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+ Copyright 2007-2013 Joseph Khoobyar
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+
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+ Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining
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+ a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the
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+ "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including
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+ without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish,
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+ distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to
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+ permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to
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+ the following conditions:
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+
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+ The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be
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+ included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
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+ THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND,
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+ EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF
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+ MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND
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+ NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE
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+ OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION
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+ WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
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+ = CustomAssociations
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+
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+ This is a quick rewrite of a very old (ActiveRecord 1.2.x) plugin of mine.
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+
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+ It allows you to define associations based on joins and conditions, instead of keys.
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+
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+ Future versions of this plugin will provide a better DSL, and greater flexibility.
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+
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+ NOTE: Only tested with ActiveRecord 3.2.13.
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+ NOTE: Preloading is disabled for custom associations - eager-loading will be used instead.
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+
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+ == Brief example
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+
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+ NOTE: The +rescue+ hack below is just a quick way of showing what is possible with this plugin. Future versions will support a unified syntax.
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+
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+ class Customer
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+
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+ has_many_custom :addresses,
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+ :joins=>['INNER JOIN customer_addresses ON customer_addresses.address_id = addresses.id'],
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+ :conditions=>proc{ {:'customer_addresses.customer_number'=>(customer_number rescue Customer.arel_table[:customer_number])} }
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+
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+ has_one_custom :address,
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+ :joins=>['INNER JOIN customer_addresses ON customer_addresses.address_id = addresses.id'],
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+ :conditions=>proc{ {:'customer_addresses.customer_number'=>(customer_number rescue Customer.arel_table[:customer_number])} }
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+
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+ end
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+ #!/usr/bin/env rake
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+ begin
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+ require 'bundler/setup'
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+ rescue LoadError
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+ puts 'You must `gem install bundler` and `bundle install` to run rake tasks'
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+ end
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+
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+ Bundler::GemHelper.install_tasks
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+
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+ Dir[File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), 'tasks/**/*.rake')].each {|f| load f }
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+
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+ require 'rspec/core'
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+ require 'rspec/core/rake_task'
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+
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+ desc "Run all specs in spec directory (excluding plugin specs)"
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+ RSpec::Core::RakeTask.new(:spec)
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+
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+ task :default => :spec
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+
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+ begin
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+ require 'rdoc/task'
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+ rescue LoadError
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+ require 'rdoc/rdoc'
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+ require 'rake/rdoctask'
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+ RDoc::Task = Rake::RDocTask
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+ end
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+
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+ RDoc::Task.new(:rdoc) do |rdoc|
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+ rdoc.rdoc_dir = 'rdoc'
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+ rdoc.title = 'CustomAssociations'
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+ rdoc.options << '--line-numbers'
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+ rdoc.rdoc_files.include('README.rdoc')
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+ rdoc.rdoc_files.include('lib/**/*.rb')
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+ end
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+
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+ require 'active_record'
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+ require 'active_record/base'
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+ require 'active_support/concern'
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+ require 'custom_associations/version'
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+
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+ module CustomAssociations
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+
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+ # Builders for the DSL.
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+ module Builder
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+
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+ class CustomizableAssociation < ActiveRecord::Associations::Builder::Association
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+ self.valid_options -= [ :foreign_key, :validate ]
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+ self.valid_options += [ :as, :table_name, :joins, :order, :group, :having, :limit, :offset, :inverse_of ]
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+
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+ private
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+
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+ # Ensure that the association is readonly.
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+ def define_writers
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+ mixin.remove_possible_method("#{name}=")
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+ end
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+ end
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+
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+ class HasOneCustom < CustomizableAssociation
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+ self.macro = :has_one_custom
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+ end
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+
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+ class HasManyCustom < CustomizableAssociation
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+ self.macro = :has_many_custom
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+
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+ self.valid_options += [ :finder_sql, :counter_sql ]
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+
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+ attr_reader :block_extension
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+
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+ def self.build(model, name, options, &extension)
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+ new(model, name, options, &extension).build
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+ end
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+
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+ def initialize(model, name, options, &extension)
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+ super(model, name, options)
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+ @block_extension = extension
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+ end
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+
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+ def build
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+ wrap_block_extension
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+ super
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+ end
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+
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+ private
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+
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+ def wrap_block_extension
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+ options[:extend] = Array.wrap(options[:extend])
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+
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+ if block_extension
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+ silence_warnings do
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+ model.parent.const_set(extension_module_name, Module.new(&block_extension))
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+ end
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+ options[:extend].push("#{model.parent}::#{extension_module_name}".constantize)
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+ end
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+ end
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+
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+ def extension_module_name
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+ @extension_module_name ||= "#{model.to_s.demodulize}#{name.to_s.camelize}AssociationExtension"
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+ end
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+
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+ def define_readers
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+ super
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+
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+ name = self.name
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+ mixin.redefine_method("#{name.to_s.singularize}_ids") do
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+ association(name).ids_reader
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+ end
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+ end
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+ end
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+ end
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+
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+ # Customizable associations
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+ module Associations
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+
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+ # Extensions to support custom associations.
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+ module JoinAssociation
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+ extend ActiveSupport::Concern
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+
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+ included do
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+ alias_method_chain :build_constraint, :custom
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+ alias_method_chain :join_to, :custom
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+ end
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+
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+ # HACK: Dummy constraint node for integrating custom associations with ActiveRecord.
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+ DummyConstraint = Object.new.tap{|o| def o.and(conditions) conditions end }.freeze
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+
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+ # Overridden to support custom associations.
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+ def build_constraint_with_custom(reflection, table, key, foreign_table, foreign_key)
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+ case reflection.source_macro
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+ when :has_one_custom, :has_many_custom
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+ return DummyConstraint unless reflection.klass.finder_needs_type_condition?
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+ reflection.klass.send(:type_condition, table)
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+ else
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+ build_constraint_without_custom(reflection, table, key, foreign_table, foreign_key)
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+ end
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+ end
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+
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+ # Overridden to support custom associations.
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+ def join_to_with_custom(relation)
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+ case reflection.source_macro
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+ when :has_one_custom, :has_many_custom
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+ Array.wrap(reflection.options[:joins]).each do |join|
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+ next if join.blank? or ! join.is_a?(String)
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+ if join !~ /^\s*(?:(?:LEFT|RIGHT|INNER|OUTER|STRAIGHT)\s+)+JOIN\s+/ism
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+ join = "#{join_type==Arel::OuterJoin ? 'LEFT OUTER' : 'INNER'} JOIN #{join}"
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+ elsif join_type==Arel::OuterJoin
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+ join = join.sub(/^\s*(?:LEFT\s+)?INNER\b/,'LEFT OUTER')
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+ end
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+ relation.join(Arel.sql(join))
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+ end
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+ end
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+ join_to_without_custom(relation)
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+ end
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+
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+ end
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+
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+ # Extensions to support custom associations.
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+ module JoinDependency
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+ extend ActiveSupport::Concern
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+
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+ included do
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+ alias_method_chain :construct_association, :custom
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+ end
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+
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+ protected
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+
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+ # Overridden to support custom associations.
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+ def construct_association_with_custom(record, join_part, row)
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+ return if record.id.to_s != join_part.parent.record_id(row).to_s
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+
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+ macro = join_part.reflection.macro
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+ if macro == :has_one_custom
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+ if record.association_cache.key?(join_part.reflection.name)
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+ association = record.association(join_part.reflection.name).target
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+ else
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+ association = join_part.instantiate(row) unless row[join_part.aliased_primary_key].nil?
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+ set_target_and_inverse(join_part, association, record)
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+ end
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+ elsif macro == :has_many_custom
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+ association = join_part.instantiate(row) unless row[join_part.aliased_primary_key].nil?
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+ other = record.association(join_part.reflection.name)
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+ other.loaded!
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+ other.target.push(association) if association
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+ other.set_inverse_instance(association)
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+ else
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+ associaton = construct_association_without_custom(record, join_part, row)
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+ end
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+ association
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+ end
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+ end
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+
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+ # Gutted to support associations without explicit keys.
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+ class CustomizableAssociationScope < ActiveRecord::Associations::AssociationScope
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+
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+ private
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+
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+ # Overridden to remove chain support.
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+ def add_constraints(scope)
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+ table, foreign_table = construct_tables
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+
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+ if reflection.type
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+ scope = scope.where(table[reflection.type].eq(owner.class.base_class.name))
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+ end
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+
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+ conditions.first.each do |condition|
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+ scope = scope.where(interpolate(condition))
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+ end
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+
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+ scope
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+ end
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+
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+ end
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+
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+ module CustomizableAssociation
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+
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+ # Undefine all mutator methods.
