module IRB::Notifier - Documentation for Ruby 3.2

# module IRB::Notifier

An output formatter used internally by the lexer.

### Public Class Methods

def_notifier(prefix = "", output_method = StdioOutputMethod.new) click to toggle source

Define a new `Notifier` output source, returning a new `CompositeNotifier` with the given `prefix` and `output_method`.

The optional `prefix` will be appended to all objects being inspected during output, using the given `output_method` as the output source. If no `output_method` is given, `StdioOutputMethod` will be used, and all expressions will be sent directly to STDOUT without any additional formatting.

    # File lib/irb/notifier.rb, line 37
    def def_notifier(prefix = "", output_method = StdioOutputMethod.new)
      CompositeNotifier.new(prefix, output_method)
    end

### Private Instance Methods

def_notifier(prefix = "", output_method = StdioOutputMethod.new) click to toggle source

Define a new `Notifier` output source, returning a new `CompositeNotifier` with the given `prefix` and `output_method`.

The optional `prefix` will be appended to all objects being inspected during output, using the given `output_method` as the output source. If no `output_method` is given, `StdioOutputMethod` will be used, and all expressions will be sent directly to STDOUT without any additional formatting.

    # File lib/irb/notifier.rb, line 37
    def def_notifier(prefix = "", output_method = StdioOutputMethod.new)
      CompositeNotifier.new(prefix, output_method)
    end