Module: MuckActivity::InstanceMethods

Defined in:
lib/muck_activity.rb

Instance Method Summary collapse

Instance Method Details

#add_activity(feed_to, source, item, template, title = '', content = '', check_method = nil) ⇒ Object

add_activity adds an activity to all activites feeds that belong to the objects found in feed_to.

  • feed_to: an array of objects that have has_activities declared on them. The generated activity will be pushed into the feed of each of these objects.

  • source: the object that peformed the activity ie a user or group

  • item: an object that will be used to generated the entry in an activity feed

  • template: name of an partial that will be used to generated the entry in the activity feed. Place templates in /app/views/activity_templates

  • title: optional title that can be used in the template

  • content: option content that can be used in the template. Useful for activities that might not have

    an item but instead might have a message or other text.

  • check_method: method that will be called on each item in the feed_to array. If the method evaluates to false the activity won’t be added to the object’s activity feed. An example usage would be letting users configure which items they want to have in their activity feed.



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# File 'lib/muck_activity.rb', line 47

def add_activity(feed_to, source, item, template, title = '', content = '', check_method = nil)
  feed_to = [feed_to] unless feed_to.is_a?(Array)
  activity = Activity.create(:item => item, :source => source, :template => template, :title => title, :content => content)
  feed_to.each do |ft|
    if check_method
      ft.activities << activity if ft.send(check_method)
    else
      ft.activities << activity
    end
  end
end

#can_view?(check_object) ⇒ Boolean

Returns:

  • (Boolean) 


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# File 'lib/muck_activity.rb', line 65

def can_view?(check_object)
  self == check_object
end

#status ⇒ Object

status returns the first activity item from the user’s activity feed that is a status update. Used for displaying the last status update the user made



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

def status
  self.activities.find(:first, :conditions => ['is_status_update = true'], :order => 'created_at DESC')
end