associate_by 0.0.1 → 0.1.0

data/Manifest

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-Manifest
 README.markdown
 Rakefile
 init.rb
 lib/associate_by.rb
+Manifest

data/README.markdown

@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+# associate_by
+
+This gem helps you associate two objects using a specified field.
+
+Example:
+
+    class Category < ActiveRecord::Base
+      has_many :products
+    end
+
+    class Product < ActiveRecord::Base
+      belongs_to :category
+    end
+
+You could assign a Product to a Category using the product name
+
+## Instalation
+
+### Rails 3
+
+Add the gem to your Gemfile
+
+    gem 'associate_by'
+
+Install using bundle
+
+    bundle install
+
+## Usage
+
+The parent class must have an association to the children class.
+
+Just add to your parent class the following line:
+
+    associate_by :product, :name
+
+This code will create two instance methods on the Category object, product_name and product_name=
+
+If we had the example we mentioned earlier, we're telling the gem that we want to associate the 
+Product with the Category using the Product name.
+
+Example:
+    c = Category.create(:name => "Parent")
+    p = Product.create(:name => "Child")
+    
+    c.product_name = "Child"
+    
+It will associate the Category with the Product so, 
+
+    c.products # => [p]
+

data/Rakefile

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ require 'rubygems'
 require 'rake'
 require 'echoe'
 
-Echoe.new('associate_by', '0.0.1') do |p|
+Echoe.new('associate_by', '0.1.0') do |p|
   p.description    = "Associate objects using a specific attribute"
   p.url            = "http://github.com/crowdint/associate_by"
   p.author         = "David Padilla"

data/associate_by.gemspec

@@ -2,15 +2,15 @@
 
 Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.name = %q{associate_by}
-  s.version = "0.0.1"
+  s.version = "0.1.0"
 
   s.required_rubygems_version = Gem::Requirement.new(">= 1.2") if s.respond_to? :required_rubygems_version=
   s.authors = ["David Padilla"]
-  s.date = %q{2010-07-13}
+  s.date = %q{2010-07-14}
   s.description = %q{Associate objects using a specific attribute}
   s.email = %q{david@crowdint.com}
   s.extra_rdoc_files = ["README.markdown", "lib/associate_by.rb"]
-  s.files = ["Manifest", "README.markdown", "Rakefile", "init.rb", "lib/associate_by.rb", "associate_by.gemspec"]
+  s.files = ["README.markdown", "Rakefile", "init.rb", "lib/associate_by.rb", "Manifest", "associate_by.gemspec"]
   s.homepage = %q{http://github.com/crowdint/associate_by}
   s.rdoc_options = ["--line-numbers", "--inline-source", "--title", "Associate_by", "--main", "README.markdown"]
   s.require_paths = ["lib"]

data/lib/associate_by.rb

@@ -1,24 +1,47 @@
 module AssociateBy
+
   def self.included(base)
     base.extend(ClassMethods)
   end
 
   module ClassMethods
-    def associate_by(association, method)
+    def associate_by(association, method, options = {})
+      attr_writer "#{association.to_s.singularize}_#{method}"
+
       define_method("#{association.to_s.singularize}_#{method}") do
-        ""
+        begin
+          instance_variable_get("@#{association.to_s.singularize}_#{method}") || self.send("#{association.to_s}")[method]
+        rescue
+          ""
+        end
       end
+      
+      define_method("#{association.to_s.singularize}_#{method}_create?", lambda { options[:create] || false} )
+
+      define_method("before_save_for_#{association.to_s.singularize}_#{method}") do
+        object = association.to_s.singularize.camelize.constantize.where(["#{method} = ?", self.send("#{association.to_s.singularize}_#{method}")]).first
+
+        # If the object doesn't exist and the parameter create is true, then create it
+        if object.nil? && self.send("#{association.to_s.singularize}_#{method}_create?")
+          Rails.logger.info("AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA")
+          object = association.to_s.singularize.camelize.constantize.create({"#{method}" => self.send("#{association.to_s.singularize}_#{method}")})
+        end
 
-      define_method("#{association.to_s.singularize}_#{method}=") do |value|
-        object = association.to_s.singularize.camelize.constantize.where(["#{method} = ?", value]) unless value.nil?
         if object
-          send(association) << object
+          if self.send("#{association.to_s}").is_a?(Array)
+            self.send("#{association.to_s}") << object
+          else
+            self.send("#{association.to_s.singularize}=", object)
+          end
         end
       end
+
+      before_save "before_save_for_#{association.to_s.singularize}_#{method}"
     end
   end
 end
 
+
 class ActiveRecord::Base
   include AssociateBy
 end

metadata

@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 --- !ruby/object:Gem::Specification 
 name: associate_by
 version: !ruby/object:Gem::Version 
-  hash: 29
+  hash: 27
   prerelease: false
   segments: 
   - 0
-  - 0
   - 1
-  version: 0.0.1
+  - 0
+  version: 0.1.0
 platform: ruby
 authors: 
 - David Padilla
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ autorequire:
 bindir: bin
 cert_chain: []
 
-date: 2010-07-13 00:00:00 -05:00
+date: 2010-07-14 00:00:00 -05:00
 default_executable: 
 dependencies: []
 
@@ -29,11 +29,11 @@ extra_rdoc_files:
 - README.markdown
 - lib/associate_by.rb
 files: 
-- Manifest
 - README.markdown
 - Rakefile
 - init.rb
 - lib/associate_by.rb
+- Manifest
 - associate_by.gemspec
 has_rdoc: true
 homepage: http://github.com/crowdint/associate_by