acts_as_constant 1.0.3 → 1.0.4

data/lib/acts_as_constant.rb

@@ -17,55 +17,78 @@ module ActiveRecord #:nodoc:
             const = klass.upcase.gsub("::", "_")
             #puts "const = #{const}"
             
+            class_eval %{
+              def self.constant_class_name
+                "#{const}"
+              end
+              
+              def self.constant_column
+                "#{col}"
+              end
+            }
+            
             # create a constant array to hold the values
             # create a nice get method to pull from the constant array
             class_eval %{
               private
-              #{const}_CONSTANTS = []
+              #{self.constant_class_name}_CONSTANTS = []
               
               public
               def self.get(id)
                 return nil if id.blank?
-                #{const}_CONSTANTS[id]
+                #{self.constant_class_name}_CONSTANTS[id]
               end
               
               def self.CONSTANTS
-                #{const}_CONSTANTS
+                #{self.constant_class_name}_CONSTANTS
               end
-            }                     
-            
-            # let's build methods for everything in the database.
-            rows = eval "#{klass}.find(:all)"
+
+            }
             
-            rows.each do |rec|
-              #puts rec.inspect
-              name = rec.send(col)
-              
-              unless name.nil?
+            class_eval do
+              def self.reload_constants!
+                self.CONSTANTS.clear
                 
-                # 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}_CONSTANTS[#{rec.id}] = rec.freeze
-                  
-                  def self.#{name}
-                    #{const}_CONSTANTS[#{rec.id}]
-                  end
-                  
-                  def self.#{name.upcase}
-                    #{const}_CONSTANTS[#{rec.id}]
+                rows = eval "#{self.to_s}.find(:all)"
+
+                rows.each do |rec|
+                  #puts rec.inspect
+                  name = rec.send(self.constant_column)
+
+                  unless name.nil?
+
+                    # let's sanitize the name a bit.
+                    name = name.downcase
+                    name = name.gsub(' ', '_')
+
+                    self.instance_eval do
+
+                      define_method("constant_name") do
+                        self.send(self.constant_column).downcase.gsub(' ', '_')
+                      end
+
+                    end                                                                        
+
+                    # 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.
+                      #{self.constant_class_name}_CONSTANTS[#{rec.id}] = rec.freeze
+
+                      def self.#{name}
+                        #{self.constant_class_name}_CONSTANTS[#{rec.id}]
+                      end
+
+                      def self.#{name.upcase}
+                        #{self.constant_class_name}_CONSTANTS[#{rec.id}]
+                      end
+                    }
                   end
-                }
+                end
               end
             end
-            class_eval %{
-              # by using .freeze we can prevent the constants array from being modified.
-              #{const}_CONSTANTS.freeze
-            }
+            
+            self.reload_constants!
+            
           rescue => ex
             #puts "Error in acts_as_constant: #{ex.message}"
             #puts ex.backtrace

metadata

@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@ rubygems_version: 0.9.2
 specification_version: 1
 name: acts_as_constant
 version: !ruby/object:Gem::Version 
-  version: 1.0.3
-date: 2007-03-05 00:00:00 -05:00
+  version: 1.0.4
+date: 2007-03-15 00:00:00 -04:00
 summary: Acts as Constant
 require_paths: 
 - lib