENV['RUBYLIB']
    $LOAD_PATH.insert(insert_index, *paths)
  else
    # we are probably testing in core, -I and RUBYLIB don't apply
    $LOAD_PATH.unshift(*paths)
  end
end
            
author()

Singular reader for authors. Returns the first author in the list

 
               # File rubygems/specification.rb, line 1558
def author
  val = authors and val.first
end
            
authors()

The list of author names who wrote this gem.

spec.authors = ['Chad Fowler', 'Jim Weirich', 'Rich Kilmer']
 
               # File rubygems/specification.rb, line 1567
def authors
  @authors ||= []
end
            
base_dir()
 
               # File rubygems/specification.rb, line 2077
def base_dir
  return Gem.dir unless loaded_from
  @base_dir ||= if default_gem? then
                  File.dirname File.dirname File.dirname loaded_from
                else
                  File.dirname File.dirname loaded_from
                end
end
            
bin_dir()

Returns the full path to installed gem’s bin directory.

NOTE: do not confuse this with bindir, which is just ‘bin’, not a full path.

 
               # File rubygems/specification.rb, line 1577
def bin_dir
  @bin_dir ||= File.join gem_dir, bindir # TODO: this is unfortunate
end
            
bin_file(name)

Returns the full path to an executable named name in this gem.

 
               # File rubygems/specification.rb, line 1584
def bin_file name
  File.join bin_dir, name
end
            
build_args()

Returns the #build_args used to install the gem

 
               # File rubygems/specification.rb, line 1591
def build_args
  if File.exist? build_info_file
    build_info = File.readlines build_info_file
    build_info = build_info.map { |x| x.strip }
    build_info.delete ""
    build_info
  else
    []
  end
end
            
build_info_dir()

Returns the full path to the build info directory

 
               # File rubygems/specification.rb, line 1638
def build_info_dir
  File.join base_dir, "build_info"
end
            
build_info_file()

Returns the full path to the file containing the build information generated when the gem was installed

 
               # File rubygems/specification.rb, line 1646
def build_info_file
  File.join build_info_dir, "#{full_name}.info"
end
            
bundled_gem_in_old_ruby?()

Used to detect if the gem is bundled in older version of Ruby, but not detectable as default gem (see BasicSpecification#default_gem?).

 
               # File rubygems/specification.rb, line 1654
def bundled_gem_in_old_ruby?
  !default_gem? &&
    RUBY_VERSION < "2.0.0" &&
    summary == "This #{name} is bundled with Ruby"
end
            
cache_dir()

Returns the full path to the cache directory containing this spec’s cached gem.

 
               # File rubygems/specification.rb, line 1664
def cache_dir
  @cache_dir ||= File.join base_dir, "cache"
end
            
cache_file()

Returns the full path to the cached gem for this spec.

 
               # File rubygems/specification.rb, line 1671
def cache_file
  @cache_file ||= File.join cache_dir, "#{full_name}.gem"
end
            
conflicts()

Return any possible conflicts against the currently loaded specs.

 
               # File rubygems/specification.rb, line 1678
def conflicts
  conflicts = {}
  self.runtime_dependencies.each { |dep|
    spec = Gem.loaded_specs[dep.name]
    if spec and not spec.satisfies_requirement? dep
      (conflicts[spec] ||= []) << dep
    end
  }
  conflicts
end
            
date()

The date this gem was created. Lazily defaults to the current UTC date.

There is no need to set this in your gem specification.

 
               # File rubygems/specification.rb, line 1718
def date
  @date ||= TODAY
end
            
date=(date)

The date this gem was created

DO NOT set this, it is set automatically when the gem is packaged.

