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  7. data/lib/median.rb +33 -0
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  16. data/lib/median/aleph/utils.rb +82 -0
  17. data/lib/median/primo.rb +9 -0
  18. data/lib/median/primo/facet.rb +27 -0
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  20. data/lib/median/primo/search.rb +32 -0
  21. data/lib/median/primo/search_request.rb +218 -0
  22. data/lib/median/primo/search_result.rb +64 -0
  23. data/lib/median/version.rb +3 -0
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+ module Median::Primo
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+ module Search
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+
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+ def search(search_request)
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+ raise "the given parameter is not a valid search request" unless search_request.is_a?(SearchRequest)
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+
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+ # Build the client
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+ wsdl_url = "#{Median.config.primo_base_url}/PrimoWebServices/services/searcher?wsdl"
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+ wsdl_filename = File.join(Rails.root, 'tmp', 'cache', 'primo.wsdl.xml')
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+ unless File.exists?(wsdl_filename)
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+ File.open(wsdl_filename, 'wb') { |f| open(wsdl_url) { |u| f.write(u.read) } }
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+ end
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+ client = Savon::Client.new do |wsdl, http|
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+ wsdl.document = wsdl_filename
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+ end
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+
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+ # Execute a search request
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+ begin
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+ response = client.request(:search_brief) do |soap|
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+ soap.body = {:query => search_request.to_xml.root.to_s}
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+ end
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+ rescue Exception => e
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+ raise Median::ConnectionError.new(e)
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+ end
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+
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+ # Let's get the payload in XML and build the search result
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+ payload = Nokogiri::XML(response.to_xml).content
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+ SearchResult.new(payload, search_request)
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+ end
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+
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+ end
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+ end
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+ class Median::Primo::SearchRequest
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+
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+ PRECISION_OPTIONS = {contains: 'contains', exact: 'exact', begins_with: 'begins_with'}
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+
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+ def initialize(request_params)
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+ # set search term
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+ self.search_term = request_params[:q]
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+ # set the index field
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+ self.index_field = request_params[:if]
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+ # set the precision
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+ self.precision = request_params[:po]
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+ # page and page size
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+ self.page = request_params[:p]
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+ self.page_size = request_params[:ps]
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+ # set facets
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+ self.facets = request_params[:f]
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+ # doc id in case we do a fullview search
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+ # for a single record
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+ self.doc_id = request_params[:id]
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+ # search scope
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+ self.scope = request_params[:scope]
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+ end
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+
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+ # search term
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+ attr_writer :search_term
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+ def search_term
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+ @search_term || doc_id
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+ end
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+
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+ # index field
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+ attr_writer :index_field
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+ def index_field
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+ @index_field || 'any'
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+ end
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+
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+ # precision
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+ def precision=(value)
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+ @precision = PRECISION_OPTIONS[value.to_sym] if value.present?
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+ end
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+
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+ def precision
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+ @precision || PRECISION_OPTIONS[:contains]
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+ end
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+
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+ # page
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+ def page=(value)
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+ @page = value.to_i if value.to_i > 0
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+ end
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+
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+ def page
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+ @page || 1
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+ end
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+
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+ # page size
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+ def page_size=(value)
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+ @page_size = value.to_i if value.to_i > 0
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+ end
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+
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+ def page_size
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+ @page_size || 25
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+ end
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+
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+ # start index
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+ def start_index
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+ ((page - 1) * page_size) + 1
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+ end
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+
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+ # doc id
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+ def doc_id=(value)
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+ @doc_id = value
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+ end
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+
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+ def doc_id
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+ @doc_id
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+ end
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+
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+ # search scope
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+ attr_writer :scope
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+ def scope
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+ @scope || 'default'
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+ end
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+
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+ # Facets
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+ def facets=(value)
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+ @facets = []
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+ value.each do |facet_name, facet_values|
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+ facet_values.each do |facet_value|
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+ # create the facet struct
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+ facet = OpenStruct.new
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+ facet.name = facet_name
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+ facet.value = facet_value
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+ @facets << facet
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+ end if facet_name and facet_values and facet_values.is_a?(Array)
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+ end if value and value.is_a?(Hash)
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+ end
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+
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+ def facets
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+ @facets || []
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+ end
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+
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+ def include_facet?(name)
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+ facets.each do |f|
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+ return true if f.name.downcase == name.downcase
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+ end if name.present?
