Object Oriented Prawn Report

prawn_report.rb

require 'prawn'

module Reports
  class PrawnReport < Reports::Report
    
    #call this from irb or any ruby code for that matter (i.e. Reports::PrawnReport.generate)
    def self.generate
      Prawn::Document.generate('prawn.pdf') do |pdf|
        report_header(pdf)
        report_body(pdf)
      end
    end
  
    private
    #place all pices of the report here
    
    def self.report_header(pdf)
      pdf.text 'Prawn Report'
    end
    
    def self.report_body(pdf)
      pdf.text 'Report Body'
    end
  end
end

report.rb

module Reports
  class Report
    #place share report methods here to share among multiple reports 
  end
end

This is a ruby prawn report built in an object oriented style. This is a basic report, but this style can be used with Rails or a straight database connector such as pg or mysql. The report can also inherit from a master class to share parts and pieces among reports as shown here.