 
               # File rubygems/specification.rb, line 1738
def date= date
  # We want to end up with a Time object with one-day resolution.
  # This is the cleanest, most-readable, faster-than-using-Date
  # way to do it.
  @date = case date
          when String then
            if DateTimeFormat =~ date then
              Time.utc($1.to_i, $2.to_i, $3.to_i)

            # Workaround for where the date format output from psych isn't
            # parsed as a Time object by syck and thus comes through as a
            # string.
            elsif /\A(\d{4})-(\d{2})-(\d{2}) \d{2}:\d{2}:\d{2}\.\d+?Z\z/ =~ date then
              Time.utc($1.to_i, $2.to_i, $3.to_i)
            else
              raise(Gem::InvalidSpecificationException,
                    "invalid date format in specification: #{date.inspect}")
            end
          when Time, DateLike then
            Time.utc(date.year, date.month, date.day)
          else
            TODAY
          end
end
            
default_value(name)

The default value for specification attribute name

 
               # File rubygems/specification.rb, line 1783
def default_value name
  @@default_value[name]
end
            
dependencies()

A list of Gem::Dependency objects this gem depends on.

Use add_dependency or add_development_dependency to add dependencies to a gem.

 
               # File rubygems/specification.rb, line 1793
def dependencies
  @dependencies ||= []
end
            
dependent_gems()

Return a list of all gems that have a dependency on this gemspec. The list is structured with entries that conform to:

[depending_gem, dependency, [list_of_gems_that_satisfy_dependency]]
 
               # File rubygems/specification.rb, line 1803
def dependent_gems
  out = []
  Gem::Specification.each do |spec|
    spec.dependencies.each do |dep|
      if self.satisfies_requirement?(dep) then
        sats = []
        find_all_satisfiers(dep) do |sat|
          sats << sat
        end
        out << [spec, dep, sats]
      end
    end
  end
  out
end
            
dependent_specs()

Returns all specs that matches this spec’s runtime dependencies.

 
               # File rubygems/specification.rb, line 1822
def dependent_specs
  runtime_dependencies.map { |dep| dep.to_specs }.flatten
end
            
description=(str)

A detailed description of this gem. See also summary

 
               # File rubygems/specification.rb, line 1829
def description= str
  @description = str.to_s
end
            
development_dependencies()

List of dependencies that are used for development

 
               # File rubygems/specification.rb, line 1836
def development_dependencies
  dependencies.select { |d| d.type == :development }
end
            
doc_dir(type = nil)

Returns the full path to this spec’s documentation directory. If type is given it will be appended to the end. For example:

spec.doc_dir      # => "/path/to/gem_repo/doc/a-1"

spec.doc_dir 'ri' # => "/path/to/gem_repo/doc/a-1/ri"
 
               # File rubygems/specification.rb, line 1848
def doc_dir type = nil
  @doc_dir ||= File.join base_dir, 'doc', full_name

  if type then
    File.join @doc_dir, type
  else
    @doc_dir
  end
end
            
executable()

Singular accessor for executables

 
               # File rubygems/specification.rb, line 1886
def executable
  val = executables and val.first
end
            
executable=(o)

Singular accessor for executables

 
               # File rubygems/specification.rb, line 1893
def executable=o
  self.executables = [o]
end
            
executables=(value)

Sets executables to value, ensuring it is an array. Don’t use this, push onto the array instead.

 
               # File rubygems/specification.rb, line 1901
def executables= value
  # TODO: warn about setting instead of pushing
  @executables = Array(value)
end
            
extensions=(extensions)

Sets extensions to extensions, ensuring it is an array. Don’t use this, push onto the array instead.

 
               # File rubygems/specification.rb, line 1910
def extensions= extensions
  # TODO: warn about setting instead of pushing
  @extensions = Array extensions
end
            
extra_rdoc_files=(files)

Sets #extra_rdoc_files to files, ensuring it is an array. Don’t use this, push onto the array instead.

 
               # File rubygems/specification.rb, line 1919
def extra_rdoc_files= files
  # TODO: warn about setting instead of pushing
  @extra_rdoc_files = Array files
end
            
file_name()

The default (generated) file name of the gem. See also spec_name.

spec.file_name # => "example-1.0.gem"
 
               # File rubygems/specification.rb, line 1929
def file_name
  "#{full_name}.gem"
end
            
files=(files)

Sets files to files, ensuring it is an array.

