Module: Authority::Controller::ClassMethods

Defined in:

lib/authority/controller.rb

Instance Method Summary

• #authority_action(action_map) ⇒ Object

  Allows defining and overriding a controller’s map of its actions to the model’s authorizer methods.

• #authority_action_map ⇒ Hash

  The controller action to authority action map used for determining which Rails actions map to which authority actions (ex: index to read).

• #authorize_actions_for(model_class, options = {}) ⇒ Object

  Sets up before_filter to ensure user is allowed to perform a given controller action.

Instance Method Details

#authority_action(action_map) ⇒ Object

Allows defining and overriding a controller’s map of its actions to the model’s authorizer methods

Parameters:

• action_map (Hash) —

  • controller actions and methods, to be merged with existing action_map

# File 'lib/authority/controller.rb', line 37

def authority_action(action_map)
  authority_action_map.merge!(action_map.symbolize_keys)
end

#authority_action_map ⇒ Hash

The controller action to authority action map used for determining which Rails actions map to which authority actions (ex: index to read)

Returns:

• (Hash) —

  A duplicated copy of the configured controller_action_map

# File 'lib/authority/controller.rb', line 45

def authority_action_map
  @authority_action_map ||= Authority.configuration.controller_action_map.dup
end

#authorize_actions_for(model_class, options = {}) ⇒ Object

Sets up before_filter to ensure user is allowed to perform a given controller action

ones and any other options applicable to a before_filter

Parameters:

• model_class (Class) —

  • class whose authorizer should be consulted

• options (Hash) (defaults to: {}) —

  • can contain :actions to be merged with existing

# File 'lib/authority/controller.rb', line 28

def authorize_actions_for(model_class, options = {})
  self.authority_resource = model_class
  authority_action(options[:actions] || {})
  before_filter :run_authorization_check, options
end