* Entire election aborts with InvalidVoteError when an invalid vote object is passed in.

[rubyvote] / lib / rubyvote / election.rb

diff --git a/lib/rubyvote/election.rb b/lib/rubyvote/election.rb
index 7fd8396c046d9b71fd09c75e2f35866ddbe5cf97..b9bb5574c7ea03b4d9d5d6e1b544fdca640e3ee3 100644 (file)
--- a/lib/rubyvote/election.rb
+++ b/lib/rubyvote/election.rb
@@ -42,7 +42,11 @@ class ElectionVote
     if votes
       if votes.instance_of?( Array )
         votes.each do |vote|
-          self.tally_vote(vote) if self.verify_vote(vote)
+          if self.verify_vote(vote)
+            self.tally_vote(vote)
+          else
+            raise InvalidVoteError.new ("Invalid vote object", vote)
+          end
         end
       else
         raise ElectionError, "Votes must be in the form of an array.", caller
@@ -61,6 +65,11 @@ class ElectionVote
   def tally_vote
     self.verify_vote(vote)
   end
+
+  def filter_out(winner)
+    @candidates.delete_if {|x| winner.winners.include?(x)}
+  end
+
 end
 
 class PluralityVote < ElectionVote
@@ -70,7 +79,7 @@ class PluralityVote < ElectionVote
   
   protected
   def verify_vote(vote=nil)
-    vote.instance_of?( String )
+    vote ? true : false
   end
 
   def tally_vote(candidate)
@@ -158,3 +167,10 @@ end
 class ElectionError < ArgumentError
 end
 
+class InvalidVoteError < ElectionError
+  attr_accessor :voteobj
+  def initialize(msg=nil, voteobj=nil)
+    super(msg)
+    @voteobj=voteobj
+  end
+end