Class: EmailAddress

Inherits:
ActiveRecord::Base
  • Object
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Defined in:
app/models/email_address.rb

Overview

Represents a valid RFC822 email address. See www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc822/ for more information about the entire specification.

Email addresses are directly associated with emails and, therefore, should be used for building and delivering new e-mails.

Associations

Email addresses have the following associations defined as a result of using the has_emails macro:

  • emails - Emails that were composed and are visible to the owner. Emails may have been sent or unsent.

  • received_emails - Emails that have been received from others and are visible. Emails may have been read or unread.

  • unsent_emails - Emails that have not yet been delivered

  • sent_emails - Emails that have already been delivered

Class Method Summary collapse

Instance Method Summary collapse

Class Method Details

.find_or_create_by_address(address) ⇒ Object

Finds or create an email address based on the given value



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# File 'app/models/email_address.rb', line 26

def find_or_create_by_address(address)
  name, spec = split_address(address)
  find_or_create_by_name_and_spec(name, spec)
end

.split_address(address) ⇒ Object

Splits the given address into a name and spec. For example,

EmailAddress.split_address("John Smith <[email protected]")  # => ["John Smith", "[email protected]"]
EmailAddress.split_address("[email protected]")              # => [nil, "[email protected]"]



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# File 'app/models/email_address.rb', line 35

def split_address(address)
  if match = /^(\S.*)\s+<(.*)>$/.match(address)
    name = match[1]
    spec = match[2]
  else
    spec = address
  end
  
  return name, spec
end

Instance Method Details

#address=(address) ⇒ Object

Sets the value to be used for this email address. This can come in two formats:



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# File 'app/models/email_address.rb', line 50

def address=(address)
  self.name, self.spec = self.class.split_address(address)
end

#with_name ⇒ Object

Generates the value for the email address, including the name associated with it (if provided). For example,

e = EmailAddress.new(:name => 'John Doe', :spec => '[email protected]')
e.with_name # => "John Doe <[email protected]>"



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# File 'app/models/email_address.rb', line 59

def with_name
  name.blank? ? spec : "#{name} <#{spec}>"
end