{"id":5171,"date":"2022-08-27T01:42:39","date_gmt":"2022-08-26T20:12:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jassweb.com\/solved\/solved-insert-code-into-the-beginning-of-each-method-of-a-class\/"},"modified":"2022-08-27T01:42:39","modified_gmt":"2022-08-26T20:12:39","slug":"solved-insert-code-into-the-beginning-of-each-method-of-a-class","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jassweb.com\/solved\/solved-insert-code-into-the-beginning-of-each-method-of-a-class\/","title":{"rendered":"[Solved] Insert code into the beginning of each method of a class"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"answer-38676158\" class=\"answer js-answer accepted-answer js-accepted-answer\" data-answerid=\"38676158\" data-parentid=\"38673932\" data-score=\"1\" data-position-on-page=\"1\" data-highest-scored=\"1\" data-question-has-accepted-highest-score=\"1\" itemprop=\"acceptedAnswer\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Answer\">\n<div class=\"post-layout\">\n<div class=\"votecell post-layout--left\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"answercell post-layout--right\">\n<div class=\"s-prose js-post-body\" itemprop=\"text\">\n<p>I initially misinterpreted the question (but have left my original answer after the horizontal line below). I believe the following may be what you are looking for.<\/p>\n<pre><code>class C1\n  [:m1, :m2].each do |m|\n    define_method(m) do |name|\n      @i_am = __method__\n      puts \"I'm #{name} from method #{@i_am}\"\n    end\n  end\nend\n\nC1.instance_methods(false)\n  #=&gt; [:m1, :m2] \nc1 = C1.new\n  #=&gt; #&lt;C1:0x007f94a10c0b60&gt; \nc1.m1 \"Bob\"\n  # I'm Bob from method m1\nc1.m2 \"Lucy\"\n  # I'm Lucy from method m2\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<hr>\n<p>My original solution follows.<\/p>\n<pre><code>class C1\n  def add_code_to_beginning(meth)\n    meth = meth.to_sym\n    self.class.send(:alias_method, \"old_#{meth}\".to_sym, meth)\n    self.class.send(:define_method, meth) do\n      yield\n      send(\"old_#{meth}\".to_sym)\n    end\n  end\nend\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/ruby-doc.org\/core-2.3.0\/Module.html\">Module#alias_method<\/a><br \/>\nand <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/ruby-doc.org\/core-2.3.0\/Module.html#method-i-define_method\">Module#define_method<\/a> are private; hence the need to use <code>send<\/code>.<\/p>\n<pre><code>c = C1.new\n  #=&gt; #&lt;C1:0x007ff5e3023650&gt; \nC1.instance_methods(false)\n  #=&gt; [:m1, :m2, :add_code_to_beginning] \n\nc.add_code_to_beginning(:m1) do\n  puts \"hiya\"\nend\n\nC1.instance_methods(false)\n  #=&gt; [:m1, :m2, :add_code_to_beginning, :old_m1] \nc.m1\n  # hiya\n  #=&gt; :m1 \n<\/code><\/pre>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"mt24\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>            <span class=\"d-none\" itemprop=\"commentCount\">4<\/span> <\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<\/p>\n<p>solved Insert code into the beginning of each method of a class <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] I initially misinterpreted the question (but have left my original answer after the horizontal line below). 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