file_column 0.3.2

data/CHANGELOG

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+*svn*
+    * allow for directories in file_column dirs as well
+    * use subdirs for versions instead of fiddling with filename
+    * url_for_image_column_helper for dynamic resizing of images from views
+    * new "crop" feature [Sean Treadway]
+    * url_for_file_column helper: do not require model objects to be stored in
+      instance variables
+    * allow more fined-grained control over :store_dir via callback
+      methods [Gerret Apelt]
+    * allow assignment of regular file objects
+    * validation of file format and file size [Kyle Maxwell]
+    * validation of image dimensions [Lee O'Mara]
+    * file permissions can be set via :permissions option
+    * fixed bug that prevents deleting of file via assigning nil if
+      column is declared as NON NULL on some databases
+    * don't expand absolute paths. This is necessary for file_column to work
+      when your rails app is deployed into a sub-directory via a symbolic link
+    * url_for_*_column will no longer return absolute URLs! Instead, although the
+      generated URL starts with a slash, it will be relative to your application's
+      root URL. This is so, because rails' image_tag helper will automatically
+      convert it to an absolute URL. If you need an absolute URL (e.g., to pass
+      it to link_to) use url_for_file_column's :absolute => true option.
+    * added support for file_column enabled unit tests [Manuel Holtgrewe]
+    * support for custom transformation of images [Frederik Fix]
+    * allow setting of image attributes (e.g., quality) [Frederik Fix]
+    * :magick columns can optionally ignore non-images (i.e., do not try to
+       resize them)
+
+0.3.1
+    * make object with file_columns serializable
+    * use normal require for RMagick, so that it works with gem
+      and custom install as well
+
+0.3
+    * fixed bug where empty file uploads were not recognized with some browsers
+    * fixed bug on windows when "file" utility is not present
+    * added option to disable automatic file extension correction
+    * Only allow one attribute per call to file_column, so that options only
+      apply to one argument
+    * try to detect when people forget to set the form encoding to
+      'multipart/form-data'
+    * converted to rails plugin
+    * easy integration with RMagick
+
+0.2
+    * complete rewrite using state pattern
+    * fixed sanitize filename [Michael Raidel]
+    * fixed bug when no file was uploaded [Michael Raidel]
+    * try to fix filename extensions [Michael Raidel]
+    * Feed absolute paths through File.expand_path to make them as simple as possible
+    * Make file_column_field helper work with auto-ids (e.g., "event[]")
+
+0.1.3
+    * test cases with more than 1 file_column
+    * fixed bug when file_column was called with several arguments
+    * treat empty ("") file_columns as nil
+    * support for binary files on windows
+
+0.1.2
+    * better rails integration, so that you do not have to include the modules yourself. You
+      just have to "require 'rails_file_column'" in your "config/environment.rb"
+    * Rakefile for testing and packaging
+
+0.1.1 (2005-08-11)
+    * fixed nasty bug in url_for_file_column that made it unusable on Apache
+    * prepared for public release
+    
+0.1 (2005-08-10)
+    * initial release

data/Gemfile

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+source "http://rubygems.org"
+# Add dependencies required to use your gem here.
+# Example:
+#   gem "activesupport", ">= 2.3.5"
+
+# Add dependencies to develop your gem here.
+# Include everything needed to run rake, tests, features, etc.
+group :development do
+  gem "jeweler", "~> 1.6.4"
+end

