sferik-merb-admin 0.3.6 → 0.4.0

data/README.markdown

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ At the command prompt, type:
 
 In your app, add the following dependency to `config/dependencies.rb`:
 
-    dependency "sferik-merb-admin", "0.3.6", :require_as => "merb-admin"
+    dependency "sferik-merb-admin", "0.4.0", :require_as => "merb-admin"
 
 Add the following route to `config/router.rb`:
 
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ Then, run the following rake task:
 
 ## Configure it (optional)
 
-You can configuring the merb-admin slice in a before_app_loads block:
+If you're feeling crafty, you can set a couple configuration options in `config/init.rb`:
 
     Merb::BootLoader.before_app_loads do
       Merb::Slices::config[:merb_admin][:app_name] = "My App"
@@ -54,6 +54,5 @@ Many thanks to:
 * [Wilson Miner](http://www.wilsonminer.com) for contributing the stylesheets and javascripts from [Django](http://www.djangoproject.com)
 * [Aaron Wheeler](http://fightinjoe.com/) for contributing libraries from [Merb AutoScaffold](http://github.com/fightinjoe/merb-autoscaffold)
 * [Lori Holden](http://loriholden.com/) for contributing the [merb-pagination](http://github.com/lholden/merb-pagination) helper
-* [why the lucky stiff](http://whytheluckystiff.net/) for [metaid](http://whytheluckystiff.net/articles/seeingMetaclassesClearly.html)
 
-Also, thanks to [beer](http://www.anchorbrewing.com).
+Also, thanks to [beer](http://www.21st-amendment.com).

data/Rakefile

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ AUTHOR = "Erik Michaels-Ober"
 EMAIL = "sferik@gmail.com"
 HOMEPAGE = "http://twitter.com/sferik"
 SUMMARY = "MerbAdmin is a Merb plugin that provides an easy-to-use interface for managing your data."
-GEM_VERSION = "0.3.6"
+GEM_VERSION = "0.4.0"
 
 spec = Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.rubyforge_project = "merb"

data/app/controllers/main.rb

@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 require File.join( File.dirname(__FILE__), '..', '..', 'lib', 'abstract_model' )
-require File.join( File.dirname(__FILE__), '..', '..', 'lib', 'metaid' )
 
 class MerbAdmin::Main < MerbAdmin::Application
   include Merb::MerbAdmin::MainHelper
@@ -14,15 +13,12 @@ class MerbAdmin::Main < MerbAdmin::Application
 
   def list
     options = {}
-    merge_filter(options) 
-    merge_query(options)
-    merge_sort(options)
 
     if params[:all]
       options = {
         :limit => MerbAdmin[:per_page] * 2,
       }.merge(options)
-      @objects = @abstract_model.find_all(options).reverse
+      @objects = @abstract_model.all(options).reverse
     else
       @current_page = (params[:page] || 1).to_i
       options = {
@@ -60,14 +56,14 @@ class MerbAdmin::Main < MerbAdmin::Application
     @object = @abstract_model.new(object)
     if @object.save && has_one_associations.each{|association, id| update_has_one_association(association, id)} && has_many_associations.each{|association, ids| update_has_many_association(association, ids)}
       if params[:_continue]
-        redirect(slice_url(:admin_edit, :model_name => @abstract_model.singular_name, :id => @object.id), :message => {:notice => "#{@abstract_model.pretty_name.capitalize} was successfully created"})
+        redirect(url(:admin_edit, :model_name => @abstract_model.singular_name, :id => @object.id), :message => {:notice => "#{@abstract_model.pretty_name} was successfully created"})
       elsif params[:_add_another]
-        redirect(slice_url(:admin_new, :model_name => @abstract_model.singular_name), :message => {:notice => "#{@abstract_model.pretty_name.capitalize} was successfully created"})
+        redirect(url(:admin_new, :model_name => @abstract_model.singular_name), :message => {:notice => "#{@abstract_model.pretty_name} was successfully created"})
       else
-        redirect(slice_url(:admin_list, :model_name => @abstract_model.singular_name), :message => {:notice => "#{@abstract_model.pretty_name.capitalize} was successfully created"})
+        redirect(url(:admin_list, :model_name => @abstract_model.singular_name), :message => {:notice => "#{@abstract_model.pretty_name} was successfully created"})
       end
     else
-      message[:error] = "#{@abstract_model.pretty_name.capitalize} failed to be created"
+      message[:error] = "#{@abstract_model.pretty_name} failed to be created"
       render(:new, :layout => 'form')
     end
   end
@@ -82,14 +78,14 @@ class MerbAdmin::Main < MerbAdmin::Application
     has_many_associations = @abstract_model.has_many_associations.map{|association| [association, (params[:associations] || {}).delete(association[:name])]}
     if @object.update_attributes(object) && has_one_associations.each{|association, id| update_has_one_association(association, id)} && has_many_associations.each{|association, ids| update_has_many_association(association, ids)} 
       if params[:_continue]
-        redirect(slice_url(:admin_edit, :model_name => @abstract_model.singular_name, :id => @object.id), :message => {:notice => "#{@abstract_model.pretty_name.capitalize} was successfully updated"})
+        redirect(url(:admin_edit, :model_name => @abstract_model.singular_name, :id => @object.id), :message => {:notice => "#{@abstract_model.pretty_name} was successfully updated"})
       elsif params[:_add_another]
-        redirect(slice_url(:admin_new, :model_name => @abstract_model.singular_name), :message => {:notice => "#{@abstract_model.pretty_name.capitalize} was successfully updated"})
+        redirect(url(:admin_new, :model_name => @abstract_model.singular_name), :message => {:notice => "#{@abstract_model.pretty_name} was successfully updated"})
       else
-        redirect(slice_url(:admin_list, :model_name => @abstract_model.singular_name), :message => {:notice => "#{@abstract_model.pretty_name.capitalize} was successfully updated"})
+        redirect(url(:admin_list, :model_name => @abstract_model.singular_name), :message => {:notice => "#{@abstract_model.pretty_name} was successfully updated"})
       end
     else
-      message[:error] = "#{@abstract_model.pretty_name.capitalize} failed to be updated"
+      message[:error] = "#{@abstract_model.pretty_name} failed to be updated"
       render(:edit, :layout => 'form')
     end
   end
@@ -100,7 +96,7 @@ class MerbAdmin::Main < MerbAdmin::Application
 