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+ false
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+ end
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+
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+ # utils
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+
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+ def to_xml
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+ @doc_id.present? ? fullview_request_xml : search_request_xml
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+ end
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+
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+ #def to_s
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+ # to_xml
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+ #end
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+
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+ private
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+
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+ def search_request_xml
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+ Nokogiri::XML <<-xml
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+ <searchRequest
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+ xmlns="http://www.exlibris.com/primo/xsd/wsRequest"
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+ xmlns:uic="http://www.exlibris.com/primo/xsd/primoview/uicomponents">
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+ #{common_request_xml}
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+ </searchRequest>
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+ xml
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+ end
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+
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+ def fullview_request_xml
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+ # BUG: The result of the fullview request does not include LINKS and GETIT
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+ # information. So we use a normal search request with the recordid.
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+
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+ @precision = PRECISION_OPTIONS[:exact]
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+ Nokogiri::XML <<-xml
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+ <searchRequest
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+ xmlns="http://www.exlibris.com/primo/xsd/wsRequest"
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+ xmlns:uic="http://www.exlibris.com/primo/xsd/primoview/uicomponents">
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+ #{common_request_xml}
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+ </searchRequest>
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+ xml
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+
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+ #Nokogiri::XML <<-xml
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+ # <fullViewRequest
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+ # xmlns="http://www.exlibris.com/primo/xsd/wsRequest"
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+ # xmlns:uic="http://www.exlibris.com/primo/xsd/primoview/uicomponents">
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+ # #{common_request_xml}
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+ # <docId>#{doc_id}</docId>
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+ # </fullViewRequest>
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+ #xml
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+ end
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+
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+ def common_request_xml
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+ <<-xml
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+ <PrimoSearchRequest
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+ xmlns="http://www.exlibris.com/primo/xsd/search/request">
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+ <QueryTerms>
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+ <BoolOpeator>AND</BoolOpeator>
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+ <QueryTerm>
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+ <IndexField>#{index_field}</IndexField>
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+ <PrecisionOperator>#{precision}</PrecisionOperator>
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+ <Value>#{search_term}</Value>
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+ </QueryTerm>
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+ #{facets_xml}
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+ </QueryTerms>
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+ <StartIndex>#{start_index}</StartIndex>
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+ <BulkSize>#{page_size}</BulkSize>
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+ <DidUMeanEnabled>false</DidUMeanEnabled>
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+ <HighlightingEnabled>false</HighlightingEnabled>
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+ <Languages>
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+ <Language>ger</Language>
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+ <Language>eng</Language>
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+ </Languages>
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+ <SortByList>
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+ <SortField>rank</SortField>
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+ </SortByList>
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+ #{scopes_xml}
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+ </PrimoSearchRequest>
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+ <institution>PAD</institution>
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+ <group>GUEST</group>
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+ <onCampus>true</onCampus>
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+ xml
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+ end
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+
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+ def facets_xml
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+ facets.collect do |facet|
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+ name = facet.name
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+ value = facet.value
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+ # tweek creationdate facet values as the api requires intervals
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+ value = "[#{value} TO #{value}]" if name == 'creationdate'
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+
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+ <<-xml
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+ <QueryTerm>
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+ <IndexField>facet_#{name}</IndexField>
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+ <PrecisionOperator>exact</PrecisionOperator>
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+ <Value>#{value}</Value>
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+ </QueryTerm>
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+ xml
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+ end.join('')
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+ end
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+
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+ def scopes_xml
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+ if self.scope == 'catalog'
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+ return <<-xml
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+ <Locations>
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+ <uic:Location type="local" value="scope:(PAD_ALEPH_MM)"/>
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+ </Locations>
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+ xml
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+ else
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+ return <<-xml
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+ <Locations>
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+ <uic:Location type="local" value="scope:(PAD_ALEPH_MM)"/>
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+ <uic:Location type="adaptor" value="primo_central_multiple_fe" />
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+ </Locations>
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+ xml
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+ end
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+ end
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+ end
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+ class Median::Primo::SearchResult
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+ include Median::XmlSupport
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+
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+ field :first_hit, :xpath => './/DOCSET', :attribute => 'FIRSTHIT', :process => proc{ |v| v.to_i }, :default => 0
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+ field :last_hit, :xpath => './/DOCSET', :attribute => 'LASTHIT', :process => proc{ |v| v.to_i }, :default => 0
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+ field :total_hits, :xpath => './/DOCSET', :attribute => 'TOTALHITS', :process => proc{ |v| v.to_i }, :default => 0
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+
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+ def initialize(xml, search_request)
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+ raise "XML result required. Given parameter was nil." unless xml.present?
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+ raise "Request required. Given parameter was nil." unless search_request.present?
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+
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+ xml = Nokogiri::XML(xml) if xml.is_a?(String)
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+ xml.remove_namespaces!
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+ super(xml)
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+
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+ @xml = xml
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+ @records = xml.xpath("//DOCSET/DOC").collect { |xml| Median::Primo::Record.new(xml) }
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+ @facets = xml.xpath("//FACETLIST//FACET").collect { |xml| Median::Primo::Facet.new(xml) }
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+ @search_request = search_request
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+ end
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+
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+ attr_accessor :records, :facets, :search_request
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+
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+ def to_xml
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+ @xml
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+ end
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+
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+ def number_of_pages
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+ (total_hits / search_request.page_size) + 1
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+ end
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+
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+ def has_next_page?
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+ search_request.page < number_of_pages
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+ end
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+
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+ def has_previous_page?
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+ search_request.page > 1
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+ end
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+
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+ def next_page
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+ has_next_page? ? search_request.page + 1 : number_of_pages
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+ end
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+
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+ def previous_page
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+ has_previous_page? ? search_request.page - 1 : 1
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+ end
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+
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+ protected
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+
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+ # show only configured facets in the configured order
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+ #def filter_facets(facets)
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+ # configured_facets_names = Primo.config.facets
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+ # return facets if configured_facets_names.blank?
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+ #
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+ # new_facets = []
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+ # configured_facets_names.each do |facet_name|
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+ # facets.each do |facet|
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+ # new_facets << facet if facet.name == facet_name
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+ # end
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+ # end
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+ # new_facets
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+ #end
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+
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+ end
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+ module Median
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+ VERSION = "0.0.1"
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+ end
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+ module Median::XmlSupport
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+
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+ def initialize(xml)
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+ fields = self.class.fields
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+
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+ fields.each do |name, options|
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+ xpath = options[:xpath]
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+ wants_attribute = options[:attribute] || false
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+ multiple = options[:multiple] || false
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+ autosplit = options[:autosplit] || false
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+ process = options[:process] || false
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+ default = options[:default] || false
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+
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+ raise "xpath option is missing" unless xpath
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+ raise "boolean required for option 'multiple'" unless !!multiple == multiple
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+
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+ set_field_value(name, default) if default.present?