data/README

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+FEATURES
+========
+
+Let's assume an model class named Entry, where we want to define the "image" column
+as a "file_upload" column.
+
+class Entry < ActiveRecord::Base
+  file_column :image
+end
+
+* every entry can have one uploaded file, the filename will be stored in the "image" column
+
+* files will be stored in "public/entry/image/<entry.id>/filename.ext"
+
+* Newly uploaded files will be stored in "public/entry/tmp/<random>/filename.ext" so that
+  they can be reused in form redisplays (due to validation etc.)
+
+* in a view, "<%= file_column_field 'entry', 'image' %> will create a file upload field as well
+  as a hidden field to recover files uploaded before in a case of a form redisplay
+
+* in a view, "<%= url_for_file_column 'entry', 'image' %> will create an URL to access the
+  uploaded file. Note that you need an Entry object in the instance variable @entry for this
+  to work.
+
+* easy integration with RMagick to resize images and/or create thumb-nails.
+
+USAGE
+=====
+
+Just drop the whole directory into your application's "vendor/plugins" directory. Starting
+with version 1.0rc of rails, it will be automatically picked for you by rails plugin
+mechanism.
+
+DOCUMENTATION
+=============
+
+Please look at the rdoc-generated documentation in the "doc" directory.
+
+RUNNING UNITTESTS
+=================
+
+There are extensive unittests in the "test" directory. Currently, only MySQL is supported, but
+you should be able to easily fix this by looking at "connection.rb". You have to create a
+database for the tests and put the connection information into "connection.rb". The schema
+for MySQL can be found in "test/fixtures/mysql.sql".
+
+You can run the tests by starting the "*_test.rb" in the directory "test"
+
+BUGS & FEEDBACK
+===============
+
+Bug reports (as well as patches) and feedback are very welcome. Please send it to
+sebastian.kanthak@muehlheim.de
+

data/Rakefile

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+task :default => [:test]
+
+PKG_NAME = "file-column"
+PKG_VERSION = "0.3.2"
+
+PKG_DIR = "release/#{PKG_NAME}-#{PKG_VERSION}"
+
+task :clean do
+  rm_rf "release"
+end
+
+task :setup_directories do
+  mkpath "release"
+end
+
+
+task :checkout_release => :setup_directories do
+  rm_rf PKG_DIR
+  revision = ENV["REVISION"] || "HEAD"
+  sh "svn export -r #{revision} . #{PKG_DIR}"
+end
+
+task :release_docs => :checkout_release do
+  sh "cd #{PKG_DIR}; rdoc lib"
+end
+
+task :package => [:checkout_release, :release_docs] do
+  sh "cd release; tar czf #{PKG_NAME}-#{PKG_VERSION}.tar.gz #{PKG_NAME}-#{PKG_VERSION}"
+end
+
+task :test do
+  sh "cd test; ruby file_column_test.rb"
+  sh "cd test; ruby file_column_helper_test.rb"
+  sh "cd test; ruby magick_test.rb"
+  sh "cd test; ruby magick_view_only_test.rb"
+end
+
+require 'jeweler'
+Jeweler::Tasks.new do |gem|
+  # gem is a Gem::Specification... see http://docs.rubygems.org/read/chapter/20 for more options
+  gem.name = "file_column"
+  gem.homepage = "http://github.com/tekin/file_column"
+  gem.license = "MIT"
+  gem.summary = %Q{file upload and rmagick image resizing}
+  gem.description = %Q{file upload and rmagick image resizing}
+  gem.email = "sebastian.kanthak@muehlheim.de"
+  gem.authors = ["Sebastian Kanthak"]
+  # dependencies defined in Gemfile
+end
+Jeweler::RubygemsDotOrgTasks.new

data/TODO

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+* document configuration options better
+* support setting of permissions
+* validation methods for file format/size
+* delete stale files from tmp directories
+
+* ensure valid URLs are created even when deployed at sub-path (compute_public_url?)

data/VERSION

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+0.3.2

data/init.rb

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+# plugin init file for rails
+# this file will be picked up by rails automatically and
+# add the file_column extensions to rails
+
+require 'file_column'
+require 'file_compat'
+require 'file_column_helper'
+require 'validations'
+
+ActiveRecord::Base.send(:include, FileColumn)
+ActionView::Base.send(:include, FileColumnHelper)
+ActiveRecord::Base.send(:include, FileColumn::Validations)

