# class 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'
      s.metadata    = { "source_code_uri" => "https://github.com/example/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).

### Public Instance Methods

removed_method_calls() click to toggle source

    # File lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 201
    def removed_method_calls
      @removed_method_calls ||= []
    end

## Optional gemspec attributes

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### 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.

post_install_message[RW]

A message that gets displayed after the gem is installed.

Usage:

    spec.post_install_message = "Thanks for installing!"

required_rubygems_version[R]

The RubyGems version required by this gem

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.

signing_key[RW]

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

### Public Instance Methods

add_development_dependency(gem, *requirements) click to toggle source

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 lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 562
    def add_development_dependency(gem, *requirements)
      add_dependency_with_type(gem, :development, requirements)
    end

add_runtime_dependency(gem, *requirements) click to toggle source

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

Usage:

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

    # File lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 573
    def add_runtime_dependency(gem, *requirements)
      if requirements.uniq.size != requirements.size
        warn "WARNING: duplicated #{gem} dependency #{requirements}"
      end

      add_dependency_with_type(gem, :runtime, requirements)
    end

Also aliased as: add_dependency
author=(o) click to toggle source

Singular (alternative) writer for `authors`

Usage:

    spec.author = 'John Jones'

    # File lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 428
    def author=(o)
      self.authors = [o]
    end

executables() click to toggle source

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 lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 596
    def executables
      @executables ||= []
    end

extensions() click to toggle source

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 lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 613
    def extensions
      @extensions ||= []
    end

extra_rdoc_files() click to toggle source

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 lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 629
    def extra_rdoc_files
      @extra_rdoc_files ||= []
    end

platform=(platform) click to toggle source

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 lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 479
    def platform=(platform)
      if @original_platform.nil? or
         @original_platform == Gem::Platform::RUBY
        @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

rdoc_options() click to toggle source

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

Usage:

    spec.rdoc_options << '--title' << 'Rake -- Ruby Make' <<
      '--main' << 'README' <<
      '--line-numbers'

    # File lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 659
    def rdoc_options
      @rdoc_options ||= []
    end

require_paths=(val) click to toggle source

Paths in the gem to add to `$LOAD_PATH` when this gem is activated. 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 lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 530
    def require_paths=(val)
      @require_paths = Array(val)
    end

required_ruby_version=(req) click to toggle source

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">

Prereleases can also be specified.

Usage:

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

    # Only with final releases of major version 2 where minor version is at least 3
    spec.required_ruby_version = '~> 2.3'

    # Only prereleases or final releases after 2.6.0.preview2
    spec.required_ruby_version = '> 2.6.0.preview2'

    # This gem will work with 2.3.0 or greater, including major version 3, but lesser than 4.0.0
    spec.required_ruby_version = '>= 2.3', '< 4'

    # File lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 687
    def required_ruby_version=(req)
      @required_ruby_version = Gem::Requirement.create req
    end

required_rubygems_version=(req) click to toggle source

The RubyGems version required by this gem

    # File lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 694
    def required_rubygems_version=(req)
      @required_rubygems_version = Gem::Requirement.create req
    end

requirements() click to toggle source

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 lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 707
    def requirements
      @requirements ||= []
    end

## Recommended gemspec attributes

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### Attributes

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

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'

metadata[RW]

The metadata holds extra data for this gem that may be useful to other consumers and is settable by gem authors.

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

You can use metadata to specify links to your gem's homepage, codebase, documentation, wiki, mailing list, issue tracker and changelog.

    s.metadata = {
      "bug_tracker_uri"   => "https://example.com/user/bestgemever/issues",
      "changelog_uri"     => "https://example.com/user/bestgemever/CHANGELOG.md",
      "documentation_uri" => "https://www.example.info/gems/bestgemever/0.0.1",
      "homepage_uri"      => "https://bestgemever.example.io",
      "mailing_list_uri"  => "https://groups.example.com/bestgemever",
      "source_code_uri"   => "https://example.com/user/bestgemever",
      "wiki_uri"          => "https://example.com/user/bestgemever/wiki"
      "funding_uri"       => "https://example.com/donate"
    }

These links will be used on your gem's page on rubygems.org and must pass validation against following regex.

