Module: Arcade::Support::String2

Defined in:
lib/arcade/support/conversions.rb

Instance Method Summary collapse

Instance Method Details

#from_db ⇒ Object Also known as: expand

from db translates the database response into active-orient objects

symbols are representated via “:something]:”

database records respond to the “rid”-method

other values are not modified



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# File 'lib/arcade/support/conversions.rb', line 247

def from_db
  if rid?
    Arcade::Init.db.get  self
  elsif  self =~ /^:.*:$/
    # symbol-representation in the database
    self[1..-2].to_sym
  else
    self
  end
end

#to_db ⇒ Object

if the string contains “#xx:yy” omit quotes



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# File 'lib/arcade/support/conversions.rb', line 260

def to_db
  rid? ? "#"+rid : self   # return the string (not the quoted string. this is to_or)
end

#to_or ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/arcade/support/conversions.rb', line 264

def to_or
  quote
end