module Thor::Invocation

def invoke(name = nil, *args)


invoke Rspec::RR, [], :style => :foo

Besides giving an instance, you can also give a class to invoke:

invoke "rspec:rr", [], :style => :foo

have to do that explicitly:
If you want Rspec::RR to be initialized with its own set of options, you

that it's going to use.
is invoked all options are parsed again, so RR can extract only the options
Since it's not rspec concern to parse mock framework options, when RR

end
class_option :style, :type => :string, :default => :mock
class Rspec::RR < Thor::Group

own options:
As you noticed, it invokes the given mock framework, which might have its

end
end
invoke "rspec:#{options[:mock_framework]}"
def invoke_mock_framework

class_option :mock_framework, :type => :string, :default => :rr
class Rspec < Thor::Group

some rspec commands:
supplied to B. This allows lazy parse of options. Let's suppose you have
When class A invokes class B, all arguments used on A initialization are

if it's invoked later by "bar" method.
In the example above, invoking "foo" will invoke "b:hello" just once, even
By using an invocation system you ensure that a command is invoked only once.

which belongs to the same class and "hello" which belongs to the class B.
You can notice that the method "foo" above invokes two commands: "bar",

end
end
puts "hello #{name}"
def hello(name)
class B < Thor

end
end
invoke "b:hello", ["Erik"]
def bar

end
invoke "b:hello", ["Erik"]
invoke :bar
def foo
class A < Thor

==== Examples

When no name is given, it will invoke the default command of the current class.

initialize the invoker are used to initialize the invoked.
the command to be invoked, if none is given, the same values used to
You can also supply the arguments, options and configuration values for

command cannot be guessed by name, it can also be supplied as second argument.
"namespace:command"), a Thor::Command, a Class or a Thor instance. If the
Receives a name and invokes it. The name can be a string (either "command" or
def invoke(name = nil, *args)
  if name.nil?
    warn "[Thor] Calling invoke() without argument is deprecated. Please use invoke_all instead.\n#{caller.join("\n")}"
    return invoke_all
  end
  args.unshift(nil) if args.first.is_a?(Array) || args.first.nil?
  command, args, opts, config = args
  klass, command = _retrieve_class_and_command(name, command)
  fail "Missing Thor class for invoke #{name}" unless klass
  fail "Expected Thor class, got #{klass}" unless klass <= Thor::Base
  args, opts, config = _parse_initialization_options(args, opts, config)
  klass.send(:dispatch, command, args, opts, config) do |instance|
    instance.parent_options = options
  end
end