Class: Alchemy::Resource

Inherits:
Object
  • Object
show all
Defined in:
lib/alchemy/resource.rb

Overview

Alchemy::Resource

Used to DRY up resource like structures in Alchemy’s admin backend. So far Language, User and Tag already uses this.

It provides convenience methods to create an admin interface without further knowledge about the model and the controller (it’s instantiated with controller_path at least and guesses the model accordingly)

For examples how to use in controllers see Alchemy::ResourcesController or inherit from it directly.

Naming Conventions

As Rails’ form helpers, path helpers, etc. and declarative authorization rely on controller_path even if the model class is named differently (or sits in another namespace) model and controller are handled separatly here. Therefore “resource” always refers to the controller_path whereas “model” refers to the model class.

Skip attributes

Usually you don’t want your users to see and edit all attributes provided by a model. Hence some default attributes, namely id, updated_at, created_at, creator_id and updater_id are not returned by Resource#attributes.

If you want to skip a different set of attributes just define a skipped_alchemy_resource_attributes class method in your model class that returns an array of strings.

Example

def self.skipped_alchemy_resource_attributes
  %w(id updated_at secret_token remote_ip)
end

Restrict attributes

Beside skipping certain attributes you can also restrict them. Restricted attributes can not be edited by the user but still be seen in the index view. No attributes are restricted by default.

Example

def self.restricted_alchemy_resource_attributes
  %w(synced_at remote_record_id)
end

Searchable attributes

By default all :text and :string based attributes are searchable in the admin interface. You can overwrite this behaviour by providing a set of attribute names that should be searchable instead.

Example

def self.searchable_alchemy_resource_attributes
  %w(remote_record_id firstname lastname age)
end

Resource relations

Alchemy::Resource can take care of ActiveRecord relations.

BelongsTo Relations

For belongs_to associations you will have to define a alchemy_resource_relations class method in your model class:

def self.alchemy_resource_relations
  {
    location: {attr_method: 'name', attr_type: 'string'},
    organizer: {attr_method: 'name', attr_type: 'string'}
  }
end

With this knowledge Resource#attributes will return location#name and organizer#name instead of location_id and organizer_id. Refer to Alchemy::ResourcesController for further details on usage.

Creation

Resource needs a controller_path at least. Without other arguments it will guess the model name from it and assume that the model doesn’t live in an engine. Moreover model and controller has to follow Rails’ naming convention:

Event -> EventsController

It will also strip “admin” automatically, so this is also valid:

Event -> Admin::EventsController

If your Resource and it’s controllers are part of an engine you need to provide Alchemy’s module_definition, so resource can provide the correct url_proxy. If you don’t declare it in Alchemy, you need at least provide the following hash (i.e. if your engine is named EventEngine):

resource = Resource.new(controller_path, {"engine_name" => "event_engine"})

If you don’t want to stick with these conventions you can separate model and controller by providing a model class (for example used by Alchemy’s Tags admin interface):

resource = Resource.new('/admin/tags', {"engine_name"=>"alchemy"}, ActsAsTaggableOn::Tag)

Constant Summary collapse

DEFAULT_SKIPPED_ATTRIBUTES = 
%w(id updated_at created_at creator_id updater_id)
DEFAULT_SKIPPED_ASSOCIATIONS = 
%w(creator updater)
SEARCHABLE_COLUMN_TYPES = 
[:string, :text]

Instance Attribute Summary collapse

Instance Method Summary collapse

Constructor Details

#initialize(controller_path, module_definition = nil, custom_model = nil) ⇒ Resource

Returns a new instance of Resource.



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# File 'lib/alchemy/resource.rb', line 106

def initialize(controller_path, module_definition = nil, custom_model = nil)
  @controller_path = controller_path
  @module_definition = module_definition
  @model = (custom_model || guess_model_from_controller_path)
  if model.respond_to?(:alchemy_resource_relations)
    if !model.respond_to?(:reflect_on_all_associations)
      raise MissingActiveRecordAssociation
    end
    store_model_associations
    map_relations
  end
end

Instance Attribute Details

#model ⇒ Object (readonly)

Returns the value of attribute model.



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# File 'lib/alchemy/resource.rb', line 100

def model
  @model
end

#model_associations ⇒ Object

Returns the value of attribute model_associations.