    %r{\Ahttps?:\/\/([^\s:@]+:[^\s:@]*@)?[A-Za-z\d\-]+(\.[A-Za-z\d\-]+)+\.?(:\d{1,5})?([\/?]\S*)?\z}

required_ruby_version[R]

The version of Ruby required by this gem

Usage:

    spec.required_ruby_version = '>= 2.7.0'

### Public Instance Methods

license=(o) click to toggle source

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 can also use a custom license file along with your gemspec and specify a LicenseRef-<idstring>, where idstring is the name of the file containing the license text.

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 right to use the code for any purpose.

You can set multiple licenses with `licenses=`

Usage:

    spec.license = 'MIT'

    # File lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 364
    def license=(o)
      self.licenses = [o]
    end

licenses=(licenses) click to toggle source

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 lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 381
    def licenses=(licenses)
      @licenses = Array licenses
    end

## Required gemspec attributes

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### Attributes

name[RW]

This gem's name.

Usage:

    spec.name = 'rake'

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

authors=(value) click to toggle source

A list of authors for this gem.

Alternatively, a single author can be specified by assigning a string to `spec.author`

Usage:

    spec.authors = ['John Jones', 'Mary Smith']

    # File lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 283
    def authors=(value)
      @authors = Array(value).flatten.grep(String)
    end

files() click to toggle source

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]*'].to_a

    # or without Rake...
    spec.files = Dir['lib/**/*.rb'] + Dir['bin/*']
    spec.files += Dir['[A-Z]*']
    spec.files.reject! { |fn| fn.include? "CVS" }

    # File lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 262
    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

## Specification internals

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### 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`.

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) click to toggle source

Load custom marshal format, re-initializing defaults as needed

    # File lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 1265
    def self._load(str)
      Gem.load_yaml

      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
                      spec.instance_variable_set :@specification_version,
                                                 current_version
                      MARSHAL_FIELDS[current_version]
                    else
                      MARSHAL_FIELDS[spec.specification_version]
                    end

      if array.size < field_count
        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]
      # offset due to rubyforge_project removal
      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

all() click to toggle source

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

    # File lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 883
    def self.all
      warn "NOTE: Specification.all called from #{caller.first}" unless
        Gem::Deprecate.skip
      _all
    end

all=(specs) click to toggle source

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 lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 901
    def self.all=(specs)
      @@stubs_by_name = specs.group_by(&:name)
      @@all = @@stubs = specs
    end

all_names() click to toggle source

Return full names of all specs in sorted order.

    # File lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 909
    def self.all_names
      self._all.map(&:full_name)
    end

array_attributes() click to toggle source

Return the list of all array-oriented instance variables.

    # File lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 918
    def self.array_attributes
      @@array_attributes.dup
    end

attribute_names() click to toggle source

Return the list of all instance variables.

    # File lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 927
    def self.attribute_names
      @@attributes.dup
    end

default_stubs(pattern = "*.gemspec") click to toggle source

Returns a `Gem::StubSpecification` for default gems

    # File lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 823
    def self.default_stubs(pattern = "*.gemspec")
      base_dir = Gem.default_dir
      gems_dir = File.join base_dir, "gems"
      gemspec_stubs_in(Gem.default_specifications_dir, pattern) do |path|
        Gem::StubSpecification.default_gemspec_stub(path, base_dir, gems_dir)
      end
    end

dirs() click to toggle source

Return the directories that `Specification` uses to find specs.

