Class: Contact

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

Overview

The link between two actors

Each Contact has many ties, which determine the kind of the link through relations

Contacts and activities

Each Activity is attached to a Contact. When Alice post in Bob’s wall, the Activity is attached to the Contact from Alice to Bob

  • The sender of the Contact is the author of the Activity. It is the user that uploads a resource to the website or the social entity that originates the Activity (for example: add as contact).

  • The receiver Actor of the Contact is the receiver of the Activity. The Activity will appear in the wall of the receiver, depending on the permissions

Instance Attribute Summary collapse

Instance Method Summary collapse

Instance Attribute Details

#message ⇒ Object

Send a message when this contact is created or updated



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# File 'app/models/contact.rb', line 18

def message
  @message
end

Instance Method Details

#action ⇒ Object

Is this Contact new or edit for subject ?

action is new when, despite of being created, it has not ties or it has a Tie with a public relation.

The contact’s action is edit when it has any Tie with a custom relation



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# File 'app/models/contact.rb', line 110

def action
  if ties_count > 0 && relations.where(:type => 'Relation::Custom').any?
    'edit'
  else
    'new'
  end
end

#inverse! ⇒ Object

Find or create the inverse Contact



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# File 'app/models/contact.rb', line 76

def inverse!
  inverse ||
    receiver.contact_to!(sender)
end

#pending? ⇒ Boolean

Is not the inverse of this Contact

Returns:

  • (Boolean) 


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# File 'app/models/contact.rb', line 82

def pending?
  inverse &&
    inverse.ties_count > 0
end

#receiver_subject ⇒ Object 



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# File 'app/models/contact.rb', line 66

def receiver_subject
  receiver.try(:subject)
end

#reflexive? ⇒ Boolean

Does this Contact have the same sender and receiver?

Returns:

  • (Boolean) 


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# File 'app/models/contact.rb', line 71

def reflexive?
  sender_id == receiver_id
end

#relation_ids=(ids) ⇒ Object

has_many collection=objects method does not trigger destroy callbacks, so follower_count will not be updated

We need to update that status here



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# File 'app/models/contact.rb', line 97

def relation_ids=(ids)
  remove_follower(ids)

  association(:relations).ids_writer(ids)
end

#sender_subject ⇒ Object 



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# File 'app/models/contact.rb', line 62

def sender_subject
  sender.try(:subject)
end

#verb ⇒ Object

The ActivityVerb corresponding to this Contact, depending on if it is pending or already replied



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# File 'app/models/contact.rb', line 89

def verb
  pending? ? "follow" : "make-friend"
end