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# File 'lib/alchemy/resource.rb', line 99

def model_associations
  @model_associations
end

#resource_relations ⇒ Object

Returns the value of attribute resource_relations.



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# File 'lib/alchemy/resource.rb', line 99

def resource_relations
  @resource_relations
end

Instance Method Details

#attributes ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/alchemy/resource.rb', line 158

def attributes
  @_attributes ||= model.columns.collect do |col|
    next if skipped_attributes.include?(col.name)
    {
      name: col.name,
      type: resource_column_type(col),
      relation: resource_relation(col.name)
    }.delete_if { |_k, v| v.nil? }
  end.compact
end

#editable_attributes ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/alchemy/resource.rb', line 169

def editable_attributes
  attributes.reject { |h| restricted_attributes.map(&:to_s).include?(h[:name].to_s) }
end

#engine_name ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/alchemy/resource.rb', line 197

def engine_name
  @module_definition && @module_definition['engine_name']
end

#help_text_for(attribute) ⇒ Object

Returns a help text for resource’s form

Example:

de:
  alchemy:
    resource_help_texts:
      my_resource_name:
        attribute_name: This is the fancy help text



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# File 'lib/alchemy/resource.rb', line 211

def help_text_for(attribute)
  ::I18n.translate!(attribute[:name], scope: [:alchemy, :resource_help_texts, resource_name])
rescue ::I18n::MissingTranslationData
  false
end

#in_engine? ⇒ Boolean

Returns:

  • (Boolean) 


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# File 'lib/alchemy/resource.rb', line 193

def in_engine?
  !engine_name.nil?
end

#model_association_names ⇒ Object

Returns an array of underscored association names



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# File 'lib/alchemy/resource.rb', line 151

def model_association_names
  return unless model_associations
  model_associations.map do |assoc|
    assoc.name.to_sym
  end
end

#namespace_for_scope ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/alchemy/resource.rb', line 143

def namespace_for_scope
  namespace_array = namespace_diff
  namespace_array.delete(engine_name) if in_engine?
  namespace_array
end

#namespaced_resource_name ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/alchemy/resource.rb', line 131

def namespaced_resource_name
  @_namespaced_resource_name ||= namespaced_resources_name.singularize
end

#namespaced_resources_name ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/alchemy/resource.rb', line 135

def namespaced_resources_name
  @_namespaced_resources_name ||= begin
    resource_name_array = resource_array.dup
    resource_name_array.delete(engine_name) if in_engine?
    resource_name_array.join('_')
  end
end

#resource_array ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/alchemy/resource.rb', line 119

def resource_array
  @_resource_array ||= controller_path_array.reject { |el| el == 'admin' }
end

#resource_name ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/alchemy/resource.rb', line 127

def resource_name
  @_resource_name ||= resources_name.singularize
end

#resources_name ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/alchemy/resource.rb', line 123

def resources_name
  @_resources_name ||= resource_array.last
end

#restricted_attributes ⇒ Object

Return attributes that should be viewable but not editable.



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# File 'lib/alchemy/resource.rb', line 219

def restricted_attributes
  if model.respond_to?(:restricted_alchemy_resource_attributes)
    model.restricted_alchemy_resource_attributes
  else
    []
  end
end

#search_field_name ⇒ Object

Search field input name

Joins all searchable attribute names into a Ransack compatible search query



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# File 'lib/alchemy/resource.rb', line 189

def search_field_name
  searchable_attribute_names.join("_or_") + "_cont"
end

#searchable_attribute_names ⇒ Object

Returns all attribute names that are searchable in the admin interface



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# File 'lib/alchemy/resource.rb', line 175

def searchable_attribute_names
  if model.respond_to?(:searchable_alchemy_resource_attributes)
    model.searchable_alchemy_resource_attributes
  else
    attributes.select { |a| searchable_attribute?(a) }
      .concat(searchable_relation_attributes(attributes))
      .collect { |h| h[:name] }
  end
end

#skipped_attributes ⇒ Object

Return attributes that should neither be viewable nor editable.



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# File 'lib/alchemy/resource.rb', line 229

def skipped_attributes
  if model.respond_to?(:skipped_alchemy_resource_attributes)
    model.skipped_alchemy_resource_attributes
  else
    DEFAULT_SKIPPED_ATTRIBUTES
  end
end