hashdown

DESCRIPTION:

hashdown is a super lightweight rails plugin that adds hash-style lookups and option lists (for generating dropdowns) to ActiveRecord models

EXAMPLE:

Given the following class definition:

class State < ActiveRecord::Base
  finder :abbreviation
  selectable
end

You can look up states via their abbreviations like so:

@colorado = State[:CO]

These types of reference data models are often something you need to populate a select list on your form, so hashdown includes a handy method to generate your option list:

<%= form.select :state_id, State.select_options %>

This is roughly equivalent to the following implementation:

class State < ActiveRecord::Base
  validates_uniqueness_of :abbreviation

  def self.[](state_code)
    find_by_abbreviation(state_code)
  end

  def self.select_options
    find(:all).map{|s| [s.name, s.id] }
  end
end

…except it adds ActiveSupport caching for speedy lookups.

Cache

By default caching is enabled. To disable it for select lists:

selectable :cache => false

COMING SOON:

configuration for key / value generation
- app level

LICENSE:

(The MIT License)

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