    # File lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 934
    def self.dirs
      @@dirs ||= Gem.path.collect do |dir|
        File.join dir.dup.tap(&Gem::UNTAINT), "specifications"
      end
    end

dirs=(dirs) click to toggle source

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

    # File lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 944
    def self.dirs=(dirs)
      self.reset

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

each() { |x| ... } click to toggle source

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

    # File lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 956
    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) click to toggle source

    # File lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 1019
    def self.find_active_stub_by_path(path)
      stub = @@active_stub_with_requirable_file[path] ||= (stubs.find do |s|
        s.activated? and s.contains_requirable_file? path
      end || NOT_FOUND)
      stub.this
    end

find_all_by_full_name(full_name) click to toggle source

Returns every spec that has the given `full_name`

    # File lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 978
    def self.find_all_by_full_name(full_name)
      stubs.select {|s| s.full_name == full_name }.map(&:to_spec)
    end

find_all_by_name(name, *requirements) click to toggle source

Returns every spec that matches `name` and optional `requirements`.

    # File lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 967
    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) click to toggle source

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

    # File lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 986
    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) click to toggle source

Return the best specification that contains the file matching `path`.

    # File lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 997
    def self.find_by_path(path)
      path = path.dup.freeze
      spec = @@spec_with_requirable_file[path] ||= (stubs.find do |s|
        next unless Gem::BundlerVersionFinder.compatible?(s)
        s.contains_requirable_file? path
      end || NOT_FOUND)
      spec.to_spec
    end

find_in_unresolved(path) click to toggle source

Return currently unresolved specs that contain the file matching `path`.

    # File lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 1029
    def self.find_in_unresolved(path)
      unresolved_specs.find_all {|spec| spec.contains_requirable_file? path }
    end

find_in_unresolved_tree(path) click to toggle source

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

    # File lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 1037
    def self.find_in_unresolved_tree(path)
      unresolved_specs.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) click to toggle source

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

    # File lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 1010
    def self.find_inactive_by_path(path)
      stub = stubs.find do |s|
        next if s.activated?
        next unless Gem::BundlerVersionFinder.compatible?(s)
        s.contains_requirable_file? path
      end
      stub && stub.to_spec
    end

from_yaml(input) click to toggle source

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 lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 1064
    def self.from_yaml(input)
      Gem.load_yaml

      input = normalize_yaml_input input
      spec = Gem::SafeYAML.safe_load input

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

      unless Gem::Specification === spec
        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_spec_for(name) click to toggle source

Return the latest installed spec for gem `name`.

    # File lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 1095
    def self.latest_spec_for(name)
      latest_specs(true).find {|installed_spec| installed_spec.name == name }
    end

latest_specs(prerelease = false) click to toggle source

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

    # File lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 1088
    def self.latest_specs(prerelease = false)
      _latest_specs Gem::Specification._all, prerelease
    end

load(file) click to toggle source

Loads Ruby format gemspec from `file`.

    # File lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 1114
    def self.load(file)
      return unless file

      _spec = @load_cache_mutex.synchronize { @load_cache[file] }
      return _spec if _spec

      file = file.dup.tap(&Gem::UNTAINT)
      return unless File.file?(file)

      code = File.read file, :mode => 'r:UTF-8:-'

      code.tap(&Gem::UNTAINT)

      begin
        _spec = eval code, binding, file

        if Gem::Specification === _spec
          _spec.loaded_from = File.expand_path file.to_s
          @load_cache_mutex.synchronize do
            prev = @load_cache[file]
            if prev
              _spec = prev
            else
              @load_cache[file] = _spec
            end
          end
          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() click to toggle source

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

    # File lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 871
    def self.load_defaults
      each_spec([Gem.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) { |self| ... } click to toggle source

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

Calls superclass method `Gem::BasicSpecification::new`

    # File lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 1979
    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

      set_nil_attributes_to_nil
      set_not_nil_attributes_to_default_values

      @new_platform = Gem::Platform::RUBY

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

      if platform = Gem.platforms.last and platform != Gem::Platform::RUBY and platform != Gem::Platform.local
        self.platform = platform
      end

      yield self if block_given?
    end

non_nil_attributes() click to toggle source

`Specification` attributes that must be non-nil

    # File lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 1156
    def self.non_nil_attributes
      @@non_nil_attributes.dup
    end

normalize_yaml_input(input) click to toggle source

Make sure the `YAML` specification is properly formatted with dashes

    # File lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 1163
    def self.normalize_yaml_input(input)
      result = input.respond_to?(:read) ? input.read : input
      result = "--- " + result unless result.start_with?("--- ")
      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() click to toggle source

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 lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 1181
    def self.outdated
      outdated_and_latest_version.map {|local, _| local.name }
    end

outdated_and_latest_version() { |local_spec, latest_remote| ... } click to toggle source

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 lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 1192
    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

required_attribute?(name) click to toggle source

Is `name` a required attribute?

    # File lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 1217
    def self.required_attribute?(name)
      @@required_attributes.include? name.to_sym
    end

required_attributes() click to toggle source

Required specification attributes

    # File lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 1224
    def self.required_attributes
      @@required_attributes.dup
    end

reset() click to toggle source

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

    # File lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 1232
    def self.reset
      @@dirs = nil
      Gem.pre_reset_hooks.each {|hook| hook.call }
      clear_specs
      clear_load_cache
      unresolved = unresolved_deps
      unless unresolved.empty?
        w = "W" + "ARN"
        warn "#{w}: Unresolved or ambiguous specs during Gem::Specification.reset:"
        unresolved.values.each do |dep|
          warn "      #{dep}"

          versions = find_all_by_name(dep.name)
          unless versions.empty?
            warn "      Available/installed versions of this gem:"
            versions.each {|s| warn "      - #{s.version}" }
          end
        end
        warn "#{w}: Clearing out unresolved specs. Try 'gem cleanup <gem>'"
        warn "Please report a bug if this causes problems."
        unresolved.clear
      end
      Gem.post_reset_hooks.each {|hook| hook.call }
    end

stubs() click to toggle source

Returns a `Gem::StubSpecification` for every installed gem

    # File lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 810
    def self.stubs
      @@stubs ||= begin
        pattern = "*.gemspec"
        stubs = stubs_for_pattern(pattern, false)

        @@stubs_by_name = stubs.select {|s| Gem::Platform.match_spec? s }.group_by(&:name)
        stubs
      end
    end

stubs_for(name) click to toggle source

Returns a `Gem::StubSpecification` for installed gem named `name` only returns stubs that match `Gem.platforms`

    # File lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 835
    def self.stubs_for(name)
      if @@stubs
        @@stubs_by_name[name] || []
      else
        @@stubs_by_name[name] ||= stubs_for_pattern("#{name}-*.gemspec").select do |s|
          s.name == name
        end
      end
    end

unresolved_deps() click to toggle source

DOC: This method needs documented or nodoc'd

    # File lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 1258
    def self.unresolved_deps
      @unresolved_deps ||= Hash.new {|h, n| h[n] = Gem::Dependency.new n }
    end

### Private Class Methods

gemspec_stubs_in(dir, pattern) { |path| ... } click to toggle source

    # File lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 779
    def self.gemspec_stubs_in(dir, pattern)
      Gem::Util.glob_files_in_dir(pattern, dir).map {|path| yield path }.select(&:valid?)
    end

installed_stubs(dirs, pattern) click to toggle source

    # File lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 784
    def self.installed_stubs(dirs, pattern)
      map_stubs(dirs, pattern) do |path, base_dir, gems_dir|
        Gem::StubSpecification.gemspec_stub(path, base_dir, gems_dir)
      end
    end

unresolved_specs() click to toggle source

    # File lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 1051
    def self.unresolved_specs
      unresolved_deps.values.map {|dep| dep.to_specs }.flatten
    end

### Public Instance Methods

_dump(limit) click to toggle source

Dump only crucial instance variables.