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+ def self.included(base)
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+ [ :writer, :ids_writer, :set_owner_attributes, :add_to_target, :set_new_record,
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+ :replace, :replace_records, :callback, :callbacks_for,
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+ :build, :build_record, :create_scope, :creation_attributes,
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+ :create, :create!, :concat, :create_record, :insert_record, :concat_records,
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+ :delete_all, :delete_all_on_destroy, :destroy_all, :delete, :destroy,
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+ :delete_or_destroy, :remove_records, :delete_records
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+ ].each do |name|
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+ begin undef_method name
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+ rescue NameError
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+ end
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+ end
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+ end
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+
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+ # Overridden to always return true.
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+ def foreign_key_present?
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+ true
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+ end
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+
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+ # Overridden to use CustomizableAssociationScope.
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+ def association_scope
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+ @association_scope ||= CustomizableAssociationScope.new(self).scope if klass
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+ end
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+ end
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+
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+ # Patterned after belongs_to and has_one associations in AR.
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+ class HasOneCustomAssociation < ActiveRecord::Associations::SingularAssociation
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+ include CustomizableAssociation
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+ end
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+
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+ # Patterned after has_many associations in AR.
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+ class HasManyCustomAssociation < ActiveRecord::Associations::CollectionAssociation
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+ include CustomizableAssociation
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+
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+ private
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+ # Copied from ActiveRecord::Associations::HasManyAssociation
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+ def count_records
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+ count = if options[:counter_sql] || options[:finder_sql]
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+ reflection.klass.count_by_sql(custom_counter_sql)
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+ else
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+ scoped.count
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+ end
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+
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+ # If there's nothing in the database and @target has no new records
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+ # we are certain the current target is an empty array. This is a
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+ # documented side-effect of the method that may avoid an extra SELECT.
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+ @target ||= [] and loaded! if count == 0
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+ [options[:limit], count].compact.min
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+ end
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+ end
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+
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+ end
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+
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+ # Reflection for custom associations.
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+ class Reflection < ActiveRecord::Reflection::AssociationReflection
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+ def initialize(macro, name, options, active_record)
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+ super
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+ @collection = (macro==:has_many_custom)
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+ end
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+
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+ def association_class
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+ case macro
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+ when :has_one_custom
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+ Associations::HasOneCustomAssociation
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+ when :has_many_custom
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+ Associations::HasManyCustomAssociation
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+ end
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+ end
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+ end
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+ # Relation extensions to disable preloading for custom associations.
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+ module Relation
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+ extend ActiveSupport::Concern
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+
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+ included do
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+ alias_method_chain :eager_loading?, :custom
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+ end
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+
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+ def eager_loading_with_custom?
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+ @should_eager_load ||= eager_loading_without_custom? || ! supports_preloading?
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+ end
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+
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+ private
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+ def supports_preloading?(klass=@klass, includes=@includes_values)
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+ includes.all? do |(a,b)|
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+ a = klass.reflections[a.to_sym]
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+ a && ! a.is_a?(Reflection) && (! b.present? || supports_preloading?(a.klass, Array.wrap(b)))
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+ end
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+ end
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+ end
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+
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+ # Extensions to support custom associations.
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+ module Core
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+ extend ActiveSupport::Concern
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+ module ClassMethods
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+ # DSL method
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+ def has_one_custom(name, options = {}, &extension)
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+ Builder::HasOneCustom.build(self, name, options, &extension)
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+ end
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+
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+ # DSL method
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+ def has_many_custom(name, options = {}, &extension)
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+ Builder::HasManyCustom.build(self, name, options, &extension)
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+ end
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+ def create_reflection(macro, name, options, active_record)
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+ case macro
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+ when :has_one_custom, :has_many_custom
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+ reflection = CustomAssociations::Reflection.new(macro, name, options, active_record)
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+ self.reflections = self.reflections.merge(name => reflection)
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+ reflection
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+ else
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+ super
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+ end
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+ end
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+ end
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+ end
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+ def self.initialize!
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+ ::ActiveRecord::Base.send :include, Core
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+ ::ActiveRecord::Relation.send :include, Relation
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+ ::ActiveRecord::Associations::JoinDependency.send :include, Associations::JoinDependency
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+ ::ActiveRecord::Associations::JoinDependency::JoinAssociation.send :include, Associations::JoinAssociation
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+ end
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+ end
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+ ActiveSupport.on_load(:active_record) do
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+ CustomAssociations.initialize!
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+ end
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+ module CustomAssociations
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+ VERSION = "0.1.0.pre"
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+ end
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+ == Welcome to Rails
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+ Rails is a web-application framework that includes everything needed to create
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+ database-backed web applications according to the Model-View-Control pattern.
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+ This pattern splits the view (also called the presentation) into "dumb"
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+ templates that are primarily responsible for inserting pre-built data in between
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+ HTML tags. The model contains the "smart" domain objects (such as Account,
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+ Product, Person, Post) that holds all the business logic and knows how to
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+ persist themselves to a database. The controller handles the incoming requests
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+ (such as Save New Account, Update Product, Show Post) by manipulating the model
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+ and directing data to the view.
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+ In Rails, the model is handled by what's called an object-relational mapping
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+ layer entitled Active Record. This layer allows you to present the data from
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+ database rows as objects and embellish these data objects with business logic
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+ methods. You can read more about Active Record in
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+ link:files/vendor/rails/activerecord/README.html.
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+ The controller and view are handled by the Action Pack, which handles both
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+ layers by its two parts: Action View and Action Controller. These two layers
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+ are bundled in a single package due to their heavy interdependence. This is
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+ unlike the relationship between the Active Record and Action Pack that is much
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+ more separate. Each of these packages can be used independently outside of
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+ Rails. You can read more about Action Pack in
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+ link:files/vendor/rails/actionpack/README.html.
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+
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+
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+ == Getting Started
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+
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+ 1. At the command prompt, create a new Rails application:
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+ <tt>rails new myapp</tt> (where <tt>myapp</tt> is the application name)
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+ 2. Change directory to <tt>myapp</tt> and start the web server:
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+ <tt>cd myapp; rails server</tt> (run with --help for options)
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+ 3. Go to http://localhost:3000/ and you'll see:
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+ "Welcome aboard: You're riding Ruby on Rails!"
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+ 4. Follow the guidelines to start developing your application. You can find
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+ the following resources handy:
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+ * The Getting Started Guide: http://guides.rubyonrails.org/getting_started.html
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+ * Ruby on Rails Tutorial Book: http://www.railstutorial.org/
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+
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+
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+ == Debugging Rails
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+ Sometimes your application goes wrong. Fortunately there are a lot of tools that
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+ will help you debug it and get it back on the rails.
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+ First area to check is the application log files. Have "tail -f" commands
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+ running on the server.log and development.log. Rails will automatically display
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+ debugging and runtime information to these files. Debugging info will also be
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+ shown in the browser on requests from 127.0.0.1.
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+ You can also log your own messages directly into the log file from your code
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+ using the Ruby logger class from inside your controllers. Example:
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+ class WeblogController < ActionController::Base
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+ def destroy
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+ @weblog = Weblog.find(params[:id])
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+ @weblog.destroy
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+ logger.info("#{Time.now} Destroyed Weblog ID ##{@weblog.id}!")
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+ end
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+ end
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+ More information on how to use the logger is at http://www.ruby-doc.org/core/
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+ Also, Ruby documentation can be found at http://www.ruby-lang.org/. There are
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+ several books available online as well:
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+ * Programming Ruby: http://www.ruby-doc.org/docs/ProgrammingRuby/ (Pickaxe)
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+ * Learn to Program: http://pine.fm/LearnToProgram/ (a beginners guide)
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+ These two books will bring you up to speed on the Ruby language and also on
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+ programming in general.
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+
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+
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+ == Debugger
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+
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+ Debugger support is available through the debugger command when you start your
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+ Mongrel or WEBrick server with --debugger. This means that you can break out of
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+ execution at any point in the code, investigate and change the model, and then,
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+ resume execution! You need to install ruby-debug to run the server in debugging
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+ mode. With gems, use <tt>sudo gem install ruby-debug</tt>. Example:
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+
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+ class WeblogController < ActionController::Base
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+ def index
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+ @posts = Post.all
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+ debugger
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+ end
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+ end
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+
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+ So the controller will accept the action, run the first line, then present you
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+ with a IRB prompt in the server window. Here you can do things like:
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+
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+ >> @posts.inspect
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+ => "[#<Post:0x14a6be8
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+ @attributes={"title"=>nil, "body"=>nil, "id"=>"1"}>,
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+ #<Post:0x14a6620
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+ @attributes={"title"=>"Rails", "body"=>"Only ten..", "id"=>"2"}>]"
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+ >> @posts.first.title = "hello from a debugger"
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+ => "hello from a debugger"
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+
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+ ...and even better, you can examine how your runtime objects actually work:
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+
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+ >> f = @posts.first
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+ => #<Post:0x13630c4 @attributes={"title"=>nil, "body"=>nil, "id"=>"1"}>
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+ >> f.
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+ Display all 152 possibilities? (y or n)
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+ Finally, when you're ready to resume execution, you can enter "cont".
