Class: Permalink

Inherits:
ActiveRecord::Base
  • Object
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Defined in:
app/models/permalink.rb

Overview

attribute context_obj_serialized has an XML OpenURL ContextObject sufficient to restore the original request and resolve the permalink. A link to a referent is also stored. But the referent may be purged, so self.referent may be null. The serialized contextobject will still be there.

Class Method Summary collapse

Instance Method Summary collapse

Class Method Details

.new_with_values!(rft, rfr_id) ⇒ Object

You should create Permalinks with this. Pass in a referent and referrer . Will save permalink to db



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# File 'app/models/permalink.rb', line 10

def self.new_with_values!(rft, rfr_id)
  permalink = Permalink.new        

  permalink.referent = rft
  permalink.orig_rfr_id = rfr_id
  
  permalink.context_obj_serialized = permalink.referent.to_context_object.xml

  permalink.save!
  
  return permalink
end

Instance Method Details

#restore_context_object ⇒ Object

Takes the XML stored in self.context_obj_serialized, and turns it back into an OpenURL ContextObject



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# File 'app/models/permalink.rb', line 26

def restore_context_object
  return OpenURL::ContextObject.new_from_xml(self.context_obj_serialized)
end