data/lib/file_column.rb

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+require 'fileutils'
+require 'tempfile'
+require 'magick_file_column'
+
+module FileColumn # :nodoc:
+  def self.append_features(base)
+    super
+    base.extend(ClassMethods)
+  end
+
+  def self.create_state(instance,attr)
+    filename = instance[attr]
+    if filename.nil? or filename.empty?
+      NoUploadedFile.new(instance,attr)
+    else
+      PermanentUploadedFile.new(instance,attr)
+    end
+  end
+
+  def self.init_options(defaults, model, attr)
+    options = defaults.dup
+    options[:store_dir] ||= File.join(options[:root_path], model, attr)
+    unless options[:store_dir].is_a?(Symbol)
+      options[:tmp_base_dir] ||= File.join(options[:store_dir], "tmp")
+    end
+    options[:base_url] ||= options[:web_root] + File.join(model, attr)
+
+    [:store_dir, :tmp_base_dir].each do |dir_sym|
+      if options[dir_sym].is_a?(String) and !File.exists?(options[dir_sym])
+        FileUtils.mkpath(options[dir_sym])
+      end
+    end
+
+    options
+  end
+
+  class BaseUploadedFile # :nodoc:
+
+    def initialize(instance,attr)
+      @instance, @attr = instance, attr
+      @options_method = "#{attr}_options".to_sym
+    end
+
+
+    def assign(file)
+      if file.is_a? File
+        # this did not come in via a CGI request. However,
+        # assigning files directly may be useful, so we
+        # make just this file object similar enough to an uploaded
+        # file that we can handle it. 
+        file.extend FileColumn::FileCompat
+      end
+
+      if file.nil?
+        delete
+      else
+        if file.size == 0
+          # user did not submit a file, so we
+          # can simply ignore this
+          self
+        else
+          if file.is_a?(String)
+            # if file is a non-empty string it is most probably
+            # the filename and the user forgot to set the encoding
+            # to multipart/form-data. Since we would raise an exception
+            # because of the missing "original_filename" method anyways,
+            # we raise a more meaningful exception rightaway.
+            raise TypeError.new("Do not know how to handle a string with value '#{file}' that was passed to a file_column. Check if the form's encoding has been set to 'multipart/form-data'.")
+          end
+          upload(file)
+        end
+      end
+    end
+
+    def just_uploaded?
+      @just_uploaded
+    end
+
+    def on_save(&blk)
+      @on_save ||= []
+      @on_save << Proc.new
+    end
+    
+    # the following methods are overriden by sub-classes if needed
+
+    def temp_path
+      nil
+    end
+
+    def absolute_dir
+      if absolute_path then File.dirname(absolute_path) else nil end
+    end
+
+    def relative_dir
+      if relative_path then File.dirname(relative_path) else nil end
+    end
+
+    def after_save
+      @on_save.each { |blk| blk.call } if @on_save
+      self
+    end
+
+    def after_destroy
+    end
+
+    def options
+      @instance.send(@options_method)
+    end
+
+    private
+    
+    def store_dir
+      if options[:store_dir].is_a? Symbol
+        raise ArgumentError.new("'#{options[:store_dir]}' is not an instance method of class #{@instance.class.name}") unless @instance.respond_to?(options[:store_dir])
+
+        dir = File.join(options[:root_path], @instance.send(options[:store_dir]))
+        FileUtils.mkpath(dir) unless File.exists?(dir)
+        dir
+      else 
+        options[:store_dir]
+      end
+    end
+
+    def tmp_base_dir
+      if options[:tmp_base_dir]
+        options[:tmp_base_dir] 
+      else
+        dir = File.join(store_dir, "tmp")
+        FileUtils.mkpath(dir) unless File.exists?(dir)
+        dir
+      end
+    end
+
+    def clone_as(klass)
+      klass.new(@instance, @attr)
+    end
+
+  end
+    
+
+  class NoUploadedFile < BaseUploadedFile # :nodoc:
+    def delete
+      # we do not have a file so deleting is easy
+      self
+    end
+
+    def upload(file)
+      # replace ourselves with a TempUploadedFile
+      temp = clone_as TempUploadedFile
