Module: Rails::Generators

Defined in:
lib/rails/generators.rb,
lib/rails/generators/base.rb,
lib/rails/generators/actions.rb,
lib/rails/generators/migration.rb,
lib/rails/generators/test_case.rb,
lib/rails/generators/named_base.rb,
lib/rails/generators/active_model.rb,
lib/rails/generators/resource_helpers.rb,
lib/rails/generators/generated_attribute.rb,
lib/rails/generators/rails/app/app_generator.rb,
lib/rails/generators/rails/model/model_generator.rb,
lib/rails/generators/rails/helper/helper_generator.rb,
lib/rails/generators/rails/plugin/plugin_generator.rb,
lib/rails/generators/rails/observer/observer_generator.rb,
lib/rails/generators/rails/resource/resource_generator.rb,
lib/rails/generators/rails/scaffold/scaffold_generator.rb,
lib/rails/generators/rails/generator/generator_generator.rb,
lib/rails/generators/rails/migration/migration_generator.rb,
lib/rails/generators/rails/controller/controller_generator.rb,
lib/rails/generators/rails/stylesheets/stylesheets_generator.rb,
lib/rails/generators/rails/integration_test/integration_test_generator.rb,
lib/rails/generators/rails/performance_test/performance_test_generator.rb,
lib/rails/generators/rails/session_migration/session_migration_generator.rb,
lib/rails/generators/rails/scaffold_controller/scaffold_controller_generator.rb

Defined Under Namespace

Modules: Actions, Migration, ResourceHelpers Classes: ActiveModel, AppGenerator, Base, ControllerGenerator, Error, GeneratedAttribute, GeneratorGenerator, HelperGenerator, IntegrationTestGenerator, MigrationGenerator, ModelGenerator, NamedBase, ObserverGenerator, PerformanceTestGenerator, PluginGenerator, ResourceGenerator, ScaffoldControllerGenerator, ScaffoldGenerator, SessionMigrationGenerator, StylesheetsGenerator, TestCase

Constant Summary collapse

DEFAULT_ALIASES = 
{
  :rails => {
    :actions => '-a',
    :orm => '-o',
    :resource_controller => '-c',
    :scaffold_controller => '-c',
    :stylesheets => '-y',
    :template_engine => '-e',
    :test_framework => '-t'
  },

  :test_unit => {
    :fixture_replacement => '-r',
  },

  :plugin => {
    :generator => '-g',
    :tasks => '-r'
  }
}
DEFAULT_OPTIONS = 
{
  :rails => {
    :force_plural => false,
    :helper => true,
    :orm => nil,
    :integration_tool => nil,
    :performance_tool => nil,
    :resource_controller => :controller,
    :scaffold_controller => :scaffold_controller,
    :stylesheets => true,
    :test_framework => nil,
    :template_engine => :erb
  },

  :plugin => {
    :generator => false,
    :tasks => false
  }
}
RAILS_DEV_PATH =

We need to store the RAILS_DEV_PATH in a constant, otherwise the path can change in Ruby 1.8.7 when we FileUtils.cd.

File.expand_path("../../../../../..", File.dirname(__FILE__))
RESERVED_NAMES = 
%w[application destroy benchmarker profiler
plugin runner test]

Class Method Summary collapse

Class Method Details

.aliases ⇒ Object

:nodoc:



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# File 'lib/rails/generators.rb', line 77

def self.aliases #:nodoc:
  @aliases ||= DEFAULT_ALIASES.dup
end

.configure!(config = Rails.application.config.generators) ⇒ Object

:nodoc:



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# File 'lib/rails/generators.rb', line 64

def self.configure!(config = Rails.application.config.generators) #:nodoc:
  no_color! unless config.colorize_logging
  aliases.deep_merge! config.aliases
  options.deep_merge! config.options
  fallbacks.merge! config.fallbacks
  templates_path.concat config.templates
  templates_path.uniq!
end

.fallbacks ⇒ Object

Hold configured generators fallbacks. If a plugin developer wants a generator group to fallback to another group in case of missing generators, they can add a fallback.

For example, shoulda is considered a test_framework and is an extension of test_unit. However, most part of shoulda generators are similar to test_unit ones.

Shoulda then can tell generators to search for test_unit generators when some of them are not available by adding a fallback:

Rails::Generators.fallbacks[:shoulda] = :test_unit



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# File 'lib/rails/generators.rb', line 98

def self.fallbacks
  @fallbacks ||= {}
end

.find_by_namespace(name, base = nil, context = nil) ⇒ Object

Rails finds namespaces similar to thor, it only adds one rule:

Generators names must end with “_generator.rb”. This is required because Rails looks in load paths and loads the generator just before it’s going to be used.

