Module: Reststop::Helpers

Defined in:

lib/reststop.rb

Instance Method Summary

• #R(c, *g) ⇒ Object

  Overrides Camping’s routing helper to make it possible to route RESTful resources.

Instance Method Details

#R(c, *g) ⇒ Object

Overrides Camping’s routing helper to make it possible to route RESTful resources.

Some usage examples:

R(Kittens)            # /kittens
R(Kittens, 'new')     # /kittens/new
R(Kittens, 1, 'meow') # /kittens/1/meow
R(@kitten)            # /kittens/1
R(@kitten, 'meow')    # /kittens/1/meow
R(Kittens, 'list', :colour => 'black')  # /kittens/list?colour=black

The current output format is retained, so if the current @format is :XML, the URL will be /kittens/1.xml rather than /kittens/1.

Note that your controller names might not be loaded if you’re calling R inside a view module. In that case you should use the fully qualified name (i.e. Myapp::Controllers::Kittens) or include the Controllers module into your view module.

# File 'lib/reststop.rb', line 232

def R(c, *g)

	cl = c.class.name.split("::").last.pluralize
	app_name = c.class.name.split("::").first
	ctrl_cl = app_name + '::Controllers'				# @techarch : get to the Controllers using the current app
	ctrl = (app_name != 'Class') ? ctrl_cl.constantize : Controllers
	
	if ctrl.constants.include?(cl)				#@techarch updated to use new cl variable
		path = "/#{cl.underscore}/#{c.id}"
		path << ".#{@format.to_s.downcase}" if @format
		path << "/#{g.shift}" unless g.empty?
		self / path
	  elsif c.respond_to?(:restful?) && c.restful?
		base = c.name.split("::").last.underscore
		id_or_action = g.shift  
		if id_or_action.to_s =~ /\d+/			#@techarch needed a to_s after id_or_action to allow pattern matching
		  id = id_or_action
		  action = g.shift
		else
		  action = id_or_action
		end

		path = "/#{base}"
		path << "/#{id}" if id
		path << "/#{action}" if action
		path << ".#{@format.to_s.downcase}" if @format
		
		#@techarch substituted U for u=Rack::Utils
		u=Rack::Utils
		path << "?#{g.collect{|a|a.collect{|k,v| u.escape(k)+"="+u.escape(v)}.join("&")}.join("&")}" unless g.empty? # FIXME: undefined behaviour if there are multiple arguments left
		return path
	else
		_R(c, *g)
	end
end