+      temp.store_upload(file)
+      temp
+    end
+
+    def absolute_path(subdir=nil)
+      nil
+    end
+
+
+    def relative_path(subdir=nil)
+      nil
+    end
+
+    def assign_temp(temp_path)
+      return self if temp_path.nil? or temp_path.empty?
+      temp = clone_as TempUploadedFile
+      temp.parse_temp_path temp_path
+      temp
+    end
+  end
+
+  class RealUploadedFile < BaseUploadedFile # :nodoc:
+    def absolute_path(subdir=nil)
+      if subdir
+        File.join(@dir, subdir, @filename)
+      else
+        File.join(@dir, @filename)
+      end
+    end
+
+    def relative_path(subdir=nil)
+      if subdir
+        File.join(relative_path_prefix, subdir, @filename)
+      else
+        File.join(relative_path_prefix, @filename)
+      end
+    end
+
+    private
+
+    # regular expressions to try for identifying extensions
+    EXT_REGEXPS = [ 
+      /^(.+)\.([^.]+\.[^.]+)$/, # matches "something.tar.gz"
+      /^(.+)\.([^.]+)$/ # matches "something.jpg"
+    ]
+
+    def split_extension(filename,fallback=nil)
+      EXT_REGEXPS.each do |regexp|
+        if filename =~ regexp
+          base,ext = $1, $2
+          return [base, ext] if options[:extensions].include?(ext.downcase)
+        end
+      end
+      if fallback and filename =~ EXT_REGEXPS.last
+        return [$1, $2]
+      end
+      [filename, ""]
+    end
+    
+  end
+
+  class TempUploadedFile < RealUploadedFile # :nodoc:
+
+    def store_upload(file)
+      @tmp_dir = FileColumn.generate_temp_name
+      @dir = File.join(tmp_base_dir, @tmp_dir)      
+      FileUtils.mkdir(@dir)
+      
+      @filename = FileColumn::sanitize_filename(file.original_filename)
+      local_file_path = File.join(tmp_base_dir,@tmp_dir,@filename)
+      
+      # stored uploaded file into local_file_path
+      # If it was a Tempfile object, the temporary file will be
+      # cleaned up automatically, so we do not have to care for this
+      if file.respond_to?(:local_path) and file.local_path and File.exists?(file.local_path)
+        FileUtils.copy_file(file.local_path, local_file_path)
+      elsif file.respond_to?(:read)
+        File.open(local_file_path, "wb") { |f| f.write(file.read) }
+      else
+        raise ArgumentError.new("Do not know how to handle #{file.inspect}")
+      end
+      File.chmod(options[:permissions], local_file_path)
+      
+      if options[:fix_file_extensions]
+        # try to determine correct file extension and fix
+        # if necessary
+        content_type = get_content_type((file.content_type.chomp if file.content_type))
+        if content_type and options[:mime_extensions][content_type]
+          @filename = correct_extension(@filename,options[:mime_extensions][content_type])
+        end
+
+        new_local_file_path = File.join(tmp_base_dir,@tmp_dir,@filename)
+        File.rename(local_file_path, new_local_file_path) unless new_local_file_path == local_file_path
+        local_file_path = new_local_file_path
+      end
+      
+      @instance[@attr] = @filename
+      @just_uploaded = true
+    end
+
+
+    # tries to identify and strip the extension of filename
+    # if an regular expresion from EXT_REGEXPS matches and the
+    # downcased extension is a known extension (in options[:extensions])
+    # we'll strip this extension
+    def strip_extension(filename)
+      split_extension(filename).first
+    end
+
+    def correct_extension(filename, ext)
+      strip_extension(filename) << ".#{ext}"
+    end
+    
+    def parse_temp_path(temp_path, instance_options=nil)
+      raise ArgumentError.new("invalid format of '#{temp_path}'") unless temp_path =~ %r{^((\d+\.)+\d+)/([^/].+)$}
+      @tmp_dir, @filename = $1, FileColumn.sanitize_filename($3)
+      @dir = File.join(tmp_base_dir, @tmp_dir)
+
+      @instance[@attr] = @filename unless instance_options == :ignore_instance
+    end
+    
+    def upload(file)
+      # store new file
+      temp = clone_as TempUploadedFile
+      temp.store_upload(file)
+      
+      # delete old copy
+      delete_files
+
+      # and return new TempUploadedFile object
+      temp
