activerecord-tableless 0.1.0

data/CHANGELOG

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+ActiveRecord::Tableless CHANGELOG
+---------------------------------
+
+2008-05-01 - Initial code, rough around the edges.

data/README

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+ActiveRecord Tableless Models
+-----------------------------
+
+A single implementation of the ActiveRecord Tableless Model pattern for any
+Rails project or other Ruby project that uses ActiveRecord.
+

data/Rakefile

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+require 'rake/rdoctask'
+
+task :default do
+  puts
+  puts IO.read( File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/README' )
+  puts
+end
+
+Rake::RDocTask.new do |rd|
+  rd.main = 'README'
+  rd.rdoc_files.include( 'README', 'lib/*.rb', 'lib/**/*.rb' )
+  rd.rdoc_dir = 'rdoc'
+  rd.title = 'ActiveRecord Tableless Models'
+end

data/init.rb

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+# For use by Railed and de-Railed applications alike
+
+require 'activerecord'
+require File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/lib/tableless'

data/lib/tableless.rb

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+# See #ActiveRecord::Tableless
+
+module ActiveRecord
+  
+  # = ActiveRecord::Tableless
+  # 
+  # Allow classes to behave like ActiveRecord models, but without an associated
+  # database table. A great way to capitalize on validations. Based on the
+  # original post at http://www.railsweenie.com/forums/2/topics/724 (which seems
+  # to have disappeared from the face of the earth).
+  # 
+  # = Example usage
+  # 
+  #  class ContactMessage < ActiveRecord::Base
+  #    
+  #    has_no_table
+  #    
+  #    column :name,    :string
+  #    column :email,   :string
+  #    column :message, :string
+  #    
+  #  end
+  #  
+  #  msg = ContactMessage.new( params[:msg] )
+  #  if msg.valid?
+  #    ContactMessageSender.deliver_message( msg )
+  #    redirect_to :action => :sent
+  #  end
+  #
+  module Tableless
+    
+    def self.included( base ) #:nodoc:
+      base.send( :extend, ClassMethods )
+    end
+    
+    module ClassMethods #:nodoc:
+      
+      # A model that needs to be tableless will call this method to indicate
+      # it.
+      def has_no_table
+        # keep our options handy
+        write_inheritable_attribute(
+          :tableless_options,
+          :columns => []
+        )
+        class_inheritable_reader :tableless_options
+        
+        # extend
+        extend  ActiveRecord::Tableless::SingletonMethods
+        
+        # setup columns
+      end
+      
+    end
+    
+    module SingletonMethods
+      
+      # Return the list of columns registered for the model. Used internally by
+      # ActiveRecord
+      def columns
+        tableless_options[:columns]
+      end
+  
+      # Register a new column.
+      def column(name, sql_type = nil, default = nil, null = true)
+        tableless_options[:columns] << ActiveRecord::ConnectionAdapters::Column.new(name.to_s, default, sql_type.to_s, null)
+      end
+      
+    end
+    
+  end
+end
+
+ActiveRecord::Base.send( :include, ActiveRecord::Tableless )

metadata

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+--- !ruby/object:Gem::Specification 
+name: activerecord-tableless
+version: !ruby/object:Gem::Version 
+  version: 0.1.0
+platform: ruby
+authors: 
+- Kenneth Kalmer
+autorequire: 
+bindir: bin
+cert_chain: []
+
+date: 2008-05-01 00:00:00 +02:00
+default_executable: 
+dependencies: 
+- !ruby/object:Gem::Dependency 
+  name: activerecord
+  version_requirement: 
+  version_requirements: !ruby/object:Gem::Requirement 
+    requirements: 
+    - - ">="
+      - !ruby/object:Gem::Version 
+        version: "0"
+    version: 
+description: ActiveRecord Tableless Models provides a simple mixin for creating models that are not bound to the database. This approach is mostly useful for capitalizing on the features ActiveRecord::Validation
+email: kenneth.kalmer@gmail.com
+executables: []
+
+extensions: []
+
+extra_rdoc_files: 
+- README
+- CHANGELOG
+files: 
+- init.rb
+- lib/tableless.rb
+- Rakefile
+- README
+- CHANGELOG
+has_rdoc: true
+homepage: http://www.opensourcery.co.za/activerecordtableless/
+post_install_message: 
+rdoc_options: 
+- --main
+- README
+require_paths: 
+- lib
+required_ruby_version: !ruby/object:Gem::Requirement 
+  requirements: 
+  - - ">="
+    - !ruby/object:Gem::Version 
+      version: "0"
+  version: 
+required_rubygems_version: !ruby/object:Gem::Requirement 
+  requirements: 
+  - - ">="
+    - !ruby/object:Gem::Version 
+      version: "0"
+  version: 
+requirements: []
+
+rubyforge_project: tablelessmodels
+rubygems_version: 1.0.1
+signing_key: 
+specification_version: 2
+summary: A library for implementing tableless ActiveRecord models
+test_files: []
+