    # File lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 1335
    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() click to toggle source

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 lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 1426
    def abbreviate
      self.files = []
      self.test_files = []
      self.rdoc_options = []
      self.extra_rdoc_files = []
      self.cert_chain = []
    end

activate() click to toggle source

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 lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 1365
    def activate
      other = Gem.loaded_specs[self.name]
      if other
        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() click to toggle source

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

    # File lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 1389
    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

        begin
          specs = spec_dep.to_specs
        rescue Gem::MissingSpecError => e
          raise Gem::MissingSpecError.new(e.name, e.requirement, "at: #{self.spec_file}")
        end

        if specs.size == 1
          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) click to toggle source

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

    # File lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 1462
    def add_bindir(executables)
      return nil if executables.nil?

      if @bindir
        Array(executables).map {|e| File.join(@bindir, e) }
      else
        executables
      end
    rescue
      return nil
    end

add_dependency(gem, *requirements)
Alias for: add_runtime_dependency
add_self_to_load_path() click to toggle source

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

    # File lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 1501
    def add_self_to_load_path
      return if default_gem?

      paths = full_require_paths

      Gem.add_to_load_path(*paths)
    end

author() click to toggle source

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

    # File lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 1512
    def author
      val = authors and val.first
    end

authors() click to toggle source

The list of author names who wrote this gem.

    spec.authors = ['Chad Fowler', 'Jim Weirich', 'Rich Kilmer']

    # File lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 1521
    def authors
      @authors ||= []
    end

base_dir() click to toggle source

    # File lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 2029
    def base_dir
      return Gem.dir unless loaded_from
      @base_dir ||= if default_gem?
                      File.dirname File.dirname File.dirname loaded_from
                    else
                      File.dirname File.dirname loaded_from
                    end
    end

bin_dir() click to toggle source

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 lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 1531
    def bin_dir
      @bin_dir ||= File.join gem_dir, bindir
    end

bin_file(name) click to toggle source

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

    # File lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 1538
    def bin_file(name)
      File.join bin_dir, name
    end

build_args() click to toggle source

Returns the `build_args` used to install the gem

    # File lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 1545
    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() click to toggle source

Returns the full path to the build info directory

    # File lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 1591
    def build_info_dir
      File.join base_dir, "build_info"
    end

build_info_file() click to toggle source

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

    # File lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 1599
    def build_info_file
      File.join build_info_dir, "#{full_name}.info"
    end

cache_dir() click to toggle source

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

    # File lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 1607
    def cache_dir
      @cache_dir ||= File.join base_dir, "cache"
    end

cache_file() click to toggle source

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

    # File lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 1614
    def cache_file
      @cache_file ||= File.join cache_dir, "#{full_name}.gem"
    end

conflicts() click to toggle source

Return any possible conflicts against the currently loaded specs.

    # File lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 1621
    def conflicts
      conflicts = {}
      self.runtime_dependencies.each do |dep|
        spec = Gem.loaded_specs[dep.name]
        if spec and not spec.satisfies_requirement? dep
          (conflicts[spec] ||= []) << dep
        end
      end
      env_req = Gem.env_requirement(name)
      (conflicts[self] ||= []) << env_req unless env_req.satisfied_by? version
      conflicts
    end

date() click to toggle source

The date this gem was created.

If SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH is set as an environment variable, use that to support reproducible builds; otherwise, default to the current UTC date.

Details on SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH: reproducible-builds.org/specs/source-date-epoch/

    # File lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 1667
    def date
      @date ||= Time.utc(*Gem.source_date_epoch.utc.to_a[3..5].reverse)
    end

date=(date) click to toggle source

The date this gem was created

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

    # File lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 1687
    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
                  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) click to toggle source

The default value for specification attribute `name`

    # File lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 1727
    def default_value(name)
      @@default_value[name]
    end

dependencies() click to toggle source

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

Use `add_dependency` or `add_development_dependency` to add dependencies to a gem.