+    end
+
+    def delete
+      delete_files
+      @instance[@attr] = ""
+      clone_as NoUploadedFile
+    end
+
+    def assign_temp(temp_path)
+      return self if temp_path.nil? or temp_path.empty?
+      # we can ignore this since we've already received a newly uploaded file
+
+      # however, we delete the old temporary files
+      temp = clone_as TempUploadedFile
+      temp.parse_temp_path(temp_path, :ignore_instance)
+      temp.delete_files
+
+      self
+    end
+
+    def temp_path
+      File.join(@tmp_dir, @filename)
+    end
+
+    def after_save
+      super
+
+      # we have a newly uploaded image, move it to the correct location
+      file = clone_as PermanentUploadedFile
+      file.move_from(File.join(tmp_base_dir, @tmp_dir), @just_uploaded)
+
+      # delete temporary files
+      delete_files
+
+      # replace with the new PermanentUploadedFile object
+      file
+    end
+
+    def delete_files
+      FileUtils.rm_rf(File.join(tmp_base_dir, @tmp_dir))
+    end
+
+    def get_content_type(fallback=nil)
+      if options[:file_exec]
+        begin
+          content_type = `#{options[:file_exec]} -bi "#{File.join(@dir,@filename)}"`.chomp
+          content_type = fallback unless $?.success?
+          content_type.gsub!(/;.+$/,"") if content_type
+          content_type
+        rescue
+          fallback
+        end
+      else
+        fallback
+      end
+    end
+
+    private
+
+    def relative_path_prefix
+      File.join("tmp", @tmp_dir)
+    end
+  end
+
+  
+  class PermanentUploadedFile < RealUploadedFile # :nodoc:
+    def initialize(*args)
+      super *args
+      @dir = File.join(store_dir, relative_path_prefix)
+      @filename = @instance[@attr]
+      @filename = nil if @filename.empty?
+			FileUtils.mkpath(File.dirname(@dir)) unless File.exists?(File.dirname(@dir))
+    end
+
+    def move_from(local_dir, just_uploaded)
+      # remove old permament dir first
+      # this creates a short moment, where neither the old nor
+      # the new files exist but we can't do much about this as
+      # filesystems aren't transactional.
+      FileUtils.rm_rf @dir
+
+      FileUtils.mv local_dir, @dir
+
+      @just_uploaded = just_uploaded
+    end
+
+    def upload(file)
+      temp = clone_as TempUploadedFile
+      temp.store_upload(file)
+      temp
+    end
+
+    def delete
+      file = clone_as NoUploadedFile
+      @instance[@attr] = ""
+      file.on_save { delete_files }
+      file
+    end
+
+    def assign_temp(temp_path)
+      return nil if temp_path.nil? or temp_path.empty?
+
+      temp = clone_as TempUploadedFile
+      temp.parse_temp_path(temp_path)
+      temp
+    end
+
+    def after_destroy
+      delete_files
+    end
+
+    def delete_files
+      FileUtils.rm_rf @dir
+    end
+
+    private
+    
+    def relative_path_prefix
+      raise RuntimeError.new("Trying to access file_column, but primary key got lost.") if @instance.id.to_s.empty?
+      File.join(*("%08d" % @instance.id).scan(/..../))
+    end
+  end
+    
+  # The FileColumn module allows you to easily handle file uploads. You can designate
+  # one or more columns of your model's table as "file columns" like this:
+  #
+  #   class Entry < ActiveRecord::Base
+  #
+  #     file_column :image
+  #   end
+  #
+  # Now, by default, an uploaded file "test.png" for an entry object with primary key 42 will
+  # be stored in in "public/entry/image/42/test.png". The filename "test.png" will be stored
+  # in the record's "image" column. The "entries" table should have a +VARCHAR+ column
+  # named "image".
+  #
+  # The methods of this module are automatically included into <tt>ActiveRecord::Base</tt>
+  # as class methods, so that you can use them in your models.
+  #
+  # == Generated Methods
+  #
+  # After calling "<tt>file_column :image</tt>" as in the example above, a number of instance methods
+  # will automatically be generated, all prefixed by "image":
+  #
+  # * <tt>Entry#image=(uploaded_file)</tt>: this will handle a newly uploaded file
+  #   (see below). Note that
