method

invoke

v3.0.0 - Show latest stable - Class: Rails::Generators

invoke(namespace, args=ARGV, config={})

public

Receives a namespace, arguments and the behavior to invoke the generator. It’s used as the default entry point for generate, destroy and update commands.

# File railties/lib/rails/generators.rb, line 159
    def self.invoke(namespace, args=ARGV, config={})
      names = namespace.to_s.split(':')
      if klass = find_by_namespace(names.pop, names.shift)
        args << "--help" if args.empty? && klass.arguments.any? { |a| a.required? }
        klass.start(args, config)
      else
        puts "Could not find generator #{namespace}."
      end
    end

invoke

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