Module: Authority

Defined in:
lib/authority.rb,
lib/authority/railtie.rb,
lib/authority/version.rb,
lib/authority/abilities.rb,
lib/authority/authorizer.rb,
lib/authority/controller.rb,
lib/authority/configuration.rb,
lib/authority/user_abilities.rb,
lib/generators/authority/install_generator.rb

Defined Under Namespace

Modules: Abilities, Controller, Generators, UserAbilities Classes: Authorizer, Configuration, NoAuthorizerError, Railtie, SecurityViolation

Constant Summary collapse

VERSION = 
"1.1.0"

Class Attribute Summary collapse

Class Method Summary collapse

Class Attribute Details

.configuration ⇒ Object

Returns the value of attribute configuration.



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# File 'lib/authority.rb', line 40

def configuration
  @configuration
end

Class Method Details

.abilities ⇒ Hash

NOTE: once this method is called, the library has started meta programming and abilities should no longer be modified

Returns:

  • (Hash) —

    list of abilities, mapping verbs and adjectives, like :create => ‘creatable’



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# File 'lib/authority.rb', line 12

def self.abilities
  configuration.abilities.freeze
end

.adjectives ⇒ Array

Returns values from adjectives method.

Returns:

  • (Array) —

    values from adjectives method



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# File 'lib/authority.rb', line 22

def self.adjectives
  abilities.values
end

.configure {|configuration| ... } ⇒ Object

Yields:



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# File 'lib/authority.rb', line 43

def self.configure
  self.configuration ||= Configuration.new
  yield(configuration) if block_given?
  require_authority_internals!

  configuration
end

.enforce(action, resource, user) ⇒ Model

Returns resource instance.

Parameters:

  • action (Symbol)
  • resource (Model) —

    instance

  • user (User) —

    instance

Returns:

  • (Model) —

    resource instance

Raises:



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# File 'lib/authority.rb', line 31

def self.enforce(action, resource, user)
  action_authorized = user.send("can_#{action}?", resource)
  unless action_authorized
    raise SecurityViolation.new(user, action, resource)
  end
  resource
end

.verbs ⇒ Array

Returns keys from adjectives method.

Returns:

  • (Array) —

    keys from adjectives method



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# File 'lib/authority.rb', line 17

def self.verbs
  abilities.keys
end