   def destroy
     if @object.destroy
-      redirect(slice_url(:admin_list, :model_name => @abstract_model.singular_name), :message => {:notice => "#{@abstract_model.pretty_name.capitalize} was successfully destroyed"})
+      redirect(url(:admin_list, :model_name => @abstract_model.singular_name), :message => {:notice => "#{@abstract_model.pretty_name} was successfully destroyed"})
     else
       raise BadRequest
     end
@@ -123,46 +119,13 @@ class MerbAdmin::Main < MerbAdmin::Application
   end
 
   def find_object
-    @object = @abstract_model.find(params[:id])
+    @object = @abstract_model.get(params[:id])
     raise NotFound unless @object
   end
 
-  def merge_filter(options)
-    return unless params[:filter]
-    params[:filter].each_pair do |key, value|
-      @properties.each do |property|
-        next unless property[:name] == key.to_sym
-        if property[:type] == :boolean
-          options.merge!(key.to_sym => (value == 'true'))
-        elsif property[:type] == :integer && property[:flag_map]
-          options.merge!(key.to_sym => value.to_sym)
-        end
-      end
-    end
-  end
-
-  def merge_query(options)
-    return unless params[:query]
-    condition_statement = []
-    conditions = []
-    @properties.each do |property|
-      next unless property[:type] == :string
-      condition_statement << "#{property[:name]} LIKE ?"
-      conditions << "%#{params[:query]}%"
-    end
-    conditions.unshift(condition_statement.join(' OR '))
-    options.merge!(:conditions => conditions) unless conditions == ['']
-  end
-
-  def merge_sort(options)
-    sort = params[:sort] || "id"
-    order = params[:sort_reverse] == "true" ? :desc : :asc
-    options.merge!(:order => [sort.to_sym.send(order)])
-  end
-
   def update_has_one_association(association, id)
     model = MerbAdmin::AbstractModel.new(association[:child_model])
-    if object = model.find(id)
+    if object = model.get(id)
       object.update_attributes(association[:child_key].first => @object.id)
     end
   end
@@ -172,9 +135,8 @@ class MerbAdmin::Main < MerbAdmin::Application
     relationship = @object.send(association[:name])
     @object.clear_association(relationship)
     # Add all of the objects to the relationship
-    conditions = {association[:parent_key].first => ids}
     model = MerbAdmin::AbstractModel.new(association[:child_model])
-    for object in model.find_all(conditions)
+    for object in model.all_in(ids)
       relationship << object
     end
     @object.save

data/app/helpers/main_helper.rb

@@ -3,7 +3,13 @@ module Merb
   module MerbAdmin
     module MainHelper
       def object_title(object)
-        object.try(:name) || object.try(:title) || "#{object.class.to_s} ##{object.id}"
+        if object.respond_to?(:name)
+          object.name
+        elsif object.respond_to?(:title)
+          object.title
+        else
+          "#{object.class.to_s} ##{object.id}"
+        end
       end
 
