Class: Confirmationcode

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

Overview

The Confirmation code is a sort of join table that links mailing lists with addresses, and also stores confirmation status.

Class Method Summary collapse

Instance Method Summary collapse

Constructor Details

#initialize ⇒ Confirmationcode

Creates a new confirmation code, and then freezes it so that it can’t be modified.



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# File 'app/models/confirmationcode.rb', line 11

def initialize
    super
    @attributes["code"]=("%16s" % rand(36**16).to_s(36)).gsub(/ /,"0")
    @attributes["code"].freeze
end

Class Method Details

.confirm(mailinglist, address, code) ⇒ Object

Given a mailinglist, an address and a confirmation code in code, it confirms the address in that mailing list if the confirmation code is correct.

If the confirmation code is incorrect, returns false.



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# File 'app/models/confirmationcode.rb', line 42

def self.confirm mailinglist, address, code
    confirmation_record = 
        find(:first, :conditions => [
             'mailinglist_id = ? and address_id = ? and code = ?',
             mailinglist.id,
             address.id,
             code
    ])

    if confirmation_record then
        confirmation_record.confirmed = true
        if confirmation_record.save then
            true
        end
    end

end

.confirmed?(mailinglist_id, address_id) ⇒ Boolean

Given a mailinglist_id and an address_id, returns whether the address has been confirmed for that mailing list or not.

Returns:

  • (Boolean) 


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# File 'app/models/confirmationcode.rb', line 26

def self.confirmed? mailinglist_id, address_id
    confirmation_record = find( :first, :conditions => 
        [ 'mailinglist_id = ? and address_id = ?', 
            mailinglist_id, address_id ] )
    if confirmation_record then
        confirmation_record.confirmed
    else
        nil
    end
end

Instance Method Details

#code=(_) ⇒ Object

Raises:

  • (TypeError) 


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# File 'app/models/confirmationcode.rb', line 20

def code= _
    raise TypeError, "can't modify code string"
end