 
               # File rubygems/specification.rb, line 1936
def files= files
  @files = Array files
end
            
for_cache()

Creates a duplicate spec without large blobs that aren’t used at runtime.

 
               # File rubygems/specification.rb, line 1954
def for_cache
  spec = dup

  spec.files = nil
  spec.test_files = nil

  spec
end
            
full_name()
 
               # File rubygems/specification.rb, line 1963
def full_name
  @full_name ||= super
end
            
gems_dir()
 
               # File rubygems/specification.rb, line 1974
def gems_dir
  # TODO: this logic seems terribly broken, but tests fail if just base_dir
  @gems_dir ||= File.join(loaded_from && base_dir || Gem.dir, "gems")
end
            
has_conflicts?()

Return true if there are possible conflicts against the currently loaded specs.

 
               # File rubygems/specification.rb, line 1702
def has_conflicts?
  self.dependencies.any? { |dep|
    if dep.runtime? then
      spec = Gem.loaded_specs[dep.name]
      spec and not spec.satisfies_requirement? dep
    else
      false
    end
  }
end
            
initialize_copy(other_spec)

Duplicates ::array_attributes from other_spec so state isn’t shared.

 
               # File rubygems/specification.rb, line 2055
def initialize_copy other_spec
  self.class.array_attributes.each do |name|
    name = :"@#{name}"
    next unless other_spec.instance_variable_defined? name

    begin
      val = other_spec.instance_variable_get(name)
      if val then
        instance_variable_set name, val.dup
      elsif Gem.configuration.really_verbose
        warn "WARNING: #{full_name} has an invalid nil value for #{name}"
      end
    rescue TypeError
      e = Gem::FormatException.new            "#{full_name} has an invalid value for #{name}"

      e.file_path = loaded_from
      raise e
    end
  end
end
            
lib_files()

Files in the Gem under one of the require_paths

 
               # File rubygems/specification.rb, line 2108
def lib_files
  @files.select do |file|
    require_paths.any? do |path|
      file.start_with? path
    end
  end
end
            
license()

Singular accessor for licenses

 
               # File rubygems/specification.rb, line 2119
def license
  licenses.first
end
            
licenses()

Plural accessor for setting licenses

See license= for details

 
               # File rubygems/specification.rb, line 2128
def licenses
  @licenses ||= []
end
            
mark_version()

Sets the #rubygems_version to the current RubyGems version.

 
               # File rubygems/specification.rb, line 2146
def mark_version
  @rubygems_version = Gem::VERSION
end
            
missing_extensions?()

Is this specification missing its extensions? When this returns true you probably want to build_extensions

 
               # File rubygems/specification.rb, line 2166
def missing_extensions?
  return false if default_gem?
  return false if extensions.empty?
  return false if installed_by_version < Gem::Version.new('2.2.0.preview.2')
  return false if File.exist? gem_build_complete_path

  true
end
            
name_tuple()

Return a NameTuple that represents this Specification

 
               # File rubygems/specification.rb, line 2198
def name_tuple
  Gem::NameTuple.new name, version, original_platform
end
            
normalize()

Normalize the list of files so that:

  • All file lists have redundancies removed.

  • Files referenced in the #extra_rdoc_files are included in the package file list.

 
               # File rubygems/specification.rb, line 2181
def normalize
  if defined?(@extra_rdoc_files) and @extra_rdoc_files then
    @extra_rdoc_files.uniq!
    @files ||= []
    @files.concat(@extra_rdoc_files)
  end

  @files            = @files.uniq if @files
  @extensions       = @extensions.uniq if @extensions
  @test_files       = @test_files.uniq if @test_files
  @executables      = @executables.uniq if @executables
  @extra_rdoc_files = @extra_rdoc_files.uniq if @extra_rdoc_files
end
            
platform()

The platform this gem runs on. See Gem::Platform for details.

