def build_rule(cls, rule, method=None):
        """Creates a routing rule based on either the class name (minus the
        'View' suffix) or the defined `base_route` attribute of the class

        :param rule: the path portion that should be appended to the
                     route base

        :param method: if a method's arguments should be considered when
                       constructing the rule, provide a reference to the
                       method here. arguments named "self" will be ignored
        """

        rule_parts = []

        if cls.route_prefix:
            rule_parts.append(cls.route_prefix)

        base_route = cls.get_base_route()
        if base_route:
            rule_parts.append(base_route)

        rule_parts.append(rule)
        ignored_rule_args = ['self']
        if hasattr(cls, 'base_args'):
            ignored_rule_args += cls.base_args

        if method:
            args = get_true_argspec(method)[0]
            for arg in args:
                if arg not in ignored_rule_args:
                    rule_parts.append("<%s>" % arg)

        result = "/%s" % "/".join(rule_parts)
        return re.sub(r'(/)\1+', r'\1', result)