Module: BelongsToMany::ClassMethods

Defined in:
lib/vex/active_record/belongs_to_many.rb

Instance Method Summary collapse

Instance Method Details

#belongs_to_many(name, opts = {}) ⇒ Object

belongs_to_many :havings,

:supersedes => lambda { |name|
  has_and_belongs_to_many name, :join_table => :belongings_havings, :class_name => "Having"
}



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# File 'lib/vex/active_record/belongs_to_many.rb', line 54

def belongs_to_many(name, opts = {})
  s = name.to_s.singularize
  ids_name = "#{s}_ids"
  
  if supersedes = opts.delete(:supersedes)
    # if the belongs_to_many column exists we instanciate the superseded
    # association with the name + "_superseded" and build the belongs_to_many 
    # association; if not, we only build the old association with the 
    # current name.
    #
    
    if column_names.include?(ids_name)
      supersedes.call("#{name}_superseded")
      belongs_to_many(name, opts)
    else
      supersedes.call(name)
    end

    return
  end
  
  #
  class_name = opts[:class_name] || s.camelize.constantize

  self.class_eval code = <<RUBY
  def #{name}
    #{class_name}.find(#{ids_name}).freeze
  end

  def #{name}=(array)
    self.#{ids_name} = array.collect(&:id).uniq
    save! unless new_record?
  end

  def #{ids_name}
    read_attribute(:#{ids_name}).to_s.split(/[^0-9]+/).reject(&:blank?).collect { |s| Integer(s) }
  end

  def #{ids_name}=(array)
    write_attribute(:#{ids_name}, array.empty? ? nil : "/" + array.join("/") + "/")
  end
RUBY
end