active_record_auto_build_associations 0.0.2 → 0.1.0

data/Readme.md

@@ -8,11 +8,22 @@ Now you never have to worry about `NoMethodErrors` when you call `user.address.c
 If you have an associated that should always be there when you need it, whether as a record that is already saved or (if it hasn't been saved yet), a newly built object, you can just add this to your model:
 
     class User < ActiveRecord::Base
+      include ActiveRecord::AutoBuildAssociations
       auto_build_association :address
     end
 
 This makes it so that any time you do `user.address`, if an existing associated record can't be found, it will automatically call `build_address` for you, ensuring that user.address will always be an instance of `Address` (even if a blank one), instead of sometimes being `nil`.
 
+This can be very convenient for building forms for records with associations (using fields_for).
+
+Note: You can't just check `user.address.nil?` to check if the user has supplied an address, because
+`user.address` will *never* be nill when using `auto_build_association`. Instead you can check
+`user.address.persisted?`.
+
+Compatibility
+=============
+
+Tested with Rails 3.2.
 
 To do
 =====
@@ -20,9 +31,14 @@ To do
 * Currently it only works for has_one -- make it work for has_many and belongs_to (belongs_to kind of works but not well)
 * Add tests
 
+*Warning*: `belongs_to` doesn't work well because the parent record will try to auto-save the associated record
+even if it's blank. In other words, simply checking if the associated record is presented/persisted has unwanted
+**side effects**. So if you call `user.address.persisted?`, that causes the associated address to be
+built, which may cause unexpected behavior/failure when you try to change the user.
+
 License
 =======
 
-Copyright 2011, Tyler Rick
+Copyright 2011-2012, Tyler Rick
 
 This is free software, distributed under the terms of the MIT License.

data/active_record_auto_build_associations.gemspec

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ require "active_record/auto_build_associations/version"
 
 Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.name        = "active_record_auto_build_associations"
-  s.version     = ActiveRecord::AutoBuildAssociations::Version
+  s.version     = ActiveRecord::AutoBuildAssociations.version
   s.authors     = ["Tyler Rick"]
   s.email       = ["tyler@tylerrick.com"]
   s.homepage    = ""

data/lib/active_record/auto_build_associations.rb

@@ -15,18 +15,17 @@ module ActiveRecord
       end
 
       def self.auto_build_association(assoc_name)
-        define_method :"#{assoc_name}_with_auto_build" do
+        define_method :"#{assoc_name}" do
           if self.class.auto_build_associations? == false
-            send(:"#{assoc_name}_without_auto_build")
+            super()
           else
-            send(:"#{assoc_name}_without_auto_build") || (
+            super() || (
               # TODO: reflect on association; for has_many, it should do assoc_name.build instead
               send(:"build_#{assoc_name}")
-              send(:"#{assoc_name}_without_auto_build")
+              super()
             )
           end
         end
-        alias_method_chain :"#{assoc_name}", :auto_build
       end
 
     end # included

data/lib/active_record/auto_build_associations/version.rb

@@ -6,5 +6,5 @@ rescue LoadError
 end
 
 module ActiveRecord::AutoBuildAssociations
-  Version = "0.0.2"
+  def self.version; "0.1.0"; end
 end

metadata

@@ -1,39 +1,35 @@
---- !ruby/object:Gem::Specification 
+--- !ruby/object:Gem::Specification
 name: active_record_auto_build_associations
-version: !ruby/object:Gem::Version 
+version: !ruby/object:Gem::Version
+  version: 0.1.0
   prerelease: 
-  version: 0.0.2
 platform: ruby
-authors: 
+authors:
 - Tyler Rick
 autorequire: 
 bindir: bin
 cert_chain: []
-
-date: 2011-08-24 00:00:00 -07:00
-default_executable: 
-dependencies: 
-- !ruby/object:Gem::Dependency 
+date: 2012-11-29 00:00:00.000000000 Z
+dependencies:
+- !ruby/object:Gem::Dependency
   name: activerecord
-  prerelease: false
-  requirement: &id001 !ruby/object:Gem::Requirement 
+  requirement: &24482240 !ruby/object:Gem::Requirement
     none: false
-    requirements: 
-    - - ">="
-      - !ruby/object:Gem::Version 
-        version: "0"
+    requirements:
+    - - ! '>='
+      - !ruby/object:Gem::Version
+        version: '0'
   type: :runtime
-  version_requirements: *id001
-description: Automatically calls `build_assoc_model` for you, ensuring that model.assoc_model is always an instance of model and not nil.
-email: 
+  prerelease: false
+  version_requirements: *24482240
+description: Automatically calls `build_assoc_model` for you, ensuring that model.assoc_model
+  is always an instance of model and not nil.
+email:
 - tyler@tylerrick.com
 executables: []
-
 extensions: []
-
 extra_rdoc_files: []
-
-files: 
+files:
 - .gitignore
 - Gemfile
 - Rakefile
@@ -42,33 +38,30 @@ files:
 - lib/active_record/auto_build_associations.rb
 - lib/active_record/auto_build_associations/version.rb
 - lib/active_record_auto_build_associations.rb
-has_rdoc: true
-homepage: ""
+homepage: ''
 licenses: []
-
 post_install_message: 
 rdoc_options: []
-
-require_paths: 
+require_paths:
 - lib
-required_ruby_version: !ruby/object:Gem::Requirement 
+required_ruby_version: !ruby/object:Gem::Requirement
   none: false
-  requirements: 
-  - - ">="
-    - !ruby/object:Gem::Version 
-      version: "0"
-required_rubygems_version: !ruby/object:Gem::Requirement 
+  requirements:
+  - - ! '>='
+    - !ruby/object:Gem::Version
+      version: '0'
+required_rubygems_version: !ruby/object:Gem::Requirement
   none: false
-  requirements: 
-  - - ">="
-    - !ruby/object:Gem::Version 
-      version: "0"
+  requirements:
+  - - ! '>='
+    - !ruby/object:Gem::Version
+      version: '0'
 requirements: []
-
 rubyforge_project: 
-rubygems_version: 1.5.2
+rubygems_version: 1.8.15
 signing_key: 
 specification_version: 3
-summary: Automatically calls `build_assoc_model` for you, ensuring that model.assoc_model is always an instance of model and not nil.
+summary: Automatically calls `build_assoc_model` for you, ensuring that model.assoc_model
+  is always an instance of model and not nil.
 test_files: []
-
+has_rdoc: