arusarka-dynamic-active-resource 0.1.6 → 0.1.7
This diff represents the content of publicly available package versions that have been released to one of the supported registries. The information contained in this diff is provided for informational purposes only and reflects changes between package versions as they appear in their respective public registries.
- data/README +26 -24
- metadata +1 -1
data/README
CHANGED
@@ -74,13 +74,13 @@ end
|
|
74
74
|
To do the same thing, here's how you do it using this library
|
75
75
|
|
76
76
|
class Person < DynamicActiveResource::Base
|
77
|
-
module
|
77
|
+
module DynamicClassSingletonMethods
|
78
78
|
def count
|
79
79
|
find(:all).size
|
80
80
|
end
|
81
81
|
end
|
82
82
|
|
83
|
-
module
|
83
|
+
module DynamicClassInstanceMethods
|
84
84
|
def occupation
|
85
85
|
return job if job
|
86
86
|
'Unemployed'
|
@@ -88,24 +88,26 @@ class Person < DynamicActiveResource::Base
|
|
88
88
|
end
|
89
89
|
end
|
90
90
|
|
91
|
-
The
|
92
|
-
will be available as class methods in the class of the object. Also
|
93
|
-
are sometimes paginated. So even if you use find(:all), you get
|
94
|
-
overcome this, include in your
|
95
|
-
method route it to acitve resource find with
|
96
|
-
is
|
97
|
-
|
98
|
-
|
99
|
-
|
100
|
-
|
101
|
-
|
102
|
-
|
103
|
-
|
104
|
-
|
91
|
+
The DynamicClassInstanceMethods will be available as instance methods in the objects created,
|
92
|
+
DynamicClassSingletonMethods will be available as class methods in the class of the object. Also
|
93
|
+
active resource associations are sometimes paginated. So even if you use find(:all), you get
|
94
|
+
only the first few results. To overcome this, include in your DynamicClassSingletonMethods module
|
95
|
+
a method called find_without_pagination. In that method route it to acitve resource find with
|
96
|
+
proper parameters. An example of the method implementation is
|
97
|
+
|
98
|
+
module DynamicClassSingletonMethods
|
99
|
+
def find_without_pagination(*args)
|
100
|
+
scope = args.slice!(0)
|
101
|
+
options = args.slice!(0) || {}
|
102
|
+
options[:params] ||= {}
|
103
|
+
options[:params].merge!({:page => 'all'})
|
104
|
+
# call ActiveResource::Base::find with proper options
|
105
|
+
find(scope, options)
|
106
|
+
end
|
105
107
|
end
|
106
108
|
|
107
|
-
The class level find method will automatically pick up this method if defined as a
|
108
|
-
else it will pass it to find.
|
109
|
+
The class level find method will automatically pick up this method if defined as a method in the
|
110
|
+
DynamicClassSingeletonMethod module else it will pass it to find.
|
109
111
|
|
110
112
|
ASSOCIATIONS
|
111
113
|
------------
|
@@ -121,13 +123,13 @@ Taking the example from above the way it should be done
|
|
121
123
|
class Person < DynamicActiveResource::Base
|
122
124
|
has_many :cars
|
123
125
|
|
124
|
-
module
|
126
|
+
module DynamicClassSingletonMethods
|
125
127
|
def count
|
126
128
|
find(:all).size
|
127
129
|
end
|
128
130
|
end
|
129
131
|
|
130
|
-
module
|
132
|
+
module DynamicClassInstanceMethods
|
131
133
|
def occupation
|
132
134
|
return job if job
|
133
135
|
'Unemployed'
|
@@ -141,7 +143,7 @@ end
|
|
141
143
|
|
142
144
|
Next a car class has to be initialized
|
143
145
|
|
144
|
-
class Car < DynARBase (alias for DynamicActiveResource::Base)
|
146
|
+
class Car < DynARBase (alias for DynamicActiveResource::Base, inbuilt in the gem)
|
145
147
|
end
|
146
148
|
|
147
149
|
set resource options only at the top level( Person in this case)
|
@@ -161,7 +163,7 @@ person = Person.find('asur').cars it will hit the url http://localhost:8080/peop
|
|
161
163
|
You would notice that its getting the cars for the person with name 'asur'. It does so because
|
162
164
|
in the Person class a method called resource_identifier has been defined which says that the id
|
163
165
|
is actually name instead of the database id. If the id attribute in the xml is set appropriately
|
164
|
-
(to name in this case) then you do not need to define the method.
|
166
|
+
(to 'name' in this case) then you do not need to define the method.
|
165
167
|
|
166
168
|
2) belongs_to
|
167
169
|
-------------
|
@@ -171,13 +173,13 @@ Again, referring to the example above
|
|
171
173
|
class Person < DynamicActiveResource::Base
|
172
174
|
has_many :cars
|
173
175
|
|
174
|
-
module
|
176
|
+
module DynamicClassSingletonMethods
|
175
177
|
def count
|
176
178
|
find(:all).size
|
177
179
|
end
|
178
180
|
end
|
179
181
|
|
180
|
-
module
|
182
|
+
module DynamicClassInstanceMethods
|
181
183
|
def occupation
|
182
184
|
return job if job
|
183
185
|
'Unemployed'
|