Module: Gmaps4rails::ActsAsGmappable::InstanceMethods

Defined in:
lib/gmaps4rails/acts_as_gmappable.rb

Instance Method Summary collapse

Instance Method Details

#process_geocoding ⇒ Object

This is a before_filter to trigger the geocoding and save its results



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# File 'lib/gmaps4rails/acts_as_gmappable.rb', line 13

def process_geocoding
  #to prevent geocoding each time a save is made
  return true if gmaps4rails_options[:check_process] == true && self.send(gmaps4rails_options[:checker]) == true
  #try to geocode
  begin
    coordinates = Gmaps4rails.geocode(self.send(gmaps4rails_options[:address]), gmaps4rails_options[:language], false, gmaps4rails_options[:protocol])
  rescue GeocodeStatus, GeocodeInvalidQuery => e  #address was invalid, add error to address.
    Rails.logger.warn(e)
    errors[gmaps4rails_options[:address]] << gmaps4rails_options[:msg] if Gmaps4rails.condition_eval(self, gmaps4rails_options[:validation])
  rescue GeocodeNetStatus => e #connection error, No need to prevent save.
    Rails.logger.warn(e)
    #TODO add customization here?
  else #if no exception, save the values
    self.send(gmaps4rails_options[:lng_column]+"=", coordinates.first[:lng]) if self.respond_to?(gmaps4rails_options[:lng_column]+"=")
    self.send(gmaps4rails_options[:lat_column]+"=", coordinates.first[:lat]) if self.respond_to?(gmaps4rails_options[:lat_column]+"=")
    unless gmaps4rails_options[:normalized_address].nil?
      self.send(gmaps4rails_options[:normalized_address].to_s+"=", coordinates.first[:matched_address])
    end
    # Call the callback method to let the user do what he wants with the data
    self.send(gmaps4rails_options[:callback], coordinates.first[:full_data]) unless gmaps4rails_options[:callback].nil?
    if Gmaps4rails.condition_eval(self, gmaps4rails_options[:check_process])
      self[gmaps4rails_options[:checker]] = true
    end
  end
end

#to_gmaps4rails(&block) ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/gmaps4rails/acts_as_gmappable.rb', line 39

def to_gmaps4rails(&block)
  json = "["
  json << Gmaps4rails.create_json(self, &block) #removes the extra comma
  json << "]"
end