How can this Java method header be represented in Ruby

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I have a Java method header that looks something like follows:

public static short[][] setFile(String fileName)
{
...
}

How can I write this in Ruby?

Thanks.

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def setFile(fileName)
...
end

You do realise that Ruby is a dynamic language, there is no typing?

How you name your methods and variables is up to you but I would go with

def set_file(filename)
...
end

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Peter Hickman wrote:

def setFile(fileName)
...
end

You do realise that Ruby is a dynamic language, there is no typing?

How you name your methods and variables is up to you but I would go with

def set_file(filename)
...
end

Thanks @Peter. And, of course, the second form is more suitable
especially for Ruby convention.

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@Peter. Ruby is a dynamic language, sure it is :slight_smile:

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Peter Hickman wrote:

How you name your methods and variables is up to you but I would go with

def set_file(filename)
...
end

Or even:

  def file=(filename)
    ...
  end

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Brian Candler wrote:

Peter Hickman wrote:

How you name your methods and variables is up to you but I would go with

def set_file(filename)
...
end

Or even:

  def file=(filename)
    ...
  end

Thanks @Brian. A nice one!

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However, the 'static' in

  public static short setFile(String fileName)

means it's a class, not instance, method so

  def self.file=(filename)
  end

FWIW,

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On Mon, Sep 20, 2010 at 2:42 AM, Brian Candler <b.candler@pobox.com> wrote:

def file=(filename)
...
end

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Thanks all for your replies.

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