Class: Irc::Keyword

Keyword class

Encapsulates a keyword ("foo is bar" is a keyword called foo, with type is, and has a single value of bar). Keywords can have multiple values, to_s() will choose one at random

Methods

<< desc dump escape new restore to_s unescape

Attributes

type [R] type of keyword (e.g. "is" or "are")

Public Class methods

escape(str)

escape special words/characters in a keyword

new(type, values)

type:	type of keyword (e.g "is" or "are")
values:	array of values

create a keyword of type type with values values

restore(str)

deserialize the stringified form to an object

unescape(str)

unescape special words/characters in a keyword

Public Instance methods

<<(values)

values:

array of values to add

add values to a keyword

desc()

describe the keyword (show all values without interpolation)

dump()

return the keyword in a stringified form ready for storage

to_s()

pick a random value for this keyword and return it