Class: Layout

Inherits:
ActiveRecord::Base
  • Object
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Defined in:
app/models/layout.rb

Overview

defining model class to interact with database. It inherits the rails’s base class ActiveRecord::Base

Class Method Summary collapse

Class Method Details

.find_all_layouts ⇒ Object

Returns : Array.

Parameters:

  • : —

    None

Returns:

  • : Array



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# File 'app/models/layout.rb', line 33

def self.find_all_layouts

  # finding all layouts from the DB and return the array
  return self.select("id, name");

end

.find_page_parts(layout_id) ⇒ Object

Returns : Array.

Parameters:

  • : —

    integer(layout_id)

Returns:

  • : Array



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# File 'app/models/layout.rb', line 43

def self.find_page_parts layout_id

  #initializing an array with some default value
  page_part_array = []

  # finding the layout with given id
  layout = self.find_by_id(layout_id)

  # check and include page part in page part array if page part value is
  # true in DB
  page_part_array << "header" if layout["header"]
  page_part_array << "footer" if layout["footer"]
  page_part_array << "left body" if layout["lft"]
  page_part_array << "right body" if layout["rgt"]
  page_part_array << "main body" if layout["main"]

  # return the array
  return page_part_array

end