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+ set_field_value(name, []) if multiple
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+
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+ nodes = xml.xpath(options[:xpath])
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+ nodes.each do |node|
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+ if wants_attribute
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+ value = setup_value_for_field(node.attribute(wants_attribute).try(:value), process, default, autosplit)
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+ set_field_value(name, value)
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+ break;
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+ else
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+ if multiple
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+ values = get_field_value(name) || []
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+
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+ value = setup_value_for_field(node.content, process, default, autosplit)
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+ if value
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+ if value.is_a?(Array)
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+ values = values + value
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+ else
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+ values << value
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+ end
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+ end
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+
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+ set_field_value(name, values)
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+ else
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+ value = setup_value_for_field(node.content, process, default, autosplit)
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+ set_field_value(name, value)
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+ break;
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+ end
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+ end
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+ end if nodes.present?
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+ end if fields.present?
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+ end
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+
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+ private
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+
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+ def setup_value_for_field(value, process, default, autosplit)
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+ new_value = value
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+ if process.present?
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+ if process.is_a?(Symbol) or process.is_a?(String)
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+ new_value = send(process.to_sym, new_value)
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+ else
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+ new_value = process.call(new_value)
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+ end
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+ end
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+
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+ if autosplit.present? and autosplit.is_a?(String)
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+ temp = new_value.is_a?(Array) ? new_value : [new_value]
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+ new_value = temp.map{|v| v.split(autosplit).map{|v| v.strip}}.flatten.compact
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+ end
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+
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+ new_value
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+ end
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+
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+ def set_field_value(name, value)
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+ self.instance_variable_set("@#{name.to_s}".to_sym, value)
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+ end
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+
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+ def get_field_value(name)
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+ self.instance_variable_get("@#{name.to_s}".to_sym)
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+ end
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+
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+ def self.included(base)
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+ base.extend(ClassMethods)
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+ end
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+
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+ module ClassMethods
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+ def field(name, options = {}, &block)
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+ attr_accessor name.to_sym
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+ cattr_accessor :fields
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+ self.fields ||= {}
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+ self.fields[name.to_sym] = options
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+ end
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+ end
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+
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+ end
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+ # desc "Explaining what the task does"
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+ # task :median do
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+ # # Task goes here
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+ # end
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+ # -*- encoding: utf-8 -*-
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+ $:.push File.expand_path("../lib", __FILE__)
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+ require "median/version"
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+
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+ Gem::Specification.new do |gem|
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+ gem.authors = ["René Sprotte"]
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+ gem.email = ["r.sprotte@ub.uni-paderborn.de"]
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+ gem.description = %q{Median is a simple Ruby API wrapper for the Library System Aleph and the Discovery Tool Primo.}
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+ gem.summary = %q{A simple Ruby API wrapper for the library system Aleph and the discovery tool Primo.}
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+ gem.homepage = "http://github.com/renspr/median"
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+
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+ gem.name = "median"
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+ gem.version = Median::VERSION
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+ gem.require_paths = ["lib"]
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+
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+ gem.files = `git ls-files`.split($\)
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+ gem.executables = gem.files.grep(%r{^bin/}).map{ |f| File.basename(f) }
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+ gem.test_files = gem.files.grep(%r{^(test|spec|features)/})
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+
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+ gem.required_ruby_version = '>= 1.9.3'
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+ gem.add_dependency('savon', '~> 0.9.9')
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+ gem.add_dependency('nokogiri', '~> 1.5.2')
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+ gem.add_dependency('activesupport', '~> 3.2.3')
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+ end
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+ == Welcome to Rails
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+
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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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+
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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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+
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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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+
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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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+
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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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+
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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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+
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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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+
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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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+
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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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+
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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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+
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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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+
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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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+
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+ The result will be a message in your log file along the lines of:
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+ Mon Oct 08 14:22:29 +1000 2007 Destroyed Weblog ID #1!
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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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+
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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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+ == 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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+
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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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+
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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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+
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+ The default directory structure of a generated Ruby on Rails application:
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+
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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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+ | `-- 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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+ | |-- pids
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+ | |-- sessions
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+ | `-- sockets
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+ `-- vendor
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+ |-- assets
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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.