    # File lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 1737
    def dependencies
      @dependencies ||= []
    end

dependent_gems(check_dev=true) click to toggle source

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 lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 1747
    def dependent_gems(check_dev=true)
      out = []
      Gem::Specification.each do |spec|
        deps = check_dev ? spec.dependencies : spec.runtime_dependencies
        deps.each do |dep|
          if self.satisfies_requirement?(dep)
            sats = []
            find_all_satisfiers(dep) do |sat|
              sats << sat
            end
            out << [spec, dep, sats]
          end
        end
      end
      out
    end

dependent_specs() click to toggle source

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

    # File lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 1767
    def dependent_specs
      runtime_dependencies.map {|dep| dep.to_specs }.flatten
    end

description=(str) click to toggle source

A detailed description of this gem. See also `summary`

    # File lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 1774
    def description=(str)
      @description = str.to_s
    end

development_dependencies() click to toggle source

List of dependencies that are used for development

    # File lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 1781
    def development_dependencies
      dependencies.select {|d| d.type == :development }
    end

doc_dir(type = nil) click to toggle source

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 lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 1793
    def doc_dir(type = nil)
      @doc_dir ||= File.join base_dir, 'doc', full_name

      if type
        File.join @doc_dir, type
      else
        @doc_dir
      end
    end

executable() click to toggle source

Singular accessor for `executables`

    # File lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 1831
    def executable
      val = executables and val.first
    end

executable=(o) click to toggle source

Singular accessor for `executables`

    # File lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 1838
    def executable=(o)
      self.executables = [o]
    end

executables=(value) click to toggle source

Sets executables to `value`, ensuring it is an array.

    # File lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 1845
    def executables=(value)
      @executables = Array(value)
    end

extensions=(extensions) click to toggle source

Sets extensions to `extensions`, ensuring it is an array.

    # File lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 1852
    def extensions=(extensions)
      @extensions = Array extensions
    end

extra_rdoc_files=(files) click to toggle source

Sets `extra_rdoc_files` to `files`, ensuring it is an array.

    # File lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 1859
    def extra_rdoc_files=(files)
      @extra_rdoc_files = Array files
    end

file_name() click to toggle source

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

    spec.file_name # => "example-1.0.gem"

    # File lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 1868
    def file_name
      "#{full_name}.gem"
    end

files=(files) click to toggle source

Sets files to `files`, ensuring it is an array.

    # File lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 1875
    def files=(files)
      @files = Array files
    end

for_cache() click to toggle source

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

    # File lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 1893
    def for_cache
      spec = dup

      spec.files = nil
      spec.test_files = nil

      spec
    end

full_name() click to toggle source
Calls superclass method `Gem::BasicSpecification#full_name`

    # File lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 1902
    def full_name
      @full_name ||= super
    end

gems_dir() click to toggle source

    # File lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 1913
    def gems_dir
      @gems_dir ||= File.join(base_dir, "gems")
    end

has_conflicts?() click to toggle source

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

    # File lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 1647
    def has_conflicts?
      return true unless Gem.env_requirement(name).satisfied_by?(version)
      self.dependencies.any? do |dep|
        if dep.runtime?
          spec = Gem.loaded_specs[dep.name]
          spec and not spec.satisfies_requirement? dep
        else
          false
        end
      end
    end

initialize_copy(other_spec) click to toggle source

Duplicates `array_attributes` from `other_spec` so state isn't shared.

    # File lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 2007
    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
            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

keep_only_files_and_directories() click to toggle source

    # File lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 2591
    def keep_only_files_and_directories
      @executables.delete_if      {|x| File.directory?(File.join(@bindir, x)) }
      @extensions.delete_if       {|x| File.directory?(x) && !File.symlink?(x) }
      @extra_rdoc_files.delete_if {|x| File.directory?(x) && !File.symlink?(x) }
      @files.delete_if            {|x| File.directory?(x) && !File.symlink?(x) }
      @test_files.delete_if       {|x| File.directory?(x) && !File.symlink?(x) }
    end

lib_files() click to toggle source

Files in the Gem under one of the require_paths

    # File lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 2060
    def lib_files
      @files.select do |file|
        require_paths.any? do |path|
          file.start_with? path
        end
      end
    end

license() click to toggle source

Singular accessor for `licenses`

    # File lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 2071
    def license
      licenses.first
    end

licenses() click to toggle source

Plural accessor for setting licenses

See `license=` for details

    # File lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 2080
    def licenses
      @licenses ||= []
    end

mark_version() click to toggle source

Sets the `rubygems_version` to the current RubyGems version.