+  #   you can simply call your upload field "entry[image]" in your view (or use the
+  #   helper).
+  # * <tt>Entry#image(subdir=nil)</tt>: This will return an absolute path (as a
+  #   string) to the currently uploaded file
+  #   or nil if no file has been uploaded
+  # * <tt>Entry#image_relative_path(subdir=nil)</tt>: This will return a path relative to
+  #   this file column's base directory
+  #   as a string or nil if no file has been uploaded. This would be "42/test.png" in the example.
+  # * <tt>Entry#image_just_uploaded?</tt>: Returns true if a new file has been uploaded to this instance.
+  #   You can use this in your code to perform certain actions (e. g., validation,
+  #   custom post-processing) only on newly uploaded files.
+  #
+  # You can access the raw value of the "image" column (which will contain the filename) via the
+  # <tt>ActiveRecord::Base#attributes</tt> or <tt>ActiveRecord::Base#[]</tt> methods like this:
+  #
+  #   entry['image']    # e.g."test.png"
+  #
+  # == Storage of uploaded files
+  #
+  # For a model class +Entry+ and a column +image+, all files will be stored under
+  # "public/entry/image". A sub-directory named after the primary key of the object will
+  # be created, so that files can be stored using their real filename. For example, a file
+  # "test.png" stored in an Entry object with id 42 will be stored in
+  #
+  #   public/entry/image/42/test.png
+  #
+  # Files will be moved to this location in an +after_save+ callback. They will be stored in
+  # a temporary location previously as explained in the next section.
+  #
+  # By default, files will be created with unix permissions of <tt>0644</tt> (i. e., owner has
+  # read/write access, group and others only have read access). You can customize
+  # this by passing the desired mode as a <tt>:permissions</tt> options. The value
+  # you give here is passed directly to <tt>File::chmod</tt>, so on Unix you should
+  # give some octal value like 0644, for example.
+  #
+  # == Handling of form redisplay
+  #
+  # Suppose you have a form for creating a new object where the user can upload an image. The form may
+  # have to be re-displayed because of validation errors. The uploaded file has to be stored somewhere so
+  # that the user does not have to upload it again. FileColumn will store these in a temporary directory
+  # (called "tmp" and located under the column's base directory by default) so that it can be moved to
+  # the final location if the object is successfully created. If the form is never completed, though, you
+  # can easily remove all the images in this "tmp" directory once per day or so.
+  #
+  # So in the example above, the image "test.png" would first be stored in 
+  # "public/entry/image/tmp/<some_random_key>/test.png" and be moved to
+  # "public/entry/image/<primary_key>/test.png".
+  #
+  # This temporary location of newly uploaded files has another advantage when updating objects. If the
+  # update fails for some reasons (e.g. due to validations), the existing image will not be overwritten, so
+  # it has a kind of "transactional behaviour".
+  #
+  # == Additional Files and Directories
+  #
+  # FileColumn allows you to keep more than one file in a directory and will move/delete
+  # all the files and directories it finds in a model object's directory when necessary.
+  #
+  # As a convenience you can access files stored in sub-directories via the +subdir+
+  # parameter if they have the same filename.
+  #
+  # Suppose your uploaded file is named "vancouver.jpg" and you want to create a
+  # thumb-nail and store it in the "thumb" directory. If you call
+  # <tt>image("thumb")</tt>, you
+  # will receive an absolute path for the file "thumb/vancouver.jpg" in the same
+  # directory "vancouver.jpg" is stored. Look at the documentation of FileColumn::Magick
+  # for more examples and how to create these thumb-nails automatically.
+  #
+  # == File Extensions
+  #
+  # FileColumn will try to fix the file extension of uploaded files, so that
+  # the files are served with the correct mime-type by your web-server. Most
