Class: Ability

Inherits:
Object
  • Object
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Includes:
CanCan::Ability, Models
Defined in:
app/models/ability.rb

Overview

@File Name :ability.rb

@Company Name :Mindfire Solutions Pvt. Ltd.

@Creator Name :Indranil Mukherjee

@Date Created :2012-06-04

@Date Modified                        :2012-06-14

@Last Modification Details            :Making it as mcms project standard

@Purpose                              :This class is responsible for defining the abilities
                                       of a particular user/current user

Instance Method Summary collapse

Methods included from Models

#get_all_plugins, #get_models, get_module_name, #get_relations, #manipulated_array

Constructor Details

#initialize(user) ⇒ Ability

@Params : No parameter

@Returns                              : Nothing is returned 
@Purpose                              : Managing user roles



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# File 'app/models/ability.rb', line 35

def initialize(user)
  
  #fetching all the roles of current user    
  roles = Role.fetch_roles user
  
  
#defining abilities of current user

  roles.each do |role|
    
    can :manage, :all if role == "superuser"

    # plugin access for a particular user role      
    @accessible_plugins = Plugin.find_all_by_role_id(Role.find_by_title(role).id)

    
    
    @accessible_plugins.each do |plugin|

      
      
    #  models = get_relations plugin.role_module # getting associated models

        models = ExistingModel.find_all_by_plugin_name(plugin.role_module.to_s)
        
      models.each do |model|

        
        # defining access control 
       
        can :read , model.model_name.constantize if plugin.role_read? # setting read authorization

        can :create , model.model_name.constantize if plugin.role_create? # setting create authorization

        can :update , model.model_name.constantize if plugin.role_update? # setting update authorization

        can :destroy , model.model_name.constantize if plugin.role_destroy?  # setting destroy authorization

        can :manage , model.model_name.constantize if plugin.role_manage?  # setting manage authorization

      end
      
    end

  end
  
end