Module: Facebooker::Model::ClassMethods

Defined in:
lib/facebooker/model.rb

Instance Method Summary collapse

Instance Method Details

#from_hash(hash) {|instance| ... } ⇒ Object

Instantiate a new instance of the class into which we are included and populate that instance’s attributes given the provided Hash. Key names in the Hash should map to attribute names on the model.

Yields:

  • (instance) 


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# File 'lib/facebooker/model.rb', line 17

def from_hash(hash)
  instance = new(hash)
  yield instance if block_given?
  instance
end

#hash_settable_accessor(symbol, klass) ⇒ Object

Declares an attribute named ::symbol
which can be set with either an instance of ::klass

or a Hash which will be used to populate a new instance of ::klass::.



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# File 'lib/facebooker/model.rb', line 54

def hash_settable_accessor(symbol, klass)
  attr_reader symbol
  hash_settable_writer(symbol, klass)
end

#hash_settable_list_accessor(symbol, klass) ⇒ Object

Declares an attribute named ::symbol
which can be set with either a list of instances of ::klass

or a list of Hashes which will be used to populate a new instance of ::klass::.



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# File 'lib/facebooker/model.rb', line 68

def hash_settable_list_accessor(symbol, klass)
  attr_reader symbol
  hash_settable_list_writer(symbol, klass)
end

#hash_settable_list_writer(symbol, klass) ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/facebooker/model.rb', line 73

def hash_settable_list_writer(symbol, klass)
  define_method("#{symbol}=") do |list|
    instance_variable_set("@#{symbol}", list.map do |item|
      item.kind_of?(Hash) ? klass.from_hash(item) : item
    end)
  end
end

#hash_settable_writer(symbol, klass) ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/facebooker/model.rb', line 59

def hash_settable_writer(symbol, klass)
  define_method("#{symbol}=") do |value|
    instance_variable_set("@#{symbol}", value.kind_of?(Hash) ? klass.from_hash(value) : value)
  end
end

#id_is(attribute) ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/facebooker/model.rb', line 81

def id_is(attribute)
  (file, line) = caller.first.split(':')

  class_eval(<<-EOS, file, line.to_i)
  def #{attribute}=(value)
    @#{attribute} = value.to_i
  end

  attr_reader #{attribute.inspect}
  alias :id #{attribute.inspect}
  alias :id= #{"#{attribute}=".to_sym.inspect}
  EOS
end

#populating_attr_accessor(*symbols) ⇒ Object

Create a standard attr_writer and a populating_attr_reader



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# File 'lib/facebooker/model.rb', line 25

def populating_attr_accessor(*symbols)
  attr_writer(*symbols)
  populating_attr_reader(*symbols)
end

#populating_attr_reader(*symbols) ⇒ Object

Create a reader that will attempt to populate the model if it has not already been populated



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# File 'lib/facebooker/model.rb', line 32

def populating_attr_reader(*symbols)
  symbols.each do |symbol|
    define_method(symbol) do
      populate unless populated?
      instance_variable_get("@#{symbol}")
    end
  end
end

#populating_hash_settable_accessor(symbol, klass) ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/facebooker/model.rb', line 41

def populating_hash_settable_accessor(symbol, klass)
  populating_attr_reader symbol
  hash_settable_writer(symbol, klass)
end

#populating_hash_settable_list_accessor(symbol, klass) ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/facebooker/model.rb', line 46

def populating_hash_settable_list_accessor(symbol, klass)
  populating_attr_reader symbol
  hash_settable_list_writer(symbol, klass)
end