+  # web-servers are setting the mime-type based on the file's extension. You
+  # can disable this behaviour by passing the <tt>:fix_file_extensions</tt> option
+  # with a value of +nil+ to +file_column+.
+  #
+  # In order to set the correct extension, FileColumn tries to determine
+  # the files mime-type first. It then uses the +MIME_EXTENSIONS+ hash to
+  # choose the corresponding file extension. You can override this hash
+  # by passing in a <tt>:mime_extensions</tt> option to +file_column+.
+  #
+  # The mime-type of the uploaded file is determined with the following steps:
+  #
+  # 1. Run the external "file" utility. You can specify the full path to
+  #    the executable in the <tt>:file_exec</tt> option or set this option
+  #    to +nil+ to disable this step
+  #
+  # 2. If the file utility couldn't determine the mime-type or the utility was not
+  #    present, the content-type provided by the user's browser is used
+  #    as a fallback.
+  #
+  # == Custom Storage Directories
+  #
+  # FileColumn's storage location is determined in the following way. All
+  # files are saved below the so-called "root_path" directory, which defaults to
+  # "RAILS_ROOT/public". For every file_column, you can set a separte "store_dir"
+  # option. It defaults to "model_name/attribute_name".
+  # 
+  # Files will always be stored in sub-directories of the store_dir path. The
+  # subdirectory is named after the instance's +id+ attribute for a saved model,
+  # or "tmp/<randomkey>" for unsaved models.
+  #
+  # You can specify a custom root_path by setting the <tt>:root_path</tt> option.
+  # 
+  # You can specify a custom storage_dir by setting the <tt>:storage_dir</tt> option.
+  #
+  # For setting a static storage_dir that doesn't change with respect to a particular
+  # instance, you assign <tt>:storage_dir</tt> a String representing a directory
+  # as an absolute path.
+  #
+  # If you need more fine-grained control over the storage directory, you
+  # can use the name of a callback-method as a symbol for the
+  # <tt>:store_dir</tt> option. This method has to be defined as an
+  # instance method in your model. It will be called without any arguments
+  # whenever the storage directory for an uploaded file is needed. It should return
+  # a String representing a directory relativeo to root_path.
+  #
+  # Uploaded files for unsaved models objects will be stored in a temporary
+  # directory. By default this directory will be a "tmp" directory in
+  # your <tt>:store_dir</tt>. You can override this via the
+  # <tt>:tmp_base_dir</tt> option.
+  module ClassMethods
+
+    # default mapping of mime-types to file extensions. FileColumn will try to
+    # rename a file to the correct extension if it detects a known mime-type
+    MIME_EXTENSIONS = {
+      "image/gif" => "gif",
+      "image/jpeg" => "jpg",
+      "image/pjpeg" => "jpg",
+      "image/x-png" => "png",
+      "image/jpg" => "jpg",
+      "image/png" => "png",
+      "application/x-shockwave-flash" => "swf",
+      "application/pdf" => "pdf",
+      "application/pgp-signature" => "sig",
+      "application/futuresplash" => "spl",
+      "application/msword" => "doc",
+      "application/postscript" => "ps",
+      "application/x-bittorrent" => "torrent",
+      "application/x-dvi" => "dvi",
+      "application/x-gzip" => "gz",
+      "application/x-ns-proxy-autoconfig" => "pac",
+      "application/x-shockwave-flash" => "swf",
+      "application/x-tgz" => "tar.gz",
+      "application/x-tar" => "tar",
+      "application/zip" => "zip",
+      "audio/mpeg" => "mp3",
+      "audio/x-mpegurl" => "m3u",
+      "audio/x-ms-wma" => "wma",
+      "audio/x-ms-wax" => "wax",
+      "audio/x-wav" => "wav",
+      "image/x-xbitmap" => "xbm",             
+      "image/x-xpixmap" => "xpm",             
+      "image/x-xwindowdump" => "xwd",             
+      "text/css" => "css",             
+      "text/html" => "html",                          
+      "text/javascript" => "js",
+      "text/plain" => "txt",
+      "text/xml" => "xml",
+      "video/mpeg" => "mpeg",
+      "video/quicktime" => "mov",
