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m<span style="color: #990000">.</span>migration_template <span style="color: #FF0000">'migration:migration.rb'</span><span style="color: #990000">,</span> <span style="color: #FF0000">"db/migrate"</span><span style="color: #990000">,</span> <span style="color: #FF0000">{</span><span style="color: #990000">:</span>assigns <span style="color: #990000">=></span> yaffle_local_assigns<span style="color: #990000">,</span>
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<span style="color: #990000">:</span>migration_file_name <span style="color: #990000">=></span> <span style="color: #FF0000">"add_yaffle_fields_to_#{custom_file_name}"</span>
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<span style="color: #FF0000">}</span>
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<span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #0000FF">end</span></span>
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<span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #0000FF">end</span></span>
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<span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #0000FF">def</span></span> custom_file_name
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custom_name <span style="color: #990000">=</span> class_name<span style="color: #990000">.</span>underscore<span style="color: #990000">.</span>downcase
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custom_name <span style="color: #990000">=</span> custom_name<span style="color: #990000">.</span>pluralize <span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #0000FF">if</span></span> ActiveRecord<span style="color: #990000">::</span>Base<span style="color: #990000">.</span>pluralize_table_names
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<span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #0000FF">end</span></span>
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<span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #0000FF">def</span></span> yaffle_local_assigns
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returning<span style="color: #990000">(</span>assigns <span style="color: #990000">=</span> <span style="color: #FF0000">{}</span><span style="color: #990000">)</span> <span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #0000FF">do</span></span>
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assigns<span style="color: #990000">[:</span>migration_action<span style="color: #990000">]</span> <span style="color: #990000">=</span> <span style="color: #FF0000">"add"</span>
|
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assigns<span style="color: #990000">[:</span>class_name<span style="color: #990000">]</span> <span style="color: #990000">=</span> <span style="color: #FF0000">"add_yaffle_fields_to_#{custom_file_name}"</span>
|
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assigns<span style="color: #990000">[:</span>table_name<span style="color: #990000">]</span> <span style="color: #990000">=</span> custom_file_name
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assigns<span style="color: #990000">[:</span>attributes<span style="color: #990000">]</span> <span style="color: #990000">=</span> <span style="color: #990000">[</span>Rails<span style="color: #990000">::</span>Generator<span style="color: #990000">::</span>GeneratedAttribute<span style="color: #990000">.</span>new<span style="color: #990000">(</span><span style="color: #FF0000">"last_squawk"</span><span style="color: #990000">,</span> <span style="color: #FF0000">"string"</span><span style="color: #990000">)]</span>
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<span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #0000FF">end</span></span>
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<span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #0000FF">end</span></span>
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<span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #0000FF">end</span></span>
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</tt></pre></div></div>
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<div class="para"><p>The generator creates a new file in <em>db/migrate</em> with a timestamp and an <em>add_column</em> statement. It reuses the built in rails <tt>migration_template</tt> method, and reuses the built-in rails migration template.</p></div>
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<div class="para"><p>It's courteous to check to see if table names are being pluralized whenever you create a generator that needs to be aware of table names. This way people using your generator won't have to manually change the generated files if they've turned pluralization off.</p></div>
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<h3 id="_manually_test_the_generator">4.3. Manually test the generator</h3>
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<div class="para"><p>To run the generator, type the following at the command line:</p></div>
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<div class="listingblock">
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<div class="content">
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<pre><tt>./script/generate yaffle bird</tt></pre>
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</div></div>
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<div class="para"><p>and you will see a new file:</p></div>
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<div class="para"><p><strong>db/migrate/20080529225649_add_yaffle_fields_to_birds.rb</strong></p></div>
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<div class="listingblock">
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<div class="content"><!-- Generator: GNU source-highlight 2.9
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by Lorenzo Bettini
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http://www.lorenzobettini.it
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http://www.gnu.org/software/src-highlite -->
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<pre><tt><span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #0000FF">class</span></span> AddYaffleFieldsToBirds <span style="color: #990000"><</span> ActiveRecord<span style="color: #990000">::</span>Migration
|
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<span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #0000FF">def</span></span> <span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #0000FF">self</span></span><span style="color: #990000">.</span>up
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add_column <span style="color: #990000">:</span>birds<span style="color: #990000">,</span> <span style="color: #990000">:</span>last_squawk<span style="color: #990000">,</span> <span style="color: #990000">:</span>string
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<span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #0000FF">end</span></span>
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<span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #0000FF">def</span></span> <span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #0000FF">self</span></span><span style="color: #990000">.</span>down
|
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remove_column <span style="color: #990000">:</span>birds<span style="color: #990000">,</span> <span style="color: #990000">:</span>last_squawk
