# module Chef::Mixin::FromFile

### Public Instance Methods

class_from_file(filename) click to toggle source

Loads a given ruby file, and runs class_eval against it in the context of the current object.

Raises an IOError if the file cannot be found, or is not readable.

    # File lib/chef/mixin/from_file.rb, line 40
    def class_from_file(filename)
      if File.exists?(filename) && File.readable?(filename)
        self.class_eval(IO.read(filename), filename, 1)
      else
        raise IOError, "Cannot open or read #{filename}!"
      end
    end

from_file(filename) click to toggle source

Loads a given ruby file, and runs instance_eval against it in the context of the current object.

Raises an IOError if the file cannot be found, or is not readable.

    # File lib/chef/mixin/from_file.rb, line 28
    def from_file(filename)
      if File.exists?(filename) && File.readable?(filename)
        self.instance_eval(IO.read(filename), filename, 1)
      else
        raise IOError, "Cannot open or read #{filename}!"
      end
    end