       # Given a page count and the current page, we generate a set of pagination

data/app/views/layout/form.html.erb

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <%
   slice_name = "MerbAdmin" + (MerbAdmin[:app_name].blank? ? "" : " for #{MerbAdmin[:app_name]}")
-  page_name = action_name.capitalize + " " + @abstract_model.pretty_name
+  page_name = action_name.capitalize + " " + @abstract_model.pretty_name.downcase
 %>
 <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd">
 <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en-us" lang="en-us">

data/app/views/layout/list.html.erb

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <%
   slice_name = "MerbAdmin" + (MerbAdmin[:app_name].blank? ? "" : " for #{MerbAdmin[:app_name]}")
-  page_name = "Select " + @abstract_model.pretty_name + " to edit"
+  page_name = "Select " + @abstract_model.pretty_name.downcase + " to edit"
 %>
 <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd">
 <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en-us" lang="en-us">

data/app/views/main/_belongs_to.html.erb

@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 <%
   child_key = association[:child_key].first
-  collection = MerbAdmin::AbstractModel.new(association[:parent_model]).find_all.map{|o| [o.id, object_title(o)]}.sort_by{|o| o[1]}
+  collection = MerbAdmin::AbstractModel.new(association[:parent_model]).all.map{|o| [o.id, object_title(o)]}.sort_by{|o| o[1]}
   selected = @object.send(child_key)
-  label = association[:pretty_name].capitalize
+  label = association[:pretty_name]
   required = false
   @properties.each do |property|
     next unless property[:name] == child_key

data/app/views/main/_big_decimal.html.erb

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <%
   name = property[:name]
   length = property[:length]
-  label = property[:pretty_name].capitalize
+  label = property[:pretty_name]
   required = !property[:nullable?] || property[:serial?]
 %>
                 <div>

data/app/views/main/_boolean.html.erb

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <%
   name = property[:name]
-  label = property[:pretty_name].capitalize
+  label = property[:pretty_name]
 %>
                 <div>
                   <%= check_box(name, :label => label) %>

data/app/views/main/_date.html.erb

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <%
   name = property[:name]
   value = @object.send(name)
-  label = property[:pretty_name].capitalize
+  label = property[:pretty_name]
   required = !property[:nullable?]
 %>
                 <div>

data/app/views/main/{_date_time.html.erb → _datetime.html.erb}

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <%
   name = property[:name]
   value = @object.send(name)
-  label = property[:pretty_name].capitalize
+  label = property[:pretty_name]
   required = !property[:nullable?]
 %>
                 <div>

data/app/views/main/_float.html.erb

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <%
   name = property[:name]
   length = property[:length]
-  label = property[:pretty_name].capitalize
+  label = property[:pretty_name]
   required = !property[:nullable?] || property[:serial?]
 %>
                 <div>

data/app/views/main/_has_many.html.erb

@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 <% 
   name = association[:name]
-  collection = MerbAdmin::AbstractModel.new(association[:child_model]).find_all.map{|o| [o.id, object_title(o)]}.sort_by{|o| o[1]}
+  collection = MerbAdmin::AbstractModel.new(association[:child_model]).all.map{|o| [o.id, object_title(o)]}.sort_by{|o| o[1]}
   selected = @object.send(name)
-  label = association[:pretty_name].capitalize
+  label = association[:pretty_name]
 %>
             <fieldset class="module aligned">
               <h2><%= label %></h2>

data/app/views/main/_has_one.html.erb

@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 <%
   child_key = association[:child_key].first
   name = association[:name]
-  collection = MerbAdmin::AbstractModel.new(association[:child_model]).find_all.map{|o| [o.id, object_title(o)]}.sort_by{|o| o[1]}
-  selected = MerbAdmin::AbstractModel.new(association[:child_model]).find_all(child_key => @object.id).first
-  label = association[:pretty_name].capitalize
+  collection = MerbAdmin::AbstractModel.new(association[:child_model]).all.map{|o| [o.id, object_title(o)]}.sort_by{|o| o[1]}
+  selected = @object.send(association[:name])
+  label = association[:pretty_name]
   required = false
   @properties.each do |property|
     next unless property[:name] == child_key

data/app/views/main/_integer.html.erb

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <%
   flag_map = property[:flag_map]
   name = property[:name]
-  label = property[:pretty_name].capitalize
+  label = property[:pretty_name]
   required = !property[:nullable?] || property[:serial?]
 %>
                 <div>

data/app/views/main/_string.html.erb

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <%
   name = property[:name]
   length = property[:length]
-  label = property[:pretty_name].capitalize
+  label = property[:pretty_name]
   required = !property[:nullable?]
 %>
                 <div>

data/app/views/main/_text.html.erb

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <%
   name = property[:name]
-  label = property[:pretty_name].capitalize
+  label = property[:pretty_name]
   required = property[:nullable?]
 %>
                 <div>

data/app/views/main/_time.html.erb

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <%
   name = property[:name]
   value = @object.send(name)
-  label = property[:pretty_name].capitalize
+  label = property[:pretty_name]
   required = !property[:nullable?]
 %>
                 <div>

data/app/views/main/_timestamp.html.erb

@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+<%
+  name = property[:name]
+  value = @object.send(name)
+  label = property[:pretty_name]
+  required = !property[:nullable?]
