0.1.0!

* added compile method
  * changed occurrences of "justask" to "Retrospring"
  * .generate now gets an option hash
  * documented some methods

README.md

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # questiongenerator
 
-A simple question generator, used by justask.
+A simple question generator, used by Retrospring (formerly justask).
 
 ## Installation
 
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ Add this line to your application's Gemfile:
 
 If you're feeling _edgy_, you can add this line instead:
 
-    gem 'questiongenerator', git: 'https://github.com/justask/questiongenerator.git'
+    gem 'questiongenerator', git: 'https://github.com/retrospring/questiongenerator.git'
 
 ## Usage
 
@@ -21,18 +21,21 @@ require 'questiongenerator'
 QuestionGenerator.question_base_path = '/home/nilsding/questions'
 QuestionGenerator.default_locale = :en
 
+# Compile the questions for increased randomness
+QuestionGenerator.compile
+
 # Get some questions
 puts QuestionGenerator.generate
 # => "What is the best thing about the internet?"
 
 # You can also specify the locale, if you want to
-puts QuestionGenerator.generate :de
+puts QuestionGenerator.generate locale: :de
 # => "Was war das letzte, das du gegessen hast?"
 ```
 
 ## Contributing
 
-1. Fork it ( https://github.com/justask/questiongenerator/fork )
+1. Fork it ( https://github.com/retrospring/questiongenerator/fork )
 2. Create your feature branch (`git checkout -b my-new-feature`)
 3. Commit your changes (`git commit -am 'Add some feature'`)
 4. Push to the branch (`git push origin my-new-feature`)

lib/questiongenerator.rb

@@ -1,20 +1,49 @@
 require 'yaml'
 
+# Generates some questions.
 module QuestionGenerator
-  VERSION = "0.0.2"
+  # Version of QuestionGenerator
+  VERSION = "0.1.0"
 
   class << self
+    # The base path to the questions (e.g. +'/home/nilsding/questions'+).
     attr_accessor :question_base_path
+    # The default locale, as a symbol.
     attr_accessor :default_locale
   end
 
-  def self.setup
-    yield self
+  # Generates a new question.
+  # @param options [Hash] A customizable set of options.
+  # @option options [Symbol] :locale (@default_locale) The target locale
+  # @option options [String] :prefix Prefix of the question, e.g. +'¿'+
+  # @option options [String] :suffix ('?') Suffix of the question, e.g. +' ?'+
+  # @option options [Boolean] :use_compiled (true) Use compiled questions
+  #   instead of generating it.  See also {compile}
+  # @return [String] String containing the generated question.
+  def self.generate(options = {})
+    opts = {
+      locale: @default_locale,
+      prefix: '',
+      suffix: '?',
+      use_compiled: true
+    }.merge!(options)
+    if opts[:use_compiled] and !@compiled[opts[:locale]].nil?
+      opts[:prefix] + @compiled[opts[:locale]].sample + opts[:suffix]
+    else
+      questions = YAML.load_file(File.expand_path("#{opts[:locale].to_s}.yml", @question_base_path))
+      opts[:prefix] + get_question(questions).strip + opts[:suffix]
+    end
   end
   
-  def self.generate(locale = @default_locale)
-    questions = YAML.load_file(File.expand_path("#{locale.to_s}.yml", @question_base_path))
-    "#{get_question(questions).strip}?"
+  # Compiles all the questions and stores it into the +@compiled+ hash.
+  # @param options [Hash] A customizable set of options.
+  # @option options [Symbol] :locale (@default_locale) The target locale
+  def self.compile(options = {})
+    opts = { 
+      locale: @default_locale
+    }.merge!(options)
+    questions = YAML.load_file(File.expand_path("#{opts[:locale].to_s}.yml", @question_base_path))
+    @compiled[@default_locale] = build(questions)
   end
 
   private
@@ -33,6 +62,23 @@ module QuestionGenerator
       question
     end
     
+    def self.build(questions, q = "")
+      ary = []
+      if questions.is_a? Hash
+        questions.each do |k, v|
+          ary << build(v, "#{q}#{k} ")
+        end
+      elsif questions.is_a? Array
+        questions.each do |v|
+          ary << build(v, q)
+        end
+      elsif questions.is_a? String
+        return "#{q}#{questions}".strip
+      end
+      ary.flatten
+    end
+
     @question_base_path = File.expand_path("../questions/", __FILE__)
     @default_locale = :en
+    @compiled = {}
 end

questiongenerator.gemspec

@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |spec|
   spec.authors       = ["nilsding"]
   spec.email         = ["nilsding@nilsding.org"]
   spec.summary       = %q{A simple question generator.}
-  spec.description   = %q{A simple question generator.}
-  spec.homepage      = "https://github.com/justask/questiongenerator"
+  spec.description   = %q{A simple question generator, used by Retrospring.}
+  spec.homepage      = "https://github.com/retrospring/questiongenerator"
   spec.license       = "MIT"
 
   spec.files         = `git ls-files -z`.split("\x0")