mail_merge 0.0.4 → 0.0.5

data/README.rdoc

@@ -5,9 +5,15 @@ Mail Merge Gem
 Parses a string and replaces specified merge fields with the evaluated result:
 
 [Usage]
-* MailMerge.merge(content, options = {}, merge_fields = [], delimeter = "::")
+* MailMerge.merge(content, options = {}, merge_fields = [], delimeter = "::", allow_dynamic = false)
 
 [Examples]
+* content = "Welcome to ::site.name::, ::user.full_name::!"
 * merged_content = MailMerge.merge(content, {:site => @site, :user => @user}, ['::site.name::', '::user.full_name::']) # Basic example
 * merged_content = MailMerge.merge(content, {:site => @site, :user => @user}) # This will evaluate any merge fields that start with 'site' or 'user'
 * merged_content = MailMerge.merge(content, {:site => @site, :user => @user}, ['~~site.name~~', '~~user.full_name~~'], "~~") # Using your own delimeter
+
+
+* content = "Welcome, ::[user-1].full_name::!"
+  merged_content = MailMerge.merge(:content => content, :allow_dynamic => true) # This will call find on any fields wrapped in [] (Ex. User.find(1).full_name)
+  # output: "Welcome, Andrew Wiggin!"

data/lib/mail_merge.rb

@@ -4,16 +4,16 @@ module MailMerge
   # will search text_block.content and find all instances of ::user.[method]::
   # and ::site.[method]:: and send the [method] to the associated object
   # Chaining works as well (ex. ::site.organization.name:: yields 'TST Media')
-  def self.merge(content, options = {}, merge_fields = [], delimeter = "::")
+  # Supports finding of objects with this syntax: ::[user-1].full_name:: (calls User.find(1).full_name)
+  # - requires allow_dynamic flag to be true
+  def self.merge(content, options = {}, merge_fields = [], delimeter = "::", allow_dynamic = false)
     merged = content
     options.keys.each do |key|
       obj = options[key]
       merged = merged.gsub(/#{delimeter}#{key.to_s}\.[\w|\.]*#{delimeter}/) do |s|
         if merge_fields.empty? or merge_fields.include?(s)
           begin
-            res = s[/\..*\w/][/\w.*/].split('.').collect{|m| obj = obj.send(m)}.last
-            obj = options[key]
-            res
+            call_methods(s, obj)
           rescue
             s
           end
@@ -22,7 +22,27 @@ module MailMerge
         end
       end
     end
+    if allow_dynamic
+      objects = {}
+      merged = merged.gsub(/#{delimeter}\[?\w*(-\d*)?\]?\.[\w|\.]*#{delimeter}/) do |s|
+        x = s[/\[?\w*-\d*\]/].delete('[]')
+        begin
+        unless objects[x]
+          class_name, id = x.split('-')
+          objects[x] = class_name.camelize.constantize.find(id)
+        end
+        call_methods(s, objects[x])
+        rescue
+          s
+        end
+      end
+    end
     merged
   end
   
+  private
+  def self.call_methods(s, obj)
+    s[/\..*\w/][/\w.*/].split('.').collect{|m| obj = obj.send(m)}.last
+  end
+  
 end

data/lib/mail_merge/version.rb

@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 module MailMerge
-  VERSION = "0.0.4"
+  VERSION = "0.0.5"
 end

metadata

@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 --- !ruby/object:Gem::Specification 
 name: mail_merge
 version: !ruby/object:Gem::Version 
-  hash: 23
+  hash: 21
   prerelease: 
   segments: 
   - 0
   - 0
-  - 4
-  version: 0.0.4
+  - 5
+  version: 0.0.5
 platform: ruby
 authors: 
 - Ian Ehlert
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ autorequire:
 bindir: bin
 cert_chain: []
 
-date: 2011-05-12 00:00:00 -05:00
+date: 2011-07-13 00:00:00 -05:00
 default_executable: 
 dependencies: []