 
               # File rubygems/specification.rb, line 2224
def platform
  @new_platform ||= Gem::Platform::RUBY
end
            
rdoc_options=(options)

Sets #rdoc_options to value, ensuring it is an array. Don’t use this, push onto the array instead.

 
               # File rubygems/specification.rb, line 2292
def rdoc_options= options
  # TODO: warn about setting instead of pushing
  @rdoc_options = Array options
end
            
require_path()

Singular accessor for require_paths

 
               # File rubygems/specification.rb, line 2300
def require_path
  val = require_paths and val.first
end
            
require_path=(path)

Singular accessor for require_paths

 
               # File rubygems/specification.rb, line 2307
def require_path= path
  self.require_paths = Array(path)
end
            
requirements=(req)

Set requirements to req, ensuring it is an array. Don’t use this, push onto the array instead.

 
               # File rubygems/specification.rb, line 2315
def requirements= req
  # TODO: warn about setting instead of pushing
  @requirements = Array req
end
            
reset_nil_attributes_to_default()

Reset nil attributes to their default values to make the spec valid

 
               # File rubygems/specification.rb, line 2975
def reset_nil_attributes_to_default
  nil_attributes = self.class.non_nil_attributes.find_all do |name|
    !instance_variable_defined?("@#{name}") || instance_variable_get("@#{name}").nil?
  end

  nil_attributes.each do |attribute|
    default = self.default_value attribute

    value = case default
            when Time, Numeric, Symbol, true, false, nil then default
            else default.dup
            end

    instance_variable_set "@#{attribute}", value
  end

  @installed_by_version ||= nil
end
            
ri_dir()

Returns the full path to this spec’s ri directory.

 
               # File rubygems/specification.rb, line 2327
def ri_dir
  @ri_dir ||= File.join base_dir, 'ri', full_name
end
            
runtime_dependencies()

List of dependencies that will automatically be activated at runtime.

 
               # File rubygems/specification.rb, line 2360
def runtime_dependencies
  dependencies.select(&:runtime?)
end
            
sanitize()

Sanitize the descriptive fields in the spec. Sometimes non-ASCII characters will garble the site index. Non-ASCII characters will be replaced by their XML entity equivalent.

 
               # File rubygems/specification.rb, line 1470
def sanitize
  self.summary              = sanitize_string(summary)
  self.description          = sanitize_string(description)
  self.post_install_message = sanitize_string(post_install_message)
  self.authors              = authors.collect { |a| sanitize_string(a) }
end
            
sanitize_string(string)

Sanitize a single string.

 
               # File rubygems/specification.rb, line 1480
def sanitize_string(string)
  return string unless string

  # HACK the #to_s is in here because RSpec has an Array of Arrays of
  # Strings for authors.  Need a way to disallow bad values on gemspec
  # generation.  (Probably won't happen.)
  string = string.to_s

  begin
    Builder::XChar.encode string
  rescue NameError, NoMethodError
    string.to_xs
  end
end
            
satisfies_requirement?(dependency)

Checks if this specification meets the requirement of dependency.

 
               # File rubygems/specification.rb, line 2376
def satisfies_requirement? dependency
  return @name == dependency.name &&
    dependency.requirement.satisfied_by?(@version)
end
            
sort_obj()

Returns an object you can use to sort specifications in sort_by.

 
               # File rubygems/specification.rb, line 2384
def sort_obj
  [@name, @version, @new_platform == Gem::Platform::RUBY ? -1 : 1]
end
            
spec_dir()

Returns the full path to the directory containing this spec’s gemspec file. eg: /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/specifications

 
               # File rubygems/specification.rb, line 2399
def spec_dir
  @spec_dir ||= File.join base_dir, "specifications"
end
            
spec_file()

Returns the full path to this spec’s gemspec file. eg: /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/specifications/mygem-1.0.gemspec

 
               # File rubygems/specification.rb, line 2407
def spec_file
  @spec_file ||= File.join spec_dir, "#{full_name}.gemspec"
end
            
spec_name()

The default name of the gemspec. See also file_name

spec.spec_name # => "example-1.0.gemspec"
 
               # File rubygems/specification.rb, line 2416
def spec_name
  "#{full_name}.gemspec"
end
            
stubbed?()
 
               # File rubygems/specification.rb, line 2953
def stubbed?
  false
end
            
summary=(str)

A short summary of this gem’s description.

