Aspicious
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Aspicious is a lightweight, simple, implementation of Aspects into Ruby.
For a more heavy handed approach see AspectR and Aquarium.

Aspicious is based on the founding principle that "aspects" is like "suspects"
and "aspicious" is like "suspicious". So it doesnt mean anything, but nevertheless is a name.

Example
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  require 'rubygems'
  require 'aspicious'

  class Turtle < ActiveRecord::Base
    def lay_some_eggs
      puts "laying these eggs good"
    end
  end

  class EggThief < Aspicious::Watcher
    watch Turtle
    after :lay_some_eggs, :try_to_steal_the_eggs

    def try_to_steal_the_eggs
      if watchee.is_weak?
        puts "I stole the eggs"
      else
        puts "I didnt manage to steal the eggs. Nature is safe!"
      end
    end
  end

but you can also "watch" multiple classes, and specify an :only option

  class Chicken
    def lay_some_eggs
      puts "chickens lay eggs for everybody to eat"
    end
  end

  class CorporateEggFarmer < Aspicious::Watcher
    watch Turtle, Chicken
    before :lay_some_eggs, :advertise_the_eggs, :only => Chicken

    def advertise_the_eggs
      puts "even though #{watchee.name}'s eggs aren't out yet, I'll start advertising them on TV. If Kerry Katona is 
      advertising them on ITV they will surely sell?"
    end
  end

BOOM!!!
Most of the power of Aspect Oriented Programming for 1% of the price

Copyright (c) 2008 [Matthew Rudy Jacobs], released under the MIT license