add RDoc for base signature types

git-svn-id: http://svn-commit.rubyonrails.org/rails/trunk@1512 5ecf4fe2-1ee6-0310-87b1-e25e094e27de

actionwebservice/lib/action_web_service/api.rb

@@ -8,7 +8,11 @@ module ActionWebService # :nodoc:
     #
     # It is attached to web service implementation classes like
     # ActionWebService::Base and ActionController::Base derivatives by using
-    # ClassMethods#web_service_api.
+    # <tt>container.web_service_api</tt>, where <tt>container</tt> is an
+    # ActionController::Base or a ActionWebService::Base.
+    #
+    # See ActionWebService::Container::Direct::ClassMethods for an example
+    # of use.
     class Base
       # Whether to transform the public API method names into camel-cased names 
       class_inheritable_option :inflect_names, true
@@ -40,7 +44,7 @@ module ActionWebService # :nodoc:
         # A parameter specifier can be one of the following:
         #
         # * A symbol or string of representing one of the Action Web Service base types.
-        #   See ActionWebService::Signature for a canonical list of the base types.
+        #   See ActionWebService::SignatureTypes for a canonical list of the base types.
         # * The Class object of the parameter type
         # * A single-element Array containing one of the two preceding items. This
         #   will cause Action Web Service to treat the parameter at that position

actionwebservice/lib/action_web_service/support/signature_types.rb

@@ -1,6 +1,19 @@
 module ActionWebService # :nodoc:
-  module SignatureTypes # :nodoc:
-    def canonical_signature(signature)
+  # Action Web Service supports the following base types in a signature:
+  #
+  # [<tt>:int</tt>]      Represents an integer value, will be cast to an integer using <tt>Integer(value)</tt>
+  # [<tt>:string</tt>]   Represents a string value, will be cast to an string using the <tt>to_s</tt> method on an object
+  # [<tt>:base64</tt>]   Represents a Base 64 value, will contain the binary bytes of a Base 64 value sent by the caller
+  # [<tt>:bool</tt>]     Represents a boolean value, whatever is passed will be cast to boolean (<tt>true</tt>, '1', 'true', 'y', 'yes' are taken to represent true; <tt>false</tt>, '0', 'false', 'n', 'no' and <tt>nil</tt> represent false)
+  # [<tt>:float</tt>]    Represents a floating point value, will be cast to a float using <tt>Float(value)</tt>
+  # [<tt>:time</tt>]     Represents a timestamp, will be cast to a <tt>Time</tt> object
+  # [<tt>:datetime</tt>] Represents a timestamp, will be cast to a <tt>DateTime</tt> object
+  # [<tt>:date</tt>]     Represents a date, will be cast to a <tt>Date</tt> object
+  #
+  # For structured types, you'll need to pass in the Class objects of
+  # ActionWebService::Struct and ActiveRecord::Base derivatives.
+  module SignatureTypes
+    def canonical_signature(signature) # :nodoc:
       return nil if signature.nil?
       unless signature.is_a?(Array)
         raise(ActionWebServiceError, "Expected signature to be an Array")
@@ -9,7 +22,7 @@ module ActionWebService # :nodoc:
       signature.map{ |spec| canonical_signature_entry(spec, i += 1) }
     end
 
-    def canonical_signature_entry(spec, i)
+    def canonical_signature_entry(spec, i) # :nodoc:
       orig_spec = spec
       name = "param#{i}"
       if spec.is_a?(Hash)
@@ -28,14 +41,14 @@ module ActionWebService # :nodoc:
       end
     end
 
-    def canonical_type(type)
+    def canonical_type(type) # :nodoc:
       type_name = symbol_name(type) || class_to_type_name(type)
       type = type_name || type
       return canonical_type_name(type) if type.is_a?(Symbol)
       type
     end
 
-    def canonical_type_name(name)
+    def canonical_type_name(name) # :nodoc:
       name = name.to_sym
       case name
         when :int, :integer, :fixnum, :bignum
@@ -59,17 +72,17 @@ module ActionWebService # :nodoc:
       end
     end
 
-    def canonical_type_class(type)
+    def canonical_type_class(type) # :nodoc:
       type = canonical_type(type)
       type.is_a?(Symbol) ? type_name_to_class(type) : type
     end
 
-    def symbol_name(name)
+    def symbol_name(name) # :nodoc:
       return name.to_sym if name.is_a?(Symbol) || name.is_a?(String)
       nil
     end
 
-    def class_to_type_name(klass)
+    def class_to_type_name(klass) # :nodoc:
       klass = klass.class unless klass.is_a?(Class)
       if derived_from?(Integer, klass) || derived_from?(Fixnum, klass) || derived_from?(Bignum, klass)
         :int
@@ -92,7 +105,7 @@ module ActionWebService # :nodoc:
       end
     end
 
-    def type_name_to_class(name)
+    def type_name_to_class(name) # :nodoc:
       case canonical_type_name(name)
       when :int
         Integer
@@ -115,7 +128,7 @@ module ActionWebService # :nodoc:
       end
     end
 
-    def derived_from?(ancestor, child)
+    def derived_from?(ancestor, child) # :nodoc:
       child.ancestors.include?(ancestor)
     end
 
@@ -204,6 +217,6 @@ module ActionWebService # :nodoc:
     end
   end
 
-  class Base64 < String
+  class Base64 < String # :nodoc:
   end
 end