 
               # File rubygems/specification.rb, line 2423
def summary= str
  @summary = str.to_s.strip.
    gsub(/(\w-)\n[ \t]*(\w)/, '\1\2').gsub(/\n[ \t]*/, " ") # so. weird.
end
            
to_ruby()

Returns a Ruby code representation of this specification, such that it can be eval’ed and reconstruct the same specification later. Attributes that still have their default values are omitted.

 
               # File rubygems/specification.rb, line 2466
def to_ruby
  mark_version
  result = []
  result << "# -*- encoding: utf-8 -*-"
  result << "#{Gem::StubSpecification::PREFIX}#{name} #{version} #{platform} #{raw_require_paths.join("\0")}"
  result << "#{Gem::StubSpecification::PREFIX}#{extensions.join "\0"}" unless
    extensions.empty?
  result << nil
  result << "Gem::Specification.new do |s|"

  result << "  s.name = #{ruby_code name}"
  result << "  s.version = #{ruby_code version}"
  unless platform.nil? or platform == Gem::Platform::RUBY then
    result << "  s.platform = #{ruby_code original_platform}"
  end
  result << ""
  result << "  s.required_rubygems_version = #{ruby_code required_rubygems_version} if s.respond_to? :required_rubygems_version="

  if metadata and !metadata.empty?
    result << "  s.metadata = #{ruby_code metadata} if s.respond_to? :metadata="
  end
  result << "  s.require_paths = #{ruby_code raw_require_paths}"

  handled = [
    :dependencies,
    :name,
    :platform,
    :require_paths,
    :required_rubygems_version,
    :specification_version,
    :version,
    :has_rdoc,
    :default_executable,
    :metadata
  ]

  @@attributes.each do |attr_name|
    next if handled.include? attr_name
    current_value = self.send(attr_name)
    if current_value != default_value(attr_name) or
       self.class.required_attribute? attr_name then
      result << "  s.#{attr_name} = #{ruby_code current_value}"
    end
  end

  if @installed_by_version then
    result << nil
    result << "  s.installed_by_version = \"#{Gem::VERSION}\" if s.respond_to? :installed_by_version"
  end

  unless dependencies.empty? then
    result << nil
    result << "  if s.respond_to? :specification_version then"
    result << "    s.specification_version = #{specification_version}"
    result << nil

    result << "    if Gem::Version.new(Gem::VERSION) >= Gem::Version.new('1.2.0') then"

    dependencies.each do |dep|
      req = dep.requirements_list.inspect
      dep.instance_variable_set :@type, :runtime if dep.type.nil? # HACK
      result << "      s.add_#{dep.type}_dependency(%q<#{dep.name}>.freeze, #{req})"
    end

    result << "    else"

    dependencies.each do |dep|
      version_reqs_param = dep.requirements_list.inspect
      result << "      s.add_dependency(%q<#{dep.name}>.freeze, #{version_reqs_param})"
    end

    result << '    end'

    result << "  else"
    dependencies.each do |dep|
      version_reqs_param = dep.requirements_list.inspect
      result << "    s.add_dependency(%q<#{dep.name}>.freeze, #{version_reqs_param})"
    end
    result << "  end"
  end

  result << "end"
  result << nil

  result.join "\n"
end
            
to_ruby_for_cache()

Returns a Ruby lighter-weight code representation of this specification, used for indexing only.

See to_ruby.

 
               # File rubygems/specification.rb, line 2559
def to_ruby_for_cache
  for_cache.to_ruby
end
            
to_spec()

Returns self

 
               # File rubygems/specification.rb, line 2570
def to_spec
  self
end
            
traverse(trail = [], visited = {})

Recursively walk dependencies of this spec, executing the block for each hop.

