Class: DrgcmsFormFields::DrgcmsField

Inherits:
Object
  • Object
show all
Defined in:
app/models/drgcms_form_fields.rb

Overview

Template method for DRG CMS form field definition. This is abstract class with most of the common code for custom form field already implemented.

Instance Attribute Summary collapse

Class Method Summary collapse

Instance Method Summary collapse

Constructor Details

#initialize(parent, record, yaml) ⇒ DrgcmsField

DrgcmsField initialization code.

Parameters:

parent

Controller object. Controller object from where object is created. Usually self is send.

record

Document object. Document object which holds fields data.

yaml

Hash. Hash object holding field definition data.

Returns: Self



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# File 'app/models/drgcms_form_fields.rb', line 77

def initialize( parent, record, yaml )
  @parent = parent
  @record = record
  @yaml   = yaml
  @form   = parent.form
  @readonly = (@yaml and @yaml['readonly']) || (@form and @form['readonly'])
  if @yaml['size'] # move size to html element if not already there
    @yaml['html'] ||= {}
    @yaml['html']['size'] ||= @yaml['size']
  end
  @html   = ''  
  @js     = ''
  self
end

Instance Attribute Details

#html ⇒ Object (readonly)

Returns the value of attribute html.



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# File 'app/models/drgcms_form_fields.rb', line 64

def html
  @html
end

#js ⇒ Object (readonly)

Returns the value of attribute js.



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# File 'app/models/drgcms_form_fields.rb', line 64

def js
  @js
end

Class Method Details

.get_data(params, name) ⇒ Object

Default get_data method for retrieving data from parameters. Class method is called for every entry field defined on form before field value is saved to database.

Parameters:

params

Controllers params object.

name

Field name

Most of classes will use this default method which returns params[name]. When field data is more complex class should implement its own get_data method.



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# File 'app/models/drgcms_form_fields.rb', line 197

def self.get_data(params, name)
  params['record'][name]
end

Instance Method Details

#hash_to_options(hash) ⇒ Object

Will return ruby hash formated as javascript string which can be used for passing parameters in javascript code.

Parameters:

Hash

Hash. Ruby hash parameters.

Form example: As used in forms

  options:
    height: 400
    width: 800
    toolbar: "'basic'"

=> "height:400, width:800, toolbar:'basic'"

Return: String: Options formated as javascript options.



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# File 'app/models/drgcms_form_fields.rb', line 166

def hash_to_options(hash)
  options = hash.to_a.inject('') do |r,v|
    r << "#{v[0]}: #{v[1]},"
  end
  options.chomp(',')
end

#record_text_for(name) ⇒ Object

Checks if field name exists in document and alters record parameters if necesary. Method was added after fields that do not belong to current edited document were added to forms. Valid nonexisting form field names must start with underscore (_) letter.

Return: String: ‘record’ or ‘_record’ when valid nonexisting field is used



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# File 'app/models/drgcms_form_fields.rb', line 181

def record_text_for(name)
  (!@record.respond_to?(name) and name[0,1] == '_') ? '_record' : 'record'
end

#ro_standard(value = nil) ⇒ Object

Standard code for returning readonly field.



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# File 'app/models/drgcms_form_fields.rb', line 119

def ro_standard(value=nil)
  value = @record[@yaml['name']] if value.nil? and @record.respond_to?(@yaml['name']) 
  @html << (value.blank? ? '' : "<table class='dc-readonly'><td>#{value}</td></table>")
  self
end

#set_initial_value(opt1 = 'html', opt2 = 'value') ⇒ Object

Set initial value of the field when initial value is set in url parameters..

Example: Form has field named picture. Field can be initialized by setting value of param p_picture.

params['p_picture'] = '/path/to_picture'

When multiple initial values are assigned it is more convinient to assign them through flash method.

flash[:record] = {}
flash[:record]['picture'] = '/path/to_picture'



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# File 'app/models/drgcms_form_fields.rb', line 137

def set_initial_value(opt1='html', opt2='value')
  @yaml['html'] ||= {}
  value_send_as = 'p_' + @yaml['name']
  if @parent.params[value_send_as]
    @yaml[opt1][opt2] = @parent.params[value_send_as] 
  elsif @parent.flash[:record] and @parent.flash[:record][@yaml['name']]
    @yaml[opt1][opt2] = @parent.flash[:record][@yaml['name']]
  end
end

#t(key, default = '') ⇒ Object

Wrapper for i18 t method, with some spice added. If translation is not found English translation value will be returned. And if still not found default value will be returned if passed.

Parameters:

key

String. String to be translated into locale.

default

String. Value returned if translation is not found.

Example:

t('translate.this','Enter text for ....')

Returns: String. Translated text.



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# File 'app/models/drgcms_form_fields.rb', line 106

def t(key, default='')
  c = I18n.t(key)
  if c.match( 'translation missing' )
    c = I18n.t(key, locale: 'en') 
# Still not found. Return default if set
    c = default unless default.blank?
  end
  c
end