Examples

find_by_namespace :webrat, :rails, :integration

Will search for the following generators:

"rails:webrat", "webrat:integration", "webrat"

Notice that “rails:generators:webrat” could be loaded as well, what Rails looks for is the first and last parts of the namespace.



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# File 'lib/rails/generators.rb', line 128

def self.find_by_namespace(name, base=nil, context=nil) #:nodoc:
  lookups = []
  lookups << "#{base}:#{name}"    if base
  lookups << "#{name}:#{context}" if context

  unless base || context
    unless name.to_s.include?(?:)
      lookups << "#{name}:#{name}"
      lookups << "rails:#{name}"
    end
    lookups << "#{name}"
  end

  lookup(lookups)

  namespaces = subclasses.inject({}) do |hash, klass|
    hash[klass.namespace] = klass
    hash
  end

  lookups.each do |namespace|
    klass = namespaces[namespace]
    return klass if klass
  end

  invoke_fallbacks_for(name, base) || invoke_fallbacks_for(context, name)
end

.help(command = 'generate') ⇒ Object

Show help message with available generators.



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# File 'lib/rails/generators.rb', line 206

def self.help(command = 'generate')
  lookup!

  namespaces = subclasses.map{ |k| k.namespace }
  namespaces.sort!

  groups = Hash.new { |h,k| h[k] = [] }
  namespaces.each do |namespace|
    base = namespace.split(':').first
    groups[base] << namespace
  end

  puts "Usage: rails #{command} GENERATOR [args] [options]"
  puts
  puts "General options:"
  puts "  -h, [--help]     # Print generator's options and usage"
  puts "  -p, [--pretend]  # Run but do not make any changes"
  puts "  -f, [--force]    # Overwrite files that already exist"
  puts "  -s, [--skip]     # Skip files that already exist"
  puts "  -q, [--quiet]    # Suppress status output"
  puts
  puts "Please choose a generator below."
  puts

  # Print Rails defaults first.
  rails = groups.delete("rails")
  rails.map! { |n| n.sub(/^rails:/, '') }
  rails.delete("app")
  print_list("rails", rails)

  hidden_namespaces.each {|n| groups.delete(n.to_s) }

  groups.sort.each { |b, n| print_list(b, n) }
end

.hidden_namespaces ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/rails/generators.rb', line 169

def self.hidden_namespaces
  @hidden_namespaces ||= begin
    orm      = options[:rails][:orm]
    test     = options[:rails][:test_framework]
    template = options[:rails][:template_engine]

    [
      "rails",
      "#{orm}:migration",
      "#{orm}:model",
      "#{orm}:observer",
      "#{orm}:session_migration",
      "#{test}:controller",
      "#{test}:helper",
      "#{test}:integration",
      "#{test}:mailer",
      "#{test}:model",
      "#{test}:observer",
      "#{test}:scaffold",
      "#{test}:view",
      "#{test}:performance",
      "#{test}:plugin",
      "#{template}:controller",
      "#{template}:scaffold",
      "#{template}:mailer"
    ]
  end
end

.hide_namespaces(*namespaces) ⇒ Object Also known as: hide_namespace 



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# File 'lib/rails/generators.rb', line 199

def hide_namespaces(*namespaces)
  hidden_namespaces.concat(namespaces)
end

.invoke(namespace, args = ARGV, config = {}) ⇒ Object

Receives a namespace, arguments and the behavior to invoke the generator. It’s used as the default entry point for generate, destroy and update commands.



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# File 'lib/rails/generators.rb', line 159

def self.invoke(namespace, args=ARGV, config={})
  names = namespace.to_s.split(':')
  if klass = find_by_namespace(names.pop, names.shift)
    args << "--help" if args.empty? && klass.arguments.any? { |a| a.required? }
    klass.start(args, config)
  else
    puts "Could not find generator #{namespace}."
  end
end

.no_color! ⇒ Object

Remove the color from output.



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# File 'lib/rails/generators.rb', line 103

def self.no_color!
  Thor::Base.shell = Thor::Shell::Basic
end

.options ⇒ Object

:nodoc:



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# File 'lib/rails/generators.rb', line 81

def self.options #:nodoc:
  @options ||= DEFAULT_OPTIONS.dup
end

.subclasses ⇒ Object

Track all generators subclasses.



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# File 'lib/rails/generators.rb', line 108

def self.subclasses
  @subclasses ||= []
end

.templates_path ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/rails/generators.rb', line 73

def self.templates_path
  @templates_path ||= []
end