 
               # File rubygems/specification.rb, line 2607
def traverse trail = [], visited = {}, &block
  trail.push(self)
  begin
    dependencies.each do |dep|
      next unless dep.runtime?
      dep.to_specs.reverse_each do |dep_spec|
        next if visited.has_key?(dep_spec)
        visited[dep_spec] = true
        trail.push(dep_spec)
        begin
          result = block[self, dep, dep_spec, trail]
        ensure
          trail.pop
        end
        unless result == :next
          spec_name = dep_spec.name
          dep_spec.traverse(trail, visited, &block) unless
            trail.any? { |s| s.name == spec_name }
        end
      end
    end
  ensure
    trail.pop
  end
end
            
validate(packaging = true)

Checks that the specification contains all required fields, and does a very basic sanity check.

Raises InvalidSpecificationException if the spec does not pass the checks..

 
               # File rubygems/specification.rb, line 2640
  def validate packaging = true
    @warnings = 0
    require 'rubygems/user_interaction'
    extend Gem::UserInteraction
    normalize

    nil_attributes = self.class.non_nil_attributes.find_all do |attrname|
      instance_variable_get("@#{attrname}").nil?
    end

    unless nil_attributes.empty? then
      raise Gem::InvalidSpecificationException,
        "#{nil_attributes.join ', '} must not be nil"
    end

    if packaging and rubygems_version != Gem::VERSION then
      raise Gem::InvalidSpecificationException,
            "expected RubyGems version #{Gem::VERSION}, was #{rubygems_version}"
    end

    @@required_attributes.each do |symbol|
      unless self.send symbol then
        raise Gem::InvalidSpecificationException,
              "missing value for attribute #{symbol}"
      end
    end

    unless String === name then
      raise Gem::InvalidSpecificationException,
            "invalid value for attribute name: \"#{name.inspect}\""
    end

    if raw_require_paths.empty? then
      raise Gem::InvalidSpecificationException,
            'specification must have at least one require_path'
    end

    @files.delete_if            { |x| File.directory?(x) && !File.symlink?(x) }
    @test_files.delete_if       { |x| File.directory?(x) && !File.symlink?(x) }
    @executables.delete_if      { |x| File.directory?(File.join(@bindir, x)) }
    @extra_rdoc_files.delete_if { |x| File.directory?(x) && !File.symlink?(x) }
    @extensions.delete_if       { |x| File.directory?(x) && !File.symlink?(x) }

    non_files = files.reject { |x| File.file?(x) || File.symlink?(x) }

    unless not packaging or non_files.empty? then
      raise Gem::InvalidSpecificationException,
            "[\"#{non_files.join "\", \""}\"] are not files"
    end

    if files.include? file_name then
      raise Gem::InvalidSpecificationException,
            "#{full_name} contains itself (#{file_name}), check your files list"
    end

    unless specification_version.is_a?(Fixnum)
      raise Gem::InvalidSpecificationException,
            'specification_version must be a Fixnum (did you mean version?)'
    end

    case platform
    when Gem::Platform, Gem::Platform::RUBY then # ok
    else
      raise Gem::InvalidSpecificationException,
            "invalid platform #{platform.inspect}, see Gem::Platform"
    end

    self.class.array_attributes.each do |field|
      val = self.send field
      klass = case field
              when :dependencies
                Gem::Dependency
              else
                String
              end

      unless Array === val and val.all? { |x| x.kind_of?(klass) } then
        raise(Gem::InvalidSpecificationException,
              "#{field} must be an Array of #{klass}")
      end
    end