    # File lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 2098
    def mark_version
      @rubygems_version = Gem::VERSION
    end

missing_extensions?() click to toggle source

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

    # File lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 2124
    def missing_extensions?
      return false if extensions.empty?
      return false if default_gem?
      return false if File.exist? gem_build_complete_path

      true
    end

name_tuple() click to toggle source

Return a NameTuple that represents this `Specification`

    # File lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 2155
    def name_tuple
      Gem::NameTuple.new name, version, original_platform
    end

normalize() click to toggle source

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 lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 2138
    def normalize
      if defined?(@extra_rdoc_files) and @extra_rdoc_files
        @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() click to toggle source

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

    # File lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 2181
    def platform
      @new_platform ||= Gem::Platform::RUBY
    end

rdoc_options=(options) click to toggle source

Sets `rdoc_options` to `value`, ensuring it is an array.

    # File lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 2248
    def rdoc_options=(options)
      @rdoc_options = Array options
    end

require_path() click to toggle source

Singular accessor for `require_paths`

    # File lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 2255
    def require_path
      val = require_paths and val.first
    end

require_path=(path) click to toggle source

Singular accessor for `require_paths`

    # File lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 2262
    def require_path=(path)
      self.require_paths = Array(path)
    end

requirements=(req) click to toggle source

`Set` requirements to `req`, ensuring it is an array.

    # File lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 2269
    def requirements=(req)
      @requirements = Array req
    end

reset_nil_attributes_to_default() click to toggle source

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

    # File lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 2653
    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() click to toggle source

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

    # File lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 2280
    def ri_dir
      @ri_dir ||= File.join base_dir, 'ri', full_name
    end

runtime_dependencies() click to toggle source

List of dependencies that will automatically be activated at runtime.

    # File lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 2313
    def runtime_dependencies
      dependencies.select(&:runtime?)
    end

sanitize() click to toggle source

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 lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 1439
    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) click to toggle source

Sanitize a single string.

    # File lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 1449
    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.to_s
    end

satisfies_requirement?(dependency) click to toggle source

Checks if this specification meets the requirement of `dependency`.

    # File lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 2329
    def satisfies_requirement?(dependency)
      return @name == dependency.name &&
        dependency.requirement.satisfied_by?(@version)
    end

sort_obj() click to toggle source

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

    # File lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 2337
    def sort_obj
      [@name, @version, @new_platform == Gem::Platform::RUBY ? -1 : 1]
    end

spec_dir() click to toggle source

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

    # File lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 2352
    def spec_dir
      @spec_dir ||= File.join base_dir, "specifications"
    end

spec_file() click to toggle source

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

    # File lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 2360
    def spec_file
      @spec_file ||= File.join spec_dir, "#{full_name}.gemspec"
    end

spec_name() click to toggle source

The default name of the gemspec. See also `file_name`

    spec.spec_name # => "example-1.0.gemspec"

    # File lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 2369
    def spec_name
      "#{full_name}.gemspec"
    end

stubbed?() click to toggle source

    # File lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 2631
    def stubbed?
      false
    end

summary=(str) click to toggle source

A short summary of this gem's description.

    # File lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 2376
    def summary=(str)
      @summary = str.to_s.strip.
        gsub(/(\w-)\n[ \t]*(\w)/, '\1\2').gsub(/\n[ \t]*/, " ") # so. weird.
    end

to_ruby() click to toggle source

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 lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 2419
    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
        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,
        :signing_key,
      ]

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

      if String === signing_key
        result << "  s.signing_key = #{signing_key.dump}.freeze"
      end

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

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

        result << "  if s.respond_to? :add_runtime_dependency 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"
      end

      result << "end"
      result << nil

      result.join "\n"
    end

to_ruby_for_cache() click to toggle source

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

See `to_ruby`.

    # File lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 2508
    def to_ruby_for_cache
      for_cache.to_ruby
    end

to_spec() click to toggle source

Returns self

    # File lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 2519
    def to_spec
      self
    end

traverse(trail = [], visited = {}, &block) click to toggle source

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

    # File lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 2550
    def traverse(trail = [], visited = {}, &block)
      trail.push(self)
      begin
        dependencies.each do |dep|
          next unless dep.runtime?
          dep.matching_specs(true).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, strict = false) click to toggle source

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 lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 2583
    def validate(packaging = true, strict = false)
      normalize

      validation_policy = Gem::SpecificationPolicy.new(self)
      validation_policy.packaging = packaging
      validation_policy.validate(strict)
    end

validate_dependencies() click to toggle source

    # File lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 2604
    def validate_dependencies
      Gem::SpecificationPolicy.new(self).validate_dependencies
    end

validate_metadata() click to toggle source

    # File lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 2599
    def validate_metadata
      Gem::SpecificationPolicy.new(self).validate_metadata
    end

validate_permissions() click to toggle source

    # File lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 2609
    def validate_permissions
      Gem::SpecificationPolicy.new(self).validate_permissions
    end

version=(version) click to toggle source

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

    # File lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 2619
    def version=(version)
      @version = Gem::Version.create(version)
      # skip to set required_ruby_version when pre-released rubygems.
      # It caused to raise CircularDependencyError
      if @version.prerelease? && (@name.nil? || @name.strip != "rubygems")
        self.required_rubygems_version = '> 1.3.1'
      end
      invalidate_memoized_attributes

      return @version
    end

### Private Instance Methods

add_dependency_with_type(dependency, type, requirements) click to toggle source

Adds a dependency on gem `dependency` with type `type` that requires `requirements`. Valid types are currently `:runtime` and `:development`.

    # File lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 1479
    def add_dependency_with_type(dependency, type, requirements)
      requirements = if requirements.empty?
                       Gem::Requirement.default
                     else
                       requirements.flatten
                     end

      unless dependency.respond_to?(:name) &&
             dependency.respond_to?(:requirement)
        dependency = Gem::Dependency.new(dependency.to_s, requirements, type)
      end

      dependencies << dependency
    end

find_all_satisfiers(dep) { |spec| ... } click to toggle source

Finds all gems that satisfy `dep`

    # File lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 1882
    def find_all_satisfiers(dep)
      Gem::Specification.each do |spec|
        yield spec if spec.satisfies_requirement? dep
      end
    end

invalidate_memoized_attributes() click to toggle source

Expire memoized instance variables that can incorrectly generate, replace or miss files due changes in certain attributes used to compute them.

    # File lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 2042
    def invalidate_memoized_attributes
      @full_name = nil
      @cache_file = nil
    end

ruby_code(obj) click to toggle source

Return a string containing a Ruby code representation of the given object.

    # File lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 2288
    def ruby_code(obj)
      case obj
      when String             then obj.dump + ".freeze"
      when Array              then '[' + obj.map {|x| ruby_code x }.join(", ") + ']'
      when Hash               then
        seg = obj.keys.sort.map {|k| "#{k.to_s.dump} => #{obj[k].to_s.dump}" }
        "{ #{seg.join(', ')} }"
      when Gem::Version       then obj.to_s.dump
      when DateLike           then obj.strftime('%Y-%m-%d').dump
      when Time               then obj.strftime('%Y-%m-%d').dump
      when Numeric            then obj.inspect
      when true, false, nil   then obj.inspect
      when Gem::Platform      then "Gem::Platform.new(#{obj.to_a.inspect})"
      when Gem::Requirement   then
        list = obj.as_list
        "Gem::Requirement.new(#{ruby_code(list.size == 1 ? obj.to_s : list)})"
      else raise Gem::Exception, "ruby_code case not handled: #{obj.class}"
      end
    end

same_attributes?(spec) click to toggle source

True if this gem has the same attributes as `other`.

    # File lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 2320
    def same_attributes?(spec)
      @@attributes.all? {|name, default| self.send(name) == spec.send(name) }
    end