rdoctask.rb

#!/usr/bin/env ruby

require 'rake'
require 'rake/tasklib'

module Rake

  # Create a documentation task that will generate the RDoc files for
  # a project.
  #
  # The RDocTask will create the following targets:
  #
  # [<b><em>rdoc</em></b>]
  #   Main task for this RDOC task.  
  #
  # [<b>:clobber_<em>rdoc</em></b>]
  #   Delete all the rdoc files.  This target is automatically
  #   added to the main clobber target.
  #
  # [<b>:re<em>rdoc</em></b>]
  #   Rebuild the rdoc files from scratch, even if they are not out
  #   of date.
  #
  # Simple Example:
  #
  #   Rake::RDocTask.new do |rd|
  #     rd.main = "README.rdoc"
  #     rd.rdoc_files.include("README.rdoc", "lib/**/*.rb")
  #   end
  #
  # You may wish to give the task a different name, such as if you are
  # generating two sets of documentation.  For instance, if you want to have a
  # development set of documentation including private methods:
  #
  #   Rake::RDocTask.new(:rdoc_dev) do |rd|
  #     rd.main = "README.doc"
  #     rd.rdoc_files.include("README.rdoc", "lib/**/*.rb")
  #     rd.options << "--all"
  #   end
  #
  # The tasks would then be named :<em>rdoc_dev</em>, :clobber_<em>rdoc_dev</em>, and
  # :re<em>rdoc_dev</em>.
  #
  class RDocTask < TaskLib
    # Name of the main, top level task.  (default is :rdoc)
    attr_accessor :name

    # Name of directory to receive the html output files. (default is "html")
    attr_accessor :rdoc_dir

    # Title of RDoc documentation. (default is none)
    attr_accessor :title

    # Name of file to be used as the main, top level file of the
    # RDoc. (default is none)
    attr_accessor :main

    # Name of template to be used by rdoc. (default is 'html')
    attr_accessor :template

    # List of files to be included in the rdoc generation. (default is [])
    attr_accessor :rdoc_files

    # List of options to be passed rdoc.  (default is [])
    attr_accessor :options

    # Run the rdoc process as an external shell (default is false)
    attr_accessor :external

    # Create an RDoc task named <em>rdoc</em>.  Default task name is +rdoc+.
    def initialize(name=:rdoc)  # :yield: self
      @name = name
      @rdoc_files = Rake::FileList.new
      @rdoc_dir = 'html'
      @main = nil
      @title = nil
      @template = 'html'
      @external = false
      @options = []
      yield self if block_given?
      define
    end
    
    # Create the tasks defined by this task lib.
    def define
      if name.to_s != "rdoc"
        desc "Build the RDOC HTML Files"
      end

      desc "Build the #{name} HTML Files"
      task name
      
      desc "Force a rebuild of the RDOC files"
      task paste("re", name) => [paste("clobber_", name), name]
      
      desc "Remove rdoc products" 
      task paste("clobber_", name) do
        rm_r rdoc_dir rescue nil
      end

      task :clobber => [paste("clobber_", name)]
      
      directory @rdoc_dir
      task name => [rdoc_target]
      file rdoc_target => @rdoc_files + [$rakefile] do
        rm_r @rdoc_dir rescue nil
        args = option_list + @rdoc_files
        if @external
          argstring = args.join(' ')
          sh %{ruby -Ivendor vender/rd #{argstring}}
        else
          require 'rdoc/rdoc'
          RDoc::RDoc.new.document(args)
        end
      end
      self
    end

    def option_list
      result = @options.dup
      result << "-o" << @rdoc_dir
      result << "--main" << quote(main) if main
      result << "--title" << quote(title) if title
      result << "-T" << quote(template) if template
      result
    end

    def quote(str)
      if @external
        "'#{str}'"
      else
        str
      end
    end

    def option_string
      option_list.join(' ')
    end

    private

    def rdoc_target
      "#{rdoc_dir}/index.html"
    end

  end
end