+      "video/x-msvideo" => "avi",
+      "video/x-ms-asf" => "asf",
+      "video/x-ms-wmv" => "wmv"
+    }
+
+    EXTENSIONS = Set.new MIME_EXTENSIONS.values
+    EXTENSIONS.merge %w(jpeg)
+
+    # default options. You can override these with +file_column+'s +options+ parameter
+    DEFAULT_OPTIONS = {
+      :root_path => File.join(RAILS_ROOT, "public"),
+      :web_root => "",
+      :mime_extensions => MIME_EXTENSIONS,
+      :extensions => EXTENSIONS,
+      :fix_file_extensions => true,
+      :permissions => 0644,
+
+      # path to the unix "file" executbale for
+      # guessing the content-type of files
+      :file_exec => "file" 
+    }
+    
+    # handle the +attr+ attribute as a "file-upload" column, generating additional methods as explained
+    # above. You should pass the attribute's name as a symbol, like this:
+    #
+    #   file_column :image
+    #
+    # You can pass in an options hash that overrides the options
+    # in +DEFAULT_OPTIONS+.
+    def file_column(attr, options={})
+      options = DEFAULT_OPTIONS.merge(options) if options
+      
+      my_options = FileColumn::init_options(options, 
+                                            ActiveSupport::Inflector.underscore(self.name).to_s,
+                                            attr.to_s)
+      
+      state_attr = "@#{attr}_state".to_sym
+      state_method = "#{attr}_state".to_sym
+      
+      define_method state_method do
+        result = instance_variable_get state_attr
+        if result.nil?
+          result = FileColumn::create_state(self, attr.to_s)
+          instance_variable_set state_attr, result
+        end
+        result
+      end
+      
+      private state_method
+      
+      define_method attr do |*args|
+        send(state_method).absolute_path *args
+      end
+      
+      define_method "#{attr}_relative_path" do |*args|
+        send(state_method).relative_path *args
+      end
+
+      define_method "#{attr}_dir" do
+        send(state_method).absolute_dir
+      end
+
+      define_method "#{attr}_relative_dir" do
+        send(state_method).relative_dir
+      end
+
+      define_method "#{attr}=" do |file|
+        state = send(state_method).assign(file)
+        instance_variable_set state_attr, state
+        if state.options[:after_upload] and state.just_uploaded?
+          state.options[:after_upload].each do |sym|
+            self.send sym
+          end
+        end
+      end
+      
+      define_method "#{attr}_temp" do
+        send(state_method).temp_path
+      end
+      
+      define_method "#{attr}_temp=" do |temp_path|
+        instance_variable_set state_attr, send(state_method).assign_temp(temp_path)
+      end
+      
+      after_save_method = "#{attr}_after_save".to_sym
+      
+      define_method after_save_method do
+        instance_variable_set state_attr, send(state_method).after_save
+      end
+      
+      after_save after_save_method
+      
+      after_destroy_method = "#{attr}_after_destroy".to_sym
+      
+      define_method after_destroy_method do
+        send(state_method).after_destroy
+      end
+      after_destroy after_destroy_method
+      
+      define_method "#{attr}_just_uploaded?" do
+        send(state_method).just_uploaded?
+      end
+
+      # this creates a closure keeping a reference to my_options
+      # right now that's the only way we store the options. We
+      # might use a class attribute as well
+      define_method "#{attr}_options" do
+        my_options
+      end
+
+      private after_save_method, after_destroy_method
+
+      FileColumn::MagickExtension::file_column(self, attr, my_options) if options[:magick]
+    end
+    
+  end
+  
+  private
+  
+  def self.generate_temp_name
+    now = Time.now
+    "#{now.to_i}.#{now.usec}.#{Process.pid}"
+  end
+  
+  def self.sanitize_filename(filename)
+    filename = File.basename(filename.gsub("\\", "/")) # work-around for IE
+    filename.gsub!(/[^a-zA-Z0-9\.\-\+_]/,"_")
+    filename = "_#{filename}" if filename =~ /^\.+$/
+    filename = "unnamed" if filename.size == 0
+    filename
+  end
+  
+end
+
+