|
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<span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #0000FF">end</span></span>
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<span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #0000FF">end</span></span>
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|
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</tt></pre></div></div>
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|
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<h3 id="_the_usage_file">4.4. The USAGE file</h3>
|
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|
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<div class="para"><p>Rails ships with several built-in generators. You can see all of the generators available to you by typing the following at the command line:</p></div>
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|
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<div class="listingblock">
|
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<div class="content">
|
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|
-
<pre><tt>script/generate</tt></pre>
|
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|
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</div></div>
|
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|
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<div class="para"><p>You should see something like this:</p></div>
|
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|
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<div class="listingblock">
|
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|
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<div class="content">
|
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|
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<pre><tt>Installed Generators
|
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|
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Plugins (vendor/plugins): yaffle
|
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|
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Builtin: controller, integration_test, mailer, migration, model, observer, plugin, resource, scaffold, session_migration</tt></pre>
|
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|
-
</div></div>
|
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|
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<div class="para"><p>When you run <tt>script/generate yaffle</tt> you should see the contents of your <em>vendor/plugins/yaffle/generators/yaffle/USAGE</em> file.</p></div>
|
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|
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<div class="para"><p>For this plugin, update the USAGE file looks like this:</p></div>
|
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|
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<div class="listingblock">
|
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|
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<div class="content">
|
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|
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<pre><tt>Description:
|
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|
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Creates a migration that adds yaffle squawk fields to the given model
|
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|
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|
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|
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Example:
|
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|
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./script/generate yaffle hickwall
|
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|
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|
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|
-
This will create:
|
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|
-
db/migrate/TIMESTAMP_add_yaffle_fields_to_hickwall</tt></pre>
|
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|
-
</div></div>
|
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|
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</div>
|
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|
-
<h2 id="_add_a_custom_generator_command">5. Add a custom generator command</h2>
|
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|
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<div class="sectionbody">
|
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|
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<div class="para"><p>You may have noticed above that you can used one of the built-in rails migration commands <tt>migration_template</tt>. If your plugin needs to add and remove lines of text from existing files you will need to write your own generator methods.</p></div>
|
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|
-
<div class="para"><p>This section describes how you you can create your own commands to add and remove a line of text from <em>routes.rb</em>. This example creates a very simple method that adds or removes a text file.</p></div>
|
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|
-
<div class="para"><p>To start, add the following test method:</p></div>
|
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|
-
<div class="para"><p><strong>vendor/plugins/yaffle/test/generator_test.rb</strong></p></div>
|
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|
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<div class="listingblock">
|
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|
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<div class="content"><!-- Generator: GNU source-highlight 2.9
|
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|
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by Lorenzo Bettini
|
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|
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http://www.lorenzobettini.it
|
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|
-
http://www.gnu.org/software/src-highlite -->
|
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|
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<pre><tt><span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #0000FF">def</span></span> test_generates_definition
|
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|
-
Rails<span style="color: #990000">::</span>Generator<span style="color: #990000">::</span>Scripts<span style="color: #990000">::</span>Generate<span style="color: #990000">.</span>new<span style="color: #990000">.</span>run<span style="color: #990000">([</span><span style="color: #FF0000">"yaffle"</span><span style="color: #990000">,</span> <span style="color: #FF0000">"bird"</span><span style="color: #990000">],</span> <span style="color: #990000">:</span>destination <span style="color: #990000">=></span> fake_rails_root<span style="color: #990000">)</span>
|
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|
-
definition <span style="color: #990000">=</span> File<span style="color: #990000">.</span>read<span style="color: #990000">(</span>File<span style="color: #990000">.</span>join<span style="color: #990000">(</span>fake_rails_root<span style="color: #990000">,</span> <span style="color: #FF0000">"definition.txt"</span><span style="color: #990000">))</span>
|
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|
-
assert_match <span style="color: #FF6600">/Yaffle\:/</span><span style="color: #990000">,</span> definition
|
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|
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<span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #0000FF">end</span></span>
|
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|
-
</tt></pre></div></div>
|
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|
-
<div class="para"><p>Run <tt>rake</tt> to watch the test fail, then make the test pass add the following:</p></div>
|
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|
-
<div class="para"><p><strong>vendor/plugins/yaffle/generators/yaffle/templates/definition.txt</strong></p></div>
|
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<div class="listingblock">
|
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<div class="content">
|
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|
-
<pre><tt>Yaffle: A bird</tt></pre>
|
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|
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</div></div>
|
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|
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<div class="para"><p><strong>vendor/plugins/yaffle/lib/yaffle.rb</strong></p></div>
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<div class="listingblock">
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|
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<div class="content"><!-- Generator: GNU source-highlight 2.9
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by Lorenzo Bettini
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http://www.lorenzobettini.it
|
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|
-
http://www.gnu.org/software/src-highlite -->
|
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|
-
<pre><tt><span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #000080">require</span></span> <span style="color: #FF0000">"yaffle/commands"</span>
|
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|
-
</tt></pre></div></div>
|
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|
-
<div class="para"><p><strong>vendor/plugins/yaffle/lib/commands.rb</strong></p></div>
|
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<div class="listingblock">
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<div class="content"><!-- Generator: GNU source-highlight 2.9
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|
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by Lorenzo Bettini
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|
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|
-
http://www.gnu.org/software/src-highlite -->
|
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|
-
<pre><tt><span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #000080">require</span></span> <span style="color: #FF0000">'rails_generator'</span>
|
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|
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<span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #000080">require</span></span> <span style="color: #FF0000">'rails_generator/commands'</span>
|
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|
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|
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|
-
<span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #0000FF">module</span></span> Yaffle <span style="font-style: italic"><span style="color: #9A1900">#:nodoc:</span></span>
|
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|
-
<span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #0000FF">module</span></span> Generator <span style="font-style: italic"><span style="color: #9A1900">#:nodoc:</span></span>
|
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|
-
<span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #0000FF">module</span></span> Commands <span style="font-style: italic"><span style="color: #9A1900">#:nodoc:</span></span>
|
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|
-
<span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #0000FF">module</span></span> Create
|
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|
-
<span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #0000FF">def</span></span> yaffle_definition
|
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|
-
file<span style="color: #990000">(</span><span style="color: #FF0000">"definition.txt"</span><span style="color: #990000">,</span> <span style="color: #FF0000">"definition.txt"</span><span style="color: #990000">)</span>
|
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|
-
<span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #0000FF">end</span></span>
|
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|
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<span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #0000FF">end</span></span>
|
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|
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|
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|
-
<span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #0000FF">module</span></span> Destroy
|
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|
-
<span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #0000FF">def</span></span> yaffle_definition
|
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|
-
file<span style="color: #990000">(</span><span style="color: #FF0000">"definition.txt"</span><span style="color: #990000">,</span> <span style="color: #FF0000">"definition.txt"</span><span style="color: #990000">)</span>
|
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|
-
<span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #0000FF">end</span></span>
|
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|
-
<span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #0000FF">end</span></span>
|
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|
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|
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|
-
<span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #0000FF">module</span></span> List
|
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|
-
<span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #0000FF">def</span></span> yaffle_definition
|
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|
-
file<span style="color: #990000">(</span><span style="color: #FF0000">"definition.txt"</span><span style="color: #990000">,</span> <span style="color: #FF0000">"definition.txt"</span><span style="color: #990000">)</span>
|
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|
-
<span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #0000FF">end</span></span>
|
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|
-
<span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #0000FF">end</span></span>
|
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|
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|
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|
-
<span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #0000FF">module</span></span> Update
|
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|
-
<span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #0000FF">def</span></span> yaffle_definition
|
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|
-
file<span style="color: #990000">(</span><span style="color: #FF0000">"definition.txt"</span><span style="color: #990000">,</span> <span style="color: #FF0000">"definition.txt"</span><span style="color: #990000">)</span>
|
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<span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #0000FF">end</span></span>
|
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|
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<span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #0000FF">end</span></span>
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<span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #0000FF">end</span></span>
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<span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #0000FF">end</span></span>
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<span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #0000FF">end</span></span>
|
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|
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|
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Rails<span style="color: #990000">::</span>Generator<span style="color: #990000">::</span>Commands<span style="color: #990000">::</span>Create<span style="color: #990000">.</span>send <span style="color: #990000">:</span><span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #0000FF">include</span></span><span style="color: #990000">,</span> Yaffle<span style="color: #990000">::</span>Generator<span style="color: #990000">::</span>Commands<span style="color: #990000">::</span>Create
|
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|
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Rails<span style="color: #990000">::</span>Generator<span style="color: #990000">::</span>Commands<span style="color: #990000">::</span>Destroy<span style="color: #990000">.</span>send <span style="color: #990000">:</span><span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #0000FF">include</span></span><span style="color: #990000">,</span> Yaffle<span style="color: #990000">::</span>Generator<span style="color: #990000">::</span>Commands<span style="color: #990000">::</span>Destroy
|
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Rails<span style="color: #990000">::</span>Generator<span style="color: #990000">::</span>Commands<span style="color: #990000">::</span>List<span style="color: #990000">.</span>send <span style="color: #990000">:</span><span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #0000FF">include</span></span><span style="color: #990000">,</span> Yaffle<span style="color: #990000">::</span>Generator<span style="color: #990000">::</span>Commands<span style="color: #990000">::</span>List
|
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Rails<span style="color: #990000">::</span>Generator<span style="color: #990000">::</span>Commands<span style="color: #990000">::</span>Update<span style="color: #990000">.</span>send <span style="color: #990000">:</span><span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #0000FF">include</span></span><span style="color: #990000">,</span> Yaffle<span style="color: #990000">::</span>Generator<span style="color: #990000">::</span>Commands<span style="color: #990000">::</span>Update
|
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|
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</tt></pre></div></div>
|
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|
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<div class="para"><p>Finally, call your new method in the manifest:</p></div>
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<div class="para"><p><strong>vendor/plugins/yaffle/generators/yaffle/yaffle_generator.rb</strong></p></div>
|
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<div class="listingblock">
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<div class="content"><!-- Generator: GNU source-highlight 2.9
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by Lorenzo Bettini
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http://www.lorenzobettini.it
|
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-
http://www.gnu.org/software/src-highlite -->
|
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<pre><tt><span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #0000FF">class</span></span> YaffleGenerator <span style="color: #990000"><</span> Rails<span style="color: #990000">::</span>Generator<span style="color: #990000">::</span>NamedBase
|
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|
-
<span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #0000FF">def</span></span> manifest
|
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|
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<span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #0000FF">end</span></span>
|
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-
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|
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|
-
</tt></pre></div></div>
|
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</div>
|
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|
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<h2 id="_add_a_model">6. Add a model</h2>
|
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<div class="sectionbody">
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|
-
<div class="para"><p>This section describes how to add a model named <em>Woodpecker</em> to your plugin that will behave the same as a model in your main app. When storing models, controllers, views and helpers in your plugin, it's customary to keep them in directories that match the rails directories. For this example, create a file structure like this:</p></div>
|
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|
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<div class="listingblock">
|
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|
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<div class="content">
|
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|
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<pre><tt>vendor/plugins/yaffle/
|
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|
-
|-- lib
|
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-
| |-- app
|
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|
-
| | |-- controllers
|
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|
-
| | |-- helpers
|
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|
-
| | |-- models
|
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|
-
| | | `-- woodpecker.rb
|
1211
|
-
| | `-- views
|
1212
|
-
| |-- yaffle
|
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|
-
| | |-- acts_as_yaffle.rb
|
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|
-
| | |-- commands.rb
|
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|
-
| | `-- core_ext.rb
|
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|
-
| `-- yaffle.rb</tt></pre>
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|
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</div></div>
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<h3 id="_store_plugins_in_alternate_locations">10.3. Store plugins in alternate locations</h3>
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