Module: ActiveRecord::ActsAs::HasEav::ClassMethods

Defined in:
lib/has_eav.rb

Instance Method Summary collapse

Instance Method Details

#class_eav_attributes ⇒ Object

class accessor - when the superclass != AR::Base asume we are in STI mode



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# File 'lib/has_eav.rb', line 61

def class_eav_attributes # :nodoc:
  superclass != ActiveRecord::Base ?
    superclass.class_eav_attributes :
    @eav_attributes
end

#eav_attribute(name, type = String) ⇒ Object

Add an other attribute to the class list



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# File 'lib/has_eav.rb', line 53

def eav_attribute name, type = String
  name = name.to_s if !name.is_a? String

  self.class_eav_attributes[name] = type
end

#eav_class ⇒ Object

class accessor - when the superclass != AR::Base asume we are in STI mode



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# File 'lib/has_eav.rb', line 69

def eav_class # :nodoc:
  superclass != ActiveRecord::Base ? superclass.eav_class : @eav_class
end

#has_eav(opts = {}, &block) ⇒ Object

Specify that the ActiveModel is an EAV model

Usage

# specifiy eav_attributes at instance level has_eav :through => :some_class_with_name_and_value_attributes def available_eav_attributes

case self.origin
when "remote"
  %(remote_ip user_agent)
when "local"
  %(user)
end + [ :uniq_id ]

end

# specify some eav_attributes at class level has_eav :through => :x_attributes do

eav_attribute :remote_ip
eav_attribute :uniq_id

end

Mixing class and instance defined EAV attributes

You can define EAV attributes both in class and instance context and they will be both adhered



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# File 'lib/has_eav.rb', line 33

def has_eav opts={}, &block
  klass = opts.delete :through
  raise(
  "Eav Class cannot be nil. Specify a class using " +
  "has_eav :through => :class"
  ) if klass.blank?

  class_eval do
    after_save :save_eav_attributes
  end

  @eav_class      = klass.to_s.camelize.constantize
  @eav_attributes = {}

  yield if block_given?

  send :include, ActiveRecord::ActsAs::HasEav::InstanceMethods
end