acts_as_constant 1.0.0

data/lib/acts_as_constant.rb

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+module ActiveRecord #:nodoc:
+  module Acts #:nodoc:
+
+    module Constant
+      def self.included(base) # :nodoc:
+        base.extend ClassMethods
+      end
+
+      module ClassMethods
+        def acts_as_constant(col = :name)
+          begin
+            #puts self.to_s
+            
+            # let's set up a variable to represent the name of the klass
+            const = self.to_s
+            
+            # create a constant array to hold the values
+            # create a nice get method to pull from the constant array
+            class_eval %{
+              private
+              #{const.upcase}_CONSTANTS = []
+              
+              public
+              def self.get(id)
+                return nil if id.blank?
+                #{const.upcase}_CONSTANTS[id]
+              end
+              
+              def self.CONSTANTS
+                #{const.upcase}_CONSTANTS
+              end
+            }                     
+            
+            # let's build methods for everything in the database.
+            Module.const_get(const).find(:all).each do |rec|
+              #puts rec.inspect
+              name = rec.send(col)
+              
+              unless name.nil?
+                
+                # let's sanitize the name a bit.
+                name = name.downcase
+                name = name.gsub(' ', '_')                                                                        
+                
+                # let's create two methods an all downcase method for accessing the constant and an upper case one
+                class_eval %{
+                  # by using .freeze we can prevent the object from being modified.
+                  #{const.upcase}_CONSTANTS[#{rec.id}] = rec.freeze
+                  
+                  def self.#{name}
+                    #{const.upcase}_CONSTANTS[#{rec.id}]
+                  end
+                  
+                  def self.#{name.upcase}
+                    #{const.upcase}_CONSTANTS[#{rec.id}]
+                  end
+                }
+              end
+            end
+            class_eval %{
+              # by using .freeze we can prevent the constants array from being modified.
+              #{const.upcase}_CONSTANTS.freeze
+            }
+          rescue => ex
+          end
+          
+        end
+      end
+    
+      module ActMethods
+        def self.included(base) # :nodoc:
+          base.extend ClassMethods
+        end
+
+        module ClassMethods
+        end
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end
+
+ActiveRecord::Base.send :include, ActiveRecord::Acts::Constant

metadata

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+--- !ruby/object:Gem::Specification 
+rubygems_version: 0.9.2
+specification_version: 1
+name: acts_as_constant
+version: !ruby/object:Gem::Version 
+  version: 1.0.0
+date: 2007-02-26 00:00:00 -05:00
+summary: Acts as Constant
+require_paths: 
+- lib
+- lib
+email: 
+homepage: 
+rubyforge_project: 
+description: 
+autorequire: 
+- acts_as_constant
+default_executable: 
+bindir: bin
+has_rdoc: false
+required_ruby_version: !ruby/object:Gem::Version::Requirement 
+  requirements: 
+  - - ">"
+    - !ruby/object:Gem::Version 
+      version: 0.0.0
+  version: 
+platform: ruby
+signing_key: 
+cert_chain: 
+post_install_message: 
+authors: []
+
+files: 
+- lib/acts_as_constant.rb
+- README
+test_files: []
+
+rdoc_options: []
+
+extra_rdoc_files: []
+
+executables: []
+
+extensions: []
+
+requirements: []
+
+dependencies: 
+- !ruby/object:Gem::Dependency 
+  name: rails
+  version_requirement: 
+  version_requirements: !ruby/object:Gem::Version::Requirement 
+    requirements: 
+    - - ">="
+      - !ruby/object:Gem::Version 
+        version: 1.2.1
+    version: