Module: ActiveFedora::ContentModel

Defined in:
lib/active_fedora/content_model.rb

Constant Summary collapse

CMODEL_NAMESPACE = 
"afmodel"
CMODEL_PID_SUFFIX = 
""

Class Method Summary collapse

Class Method Details

.best_model_for(obj) ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/active_fedora/content_model.rb', line 16

def self.best_model_for(obj)
  best_model_match = obj.class unless obj.instance_of? ActiveFedora::Base

  known_models_for(obj).each do |model_value|
    # If this is of type ActiveFedora::Base, then set to the first found :has_model.
    best_model_match ||= model_value

    # If there is an inheritance structure, use the most specific case.
    if best_model_match > model_value
      best_model_match = model_value
    end
  end

  best_model_match
end

.default_model(obj) ⇒ Object

Returns a ruby class to use if no other class could be find to instantiate Override this method if you need something other than the default strategy



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# File 'lib/active_fedora/content_model.rb', line 54

def self.default_model(obj)
  ActiveFedora::Base
end

.known_models_for(obj) ⇒ Object

returns an array of the model classes that are defined in the current application that the given object asserts (ie. if the object asserts a StreamingVideo model but the application doesn’t define a StreamingVideo model, it will be excluded from this list.



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# File 'lib/active_fedora/content_model.rb', line 36

def self.known_models_for(obj)
  models_array = []
  models_asserted_by( obj ).each do |model_uri|
    m = uri_to_model_class(model_uri)
    if m
      models_array << m
    end
  end
  
  if models_array.empty?
    models_array = [default_model(obj)]
  end
  
  return models_array
end

.models_asserted_by(obj) ⇒ Object

list all of the models asserted by the provided object



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# File 'lib/active_fedora/content_model.rb', line 12

def self.models_asserted_by(obj)
  obj.relationships(:has_model)
end

.sanitized_class_name(klass) ⇒ Object

Override this, if you prefer your class names serialized some other way



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# File 'lib/active_fedora/content_model.rb', line 7

def self.sanitized_class_name(klass)
  klass.name.gsub(/(::)/, '_')
end

.uri_to_model_class(uri) ⇒ Object

Returns an ActiveFedora Model class corresponding to the given uri if one can be found. Returns false if no corresponding model can be found.



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# File 'lib/active_fedora/content_model.rb', line 61

def self.uri_to_model_class( uri )
  rc = Model.from_class_uri(uri)
  if rc && (rc.superclass == ActiveFedora::Base || rc.ancestors.include?(ActiveFedora::Base))
    rc
  else
    false
  end
end