Class: RailsConnector::Link

Inherits:
Object
  • Object
show all
Extended by:
ActiveModel::Naming
Defined in:
lib/rails_connector/link.rb

Overview

This class provides an interfaces for handling CMS Links. To format a link for rendering in an html page, use the cms_path or cms_url methods.

Instance Method Summary collapse

Instance Method Details

#active? ⇒ Boolean

An internal Link is active if it’s destination object is active. An external Link is always active.

Returns:

  • (Boolean) 


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# File 'lib/rails_connector/link.rb', line 117

def active?
  external? || (destination_object && destination_object.active?)
end

#destination_object ⇒ Object

Returns the destination object (Obj) of this Link.



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# File 'lib/rails_connector/link.rb', line 131

def destination_object
  @destination_object ||= Obj.find(destination) if resolved_internal?
end

#destination_object_id ⇒ Object

Returns the id of the Links’ destination_object.



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# File 'lib/rails_connector/link.rb', line 87

def destination_object_id
  destination
end

#display_title ⇒ Object

Returns the title of this Link if it is set. Otherwise it returns the display_title of the destination object for internal Links or the URL for external Links.



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# File 'lib/rails_connector/link.rb', line 95

def display_title
  dt = title
  dt = destination_object.display_title if dt.blank? && !external?
  dt = url if dt.blank?
  dt
end

#external? ⇒ Boolean

Returns true if this Link links to an external URL.

Returns:

  • (Boolean) 


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# File 'lib/rails_connector/link.rb', line 110

def external?
  !internal?
end

#file_extension ⇒ Object

Returns the file extension (e.g. zip, pdf) of this link’s (internal or external) target. Returns an empty string if the file extension is can not be determined.



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# File 'lib/rails_connector/link.rb', line 76

def file_extension
  if internal?
    destination_object ? destination_object.file_extension : ""
  else
    path = URI.parse(url).path rescue nil
    path.blank? ? "" : File.extname(path)[1..-1] || ""
  end
end

#fragment ⇒ Object

Returns the link’s anchor as in “index.html#anchor”. See RFC3986 for details (www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc3986.txt).



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# File 'lib/rails_connector/link.rb', line 46

def fragment
  @link_data[:fragment]
end

#internal? ⇒ Boolean

Returns true this Link links to a CMS Object.

Returns:

  • (Boolean) 


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# File 'lib/rails_connector/link.rb', line 104

def internal?
  url.nil?
end

#query ⇒ Object

Returns the link’s query string as in “index.html?query_string”. See RFC3986 for details (www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc3986.txt).



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# File 'lib/rails_connector/link.rb', line 31

def query
  @link_data[:search]
end

#search ⇒ Object

Deprecated: use Link#query instead. Returns the link’s query string as in “index.html?query_string”. See RFC3986 for details (www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc3986.txt).



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# File 'lib/rails_connector/link.rb', line 39

def search
  query
end

#target ⇒ Object

Returns the browser window or browser frame to be used as a target for this link. Example: Links that should be opened in a new window will return “_blank” as their target.



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# File 'lib/rails_connector/link.rb', line 53

def target
  @link_data[:target]
end

#title ⇒ Object

The link’s title.



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# File 'lib/rails_connector/link.rb', line 24

def title
  @link_data[:title]
end

#url ⇒ Object

The link’s external url. Only available for external links. Warning: Do not output the url directly unless you know what you are doing. Normally you want to use the cms_path or cms_url methods to format a link.



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# File 'lib/rails_connector/link.rb', line 18

def url
  @link_data[:url]
end