    [:authors].each do |field|
      val = self.send field
      raise Gem::InvalidSpecificationException, "#{field} may not be empty" if
        val.empty?
    end

    unless Hash === metadata
      raise Gem::InvalidSpecificationException,
              'metadata must be a hash'
    end

    metadata.keys.each do |k|
      if !k.kind_of?(String)
        raise Gem::InvalidSpecificationException,
                'metadata keys must be a String'
      end

      if k.size > 128
        raise Gem::InvalidSpecificationException,
                "metadata key too large (#{k.size} > 128)"
      end
    end

    metadata.values.each do |k|
      if !k.kind_of?(String)
        raise Gem::InvalidSpecificationException,
                'metadata values must be a String'
      end

      if k.size > 1024
        raise Gem::InvalidSpecificationException,
                "metadata value too large (#{k.size} > 1024)"
      end
    end

    licenses.each { |license|
      if license.length > 64
        raise Gem::InvalidSpecificationException,
          "each license must be 64 characters or less"
      end

      if !Gem::Licenses.match?(license)
        suggestions = Gem::Licenses.suggestions(license)
        message = <<-warning
license value '#{license}' is invalid.  Use a license identifier from
http://spdx.org/licenses or '#{Gem::Licenses::NONSTANDARD}' for a nonstandard license.
        warning
        message += "Did you mean #{suggestions.map { |s| "'#{s}'"}.join(', ')}?\n" unless suggestions.nil?
        warning(message)
      end
    }

    warning "licenses is empty, but is recommended.  Use a license identifier from
http://spdx.org/licenses or '#{Gem::Licenses::NONSTANDARD}' for a nonstandard license.
" if licenses.empty?

    validate_permissions

    # reject lazy developers:

    lazy = '"FIxxxXME" or "TOxxxDO"'.gsub(/xxx/, '')

    unless authors.grep(/FI XME|TO DO/x).empty? then
      raise Gem::InvalidSpecificationException, "#{lazy} is not an author"
    end

    unless Array(email).grep(/FI XME|TO DO/x).empty? then
      raise Gem::InvalidSpecificationException, "#{lazy} is not an email"
    end

    if description =~ /FI XME|TO DO/x then
      raise Gem::InvalidSpecificationException, "#{lazy} is not a description"
    end

    if summary =~ /FI XME|TO DO/x then
      raise Gem::InvalidSpecificationException, "#{lazy} is not a summary"
    end

    if homepage and not homepage.empty? and
       homepage !~ /\A[a-z][a-z\d+.-]*:/i then
      raise Gem::InvalidSpecificationException,
            "\"#{homepage}\" is not a URI"
    end

    # Warnings

    %w[author email homepage summary].each do |attribute|
      value = self.send attribute
      warning "no #{attribute} specified" if value.nil? or value.empty?
    end

    if description == summary then
      warning 'description and summary are identical'
    end

    # TODO: raise at some given date
    warning "deprecated autorequire specified" if autorequire

    executables.each do |executable|
      executable_path = File.join(bindir, executable)
      shebang = File.read(executable_path, 2) == '#!'

      warning "#{executable_path} is missing #! line" unless shebang
    end

    files.each do |file|
      next unless File.symlink?(file)
      warning "#{file} is a symlink, which is not supported on all platforms"
    end

    validate_dependencies

    true
  ensure
    if $! or @warnings > 0 then
      alert_warning "See http://guides.rubygems.org/specification-reference/ for help"
    end
  end
            
validate_permissions()

Checks to see if the files to be packaged are world-readable.

 
               # File rubygems/specification.rb, line 2923
def validate_permissions
  return if Gem.win_platform?

  files.each do |file|
    next unless File.file?(file)
    next if File.stat(file).mode & 0444 == 0444
    warning "#{file} is not world-readable"
  end

  executables.each do |name|
    exec = File.join @bindir, name
    next unless File.file?(exec)
    next if File.stat(exec).executable?
    warning "#{exec} is not executable"
  end
end
            
version=(version)

Set the version to version, potentially also setting #required_rubygems_version if version indicates it is a prerelease.

 
               # File rubygems/specification.rb, line 2945
def version= version
  @version = Gem::Version.create(version)
  self.required_rubygems_version = '> 1.3.1' if @version.prerelease?
  invalidate_memoized_attributes

  return @version
end