representations 0.0.1 → 0.0.2

data/README.markdown

@@ -42,3 +42,10 @@ Resource Representations
         = p.last_name.text_field
         = p.eye_color.radio_button('blue')
         = p.eye_color.radio_button_label('blue', 'Blue')
+###Extensions
+Representations can be altered. For example to add new method DefaultRepresentation create file app/representations/default_representation.rb with the content:
+module DefaultRepresentation
+  def new_method
+    some code
+  end
+end

data/Rakefile

@@ -34,12 +34,12 @@ end
 require 'spec/rake/spectask'
 Spec::Rake::SpecTask.new(:spec) do |spec|
   spec.libs << 'lib' << 'spec'
-  spec.spec_files = FileList['spec/**/*_spec.rb']
+  spec.spec_files = FileList['spec/test_application/spec/helpers/*_spec.rb']
 end
 
 Spec::Rake::SpecTask.new(:rcov) do |spec|
   spec.libs << 'lib' << 'spec'
-  spec.pattern = 'spec/**/*_spec.rb'
+  spec.pattern = 'spec/test_application/spec/helpers/*_spec.rb'
   spec.rcov = true
 end
 

data/VERSION

@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.0.1
+0.0.2

data/init.rb

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 require 'view_helpers'
 require 'representations'
 ActionView::Base.send :include, Representations::ViewHelpers
+ActiveSupport::Dependencies.load_paths << "#{RAILS_ROOT}/app/representations/"

data/lib/representations.rb

@@ -16,13 +16,19 @@ module Representations
 
     #value - object for which the representation is created 
     #template - template view
-    #name - the actuall name of the method that was called on the parent object of the object that is initialize
+    #name - the actuall name of the method that was called on the object's parent that is being initialize
     def initialize(value, template, name=nil, parent=nil)
       @value = value
       @name = name
       @template = template
       @parent = parent
-    end
+      begin #extend class if user provided file for customisation
+        self.send(:extend, "::#{self.class.to_s.demodulize}".constantize) 
+      rescue
+        puts "::#{self.class.to_s.demodulize} not defined"
+        #procced then (user did not provide file for customisation of the class)
+      end
+     end
 
     def id
       @value
@@ -31,12 +37,8 @@ module Representations
     def to_s
       ERB::Util::h(@value.to_s)
     end
-    #Call the passed block (if any) 
-    def with_block(&block)
-      yield self if block_given?
-    end
     #returns html label tag for the representation
-    def label(value, html_options = {})
+    def label(value = nil, html_options = {})
       tree = get_parents_tree
       for_attr_value = tree.join('_')
       tags = get_tags(html_options, {:for => for_attr_value})
@@ -45,7 +47,11 @@ module Representations
     end
 
     protected
-    #returns array of Represantation objects which are linked together by @parent field
+    #Call the passed block (if any) 
+    def with_block(&block)
+      yield self if block_given?
+    end
+    #Returns array of Represantation objects which are linked together by @parent field
     def get_parents_tree
       children_names = Array.new
       parent = @parent
@@ -54,9 +60,9 @@ module Representations
         children_names.push(parent.instance_variable_get(:@name))
         parent = parent.instance_variable_get(:@parent)
       end #children_names now looks something like that [name, profile, user]
-      children_names.reverse
+      children_names.reverse!
     end
-    #creates value of the html name attribute according to passed tree of objects
+    #Creates value of the html name attribute according to passed tree of objects
     def get_html_name_attribute_value(tree)
       root_name = tree.delete_at(0)
       name = Array.new
@@ -69,16 +75,19 @@ module Representations
       end
       name.unshift(root_name)
     end
-    #Returns string of merged two hashes of html options passed as an argument
+    #Returns string created by merging two hashes of html options passed as an argument
     def get_tags(user_options, base_options)
-      base_options.merge!(user_options)
-      base_options.stringify_keys!
-      base_options.map{ |key, value| %(#{key}="#{value}" ) }
+      options = base_options.merge(user_options)
+      options.stringify_keys!
+      options = options.sort
+      options.map{ |key, value| %(#{key}="#{value}" ) }
     end
   end
 
   class DefaultRepresentation < Representation
-
+    #require_dependency "#{RAILS_ROOT}/app/representations/default_representation"
+    #require "#{RAILS_ROOT}/app/representations/default_representation"
+    #include DefaultRepresentationExt
     #not tested in the view
     #Returns string with html check box tag
     def check_box(checked_value = "1", unchecked_value = "0", html_options = {})
@@ -106,6 +115,7 @@ module Representations
     end
     #Returns string with html text input tag
     def text_field(html_options = {})
+      puts "#{RAILS_ROOT}/app/representations/default_representation"
       tree = get_parents_tree
       id_attr_value = tree.join('_') 
       tags = get_tags(html_options, {:value => to_s, :id => id_attr_value, :name=>get_html_name_attribute_value(tree)})
@@ -174,7 +184,7 @@ module Representations
       #ar_user = User.new
       #ar_user.nick = 'foo'
       #user = r(ar_user) #user is now ActiveRecordRepresentation
-      #user.nick.text_field #method_missing will be called on user with method_name = 'nick' in which new method for user will be created and will be called. The newly created method will create new DefaultRepresentation with @value set to the string 'foo'. Next the text_field will be called on the newly created DefauleRepresentation
+      #user.nick.text_field #method_missing will be called on user with method_name = 'nick' in which new method for user will be created and will be called. The newly created method will create a new DefaultRepresentation with @value set to the string 'foo'. Next the text_field will be called on the newly created DefauleRepresentation
       #
       def method_missing(method_name, *args, &block)
         method = <<-EOF

data/representations.gemspec

@@ -5,11 +5,11 @@
 
 Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.name = %q{representations}
-  s.version = "0.0.1"
+  s.version = "0.0.2"
 
   s.required_rubygems_version = Gem::Requirement.new(">= 0") if s.respond_to? :required_rubygems_version=
   s.authors = ["\305\201ukasz Piestrzeniewicz", "Adam Sokolnicki"]
-  s.date = %q{2009-10-17}
+  s.date = %q{2009-10-20}
   s.description = %q{Rails helpers, including form builders are great to allow rapid development of applications and views.  
 They are procedural in nature and have hard time to adapt to complex models. They also live in a single namespace making it difficult to find which helpers apply to which models.  
 Resource representations change syntax to object oriented and model specific.}

metadata

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 --- !ruby/object:Gem::Specification 
 name: representations
 version: !ruby/object:Gem::Version 
-  version: 0.0.1
+  version: 0.0.2
 platform: ruby
 authors: 
 - "\xC5\x81ukasz Piestrzeniewicz"
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ autorequire:
 bindir: bin
 cert_chain: []
 
-date: 2009-10-17 00:00:00 +02:00
+date: 2009-10-20 00:00:00 +02:00
 default_executable: 
 dependencies: []