antonjenkins-model_sync 0.1.1 → 0.1.2

data/README.rdoc

@@ -6,7 +6,9 @@ model_sync is a simple gem for pushing changes to one of your rails models to an
 	  model_sync :sync_to => :student,
 	             :relationship => { :student_id => :s_stno },
 	             :mappings => { :forename => :s_forename },
-							 :mapping_block => Proc.new { |master, slave| slave.update_attribute(:s_sex, master.gender ? master.gender.code : nil) }
+	             :mapping_block => Proc.new do |master, slave|
+	                                 slave.update_attribute(:s_sex, master.gender ? master.gender.code : nil)
+	                               end
 	end
 	
 Assuming we have a Student model, the above code will add an after_save callback to the User model which will push changes to the forename value into the s_forename value of Student. The correct Student instance is found using the :relationship hash - student_id in User must equal s_stno in Student.
@@ -23,6 +25,16 @@ Once a user books a course and becomes a student as well we've got a user and a
 
 The model_sync gem will do all the syncing for me in a totally transparent way.
 
+== Installation
+
+If you've not already added github as a source for gem then do so:
+
+	gem sources -a http://gems.github.com
+
+Now you can install the gem:
+
+	sudo gem install antonjenkins-model_sync
+
 == Limitations
 
 Currently the changes are pushed over with an after_save hook using update_attribute on the :sync_to model. This bypasses validations and any failures on update_attribute are currently not handled.

data/Rakefile

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ require 'rubygems'
 require 'rake'
 require 'echoe'
 
-Echoe.new('model_sync', '0.1.1') do |p|
+Echoe.new('model_sync', '0.1.2') do |p|
   p.description    = "Sync changes to an ActiveRecord model to another model"
   p.url            = "http://github.com/antonjenkins/model_sync"
   p.author         = "Anton Jenkins"

data/lib/model_sync.rb

@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ module ModelSync
     def sync_changes
       # If we can find a slave instance...
       if slave_instance = find_slave_instance
-        # ... then update all the attributes which we've mapped
+        # ...then update all the attributes which we've mapped
         self.class.mappings.each do |source, dest|
           slave_instance.update_attribute(dest, self.read_attribute(source))
         end
@@ -35,8 +35,11 @@ module ModelSync
 
 private
     def find_slave_instance
+      # return nil if we don't have a value for the foreign key
+      return nil unless foreign_key_value = self.read_attribute(self.class.relationship.keys.first)
+      # find the instance of the slave class using the relationship hash
       self.class.slave_model_class.find(:first, 
-                                        :conditions => "#{self.class.relationship.values.first.to_s} = #{self.read_attribute(self.class.relationship.keys.first)}")
+                                        :conditions => "#{self.class.relationship.values.first.to_s} = #{foreign_key_value}")
     end
   end
 end

data/model_sync.gemspec

@@ -2,11 +2,11 @@
 
 Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.name = %q{model_sync}
-  s.version = "0.1.1"
+  s.version = "0.1.2"
 
   s.required_rubygems_version = Gem::Requirement.new(">= 1.2") if s.respond_to? :required_rubygems_version=
   s.authors = ["Anton Jenkins"]
-  s.date = %q{2009-07-02}
+  s.date = %q{2009-07-06}
   s.description = %q{Sync changes to an ActiveRecord model to another model}
   s.email = %q{info@pixellatedvisions.com}
   s.extra_rdoc_files = ["lib/model_sync.rb", "README.rdoc"]

metadata

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 --- !ruby/object:Gem::Specification 
 name: antonjenkins-model_sync
 version: !ruby/object:Gem::Version 
-  version: 0.1.1
+  version: 0.1.2
 platform: ruby
 authors: 
 - Anton Jenkins
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ autorequire:
 bindir: bin
 cert_chain: []
 
-date: 2009-07-02 00:00:00 -07:00
+date: 2009-07-06 00:00:00 -07:00
 default_executable: 
 dependencies: []