Class: Sipity::Agent

Inherits:

ActiveRecord::Base

• Object
• ActiveRecord::Base
• Sipity::Agent

Defined in:

app/models/sipity/agent.rb

Overview

A proxy for something that can take an action.

• A User can be an agent

• A Group can be an agent (though Group is outside the scope of this system)

Constant Summary

ENTITY_LEVEL_AGENT_RELATIONSHIP =

'entity_level'.freeze

WORKFLOW_LEVEL_AGENT_RELATIONSHIP =

'workflow_level'.freeze

Instance Method Summary

• #proxy_for ⇒ Object
• #proxy_for=(target) ⇒ Object

  Presently Hyrax::Group is a PORO not an ActiveRecord object, so creating a belongs to causes Rails 5.1 to try to access methods that don’t exist.

Instance Method Details

#proxy_for ⇒ Object

# File 'app/models/sipity/agent.rb', line 30

def proxy_for
  @proxy_for ||= proxy_for_type.constantize.find(proxy_for_id)
end

#proxy_for=(target) ⇒ Object

Presently Hyrax::Group is a PORO not an ActiveRecord object, so creating a belongs to causes Rails 5.1 to try to access methods that don’t exist. We do have this relationship, abet only conceptually: belongs_to :proxy_for, polymorphic: true

# File 'app/models/sipity/agent.rb', line 25

def proxy_for=(target)
  self.proxy_for_id = target.id
  self.proxy_for_type = target.class.name
end