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+ == Console
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+
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+ The console is a Ruby shell, which allows you to interact with your
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+ application's domain model. Here you'll have all parts of the application
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+ configured, just like it is when the application is running. You can inspect
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+ domain models, change values, and save to the database. Starting the script
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+ without arguments will launch it in the development environment.
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+ To start the console, run <tt>rails console</tt> from the application
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+ directory.
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+ Options:
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+ * Passing the <tt>-s, --sandbox</tt> argument will rollback any modifications
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+ made to the database.
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+ * Passing an environment name as an argument will load the corresponding
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+ environment. Example: <tt>rails console production</tt>.
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+ To reload your controllers and models after launching the console run
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+ <tt>reload!</tt>
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+ More information about irb can be found at:
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+ link:http://www.rubycentral.org/pickaxe/irb.html
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+ == dbconsole
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+ You can go to the command line of your database directly through <tt>rails
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+ dbconsole</tt>. You would be connected to the database with the credentials
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+ defined in database.yml. Starting the script without arguments will connect you
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+ to the development database. Passing an argument will connect you to a different
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+ database, like <tt>rails dbconsole production</tt>. Currently works for MySQL,
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+ PostgreSQL and SQLite 3.
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+
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+ == Description of Contents
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+ The default directory structure of a generated Ruby on Rails application:
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+ |-- app
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+ | |-- assets
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+ | | |-- images
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+ | | |-- javascripts
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+ | | `-- stylesheets
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+ | |-- controllers
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+ | |-- helpers
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+ | |-- mailers
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+ | |-- models
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+ | `-- views
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+ | `-- layouts
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+ |-- config
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+ | |-- environments
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+ | |-- initializers
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+ | `-- locales
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+ |-- db
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+ |-- doc
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+ |-- lib
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+ | |-- assets
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+ | `-- tasks
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+ |-- log
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+ |-- public
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+ |-- script
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+ |-- test
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+ | |-- fixtures
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+ | |-- functional
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+ | |-- integration
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+ | |-- performance
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+ | `-- unit
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+ |-- tmp
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+ | `-- cache
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+ | `-- assets
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+ `-- vendor
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+ |-- assets
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+ | |-- javascripts
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+ | `-- stylesheets
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+ `-- plugins
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+
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+ app
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+ Holds all the code that's specific to this particular application.
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+ app/assets
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+ Contains subdirectories for images, stylesheets, and JavaScript files.
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+ app/controllers
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+ Holds controllers that should be named like weblogs_controller.rb for
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+ automated URL mapping. All controllers should descend from
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+ ApplicationController which itself descends from ActionController::Base.
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+ app/models
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+ Holds models that should be named like post.rb. Models descend from
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+ ActiveRecord::Base by default.
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+ app/views
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+ Holds the template files for the view that should be named like
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+ weblogs/index.html.erb for the WeblogsController#index action. All views use
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+ eRuby syntax by default.
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+ app/views/layouts
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+ Holds the template files for layouts to be used with views. This models the
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+ common header/footer method of wrapping views. In your views, define a layout
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+ using the <tt>layout :default</tt> and create a file named default.html.erb.
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+ Inside default.html.erb, call <% yield %> to render the view using this
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+ layout.
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+ app/helpers
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+ Holds view helpers that should be named like weblogs_helper.rb. These are
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+ generated for you automatically when using generators for controllers.
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+ Helpers can be used to wrap functionality for your views into methods.
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+ config
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+ Configuration files for the Rails environment, the routing map, the database,
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+ and other dependencies.
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+ db
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+ Contains the database schema in schema.rb. db/migrate contains all the
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+ sequence of Migrations for your schema.
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+ doc
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+ This directory is where your application documentation will be stored when
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+ generated using <tt>rake doc:app</tt>
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+ lib
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+ Application specific libraries. Basically, any kind of custom code that
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+ doesn't belong under controllers, models, or helpers. This directory is in
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+ the load path.
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+ public
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+ The directory available for the web server. Also contains the dispatchers and the
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+ default HTML files. This should be set as the DOCUMENT_ROOT of your web
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+ server.
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+ script
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+ Helper scripts for automation and generation.
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+ test
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+ Unit and functional tests along with fixtures. When using the rails generate
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+ command, template test files will be generated for you and placed in this
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+ directory.
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+ vendor
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+ External libraries that the application depends on. Also includes the plugins
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+ subdirectory. If the app has frozen rails, those gems also go here, under
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+ vendor/rails/. This directory is in the load path.