root/trunk/activesupport/lib/active_support/duration.rb

module ActiveSupport
  # Provides accurate date and time measurements using Date#advance and 
  # Time#advance, respectively. It mainly supports the methods on Numeric,
  # such as in this example:
  #
  #   1.month.ago       # equivalent to Time.now.advance(:months => -1)
  class Duration < BasicObject
    attr_accessor :value, :parts

    def initialize(value, parts) #:nodoc:
      @value, @parts = value, parts
    end

    # Adds another Duration or a Numeric to this Duration. Numeric values
    # are treated as seconds.
    def +(other)
      if Duration === other
        Duration.new(value + other.value, @parts + other.parts)
      else
        Duration.new(value + other, @parts + [[:seconds, other]])
      end
    end

    # Subtracts another Duration or a Numeric from this Duration. Numeric
    # values are treated as seconds.
    def -(other)
      self + (-other)
    end

    def -@ #:nodoc:
      Duration.new(-value, parts.map { |type,number| [type, -number] })
    end

    def is_a?(klass) #:nodoc:
      klass == Duration || super
    end

    # Returns true if <tt>other</tt> is also a Duration instance with the
    # same <tt>value</tt>, or if <tt>other == value</tt>.
    def ==(other)
      if Duration === other
        other.value == value
      else
        other == value
      end
    end

    def self.===(other) #:nodoc:
      other.is_a?(Duration) rescue super
    end

    # Calculates a new Time or Date that is as far in the future
    # as this Duration represents.
    def since(time = ::Time.now)
      sum(1, time)
    end
    alias :from_now :since

    # Calculates a new Time or Date that is as far in the past
    # as this Duration represents.
    def ago(time = ::Time.now)
      sum(-1, time)
    end
    alias :until :ago

    def inspect #:nodoc:
      consolidated = parts.inject(::Hash.new(0)) { |h,part| h[part.first] += part.last; h }
      [:years, :months, :days, :minutes, :seconds].map do |length|
        n = consolidated[length]
        "#{n} #{n == 1 ? length.to_s.singularize : length.to_s}" if n.nonzero?
      end.compact.to_sentence
    end

    protected

      def sum(sign, time = ::Time.now) #:nodoc:
        parts.inject(time) do |t,(type,number)|
          if t.acts_like?(:time) || t.acts_like?(:date)
            if type == :seconds
              t.since(sign * number)
            else
              t.advance(type => sign * number)
            end
          else
            raise ::ArgumentError, "expected a time or date, got #{time.inspect}"
          end
        end
      end

    private

      def method_missing(method, *args, &block) #:nodoc:
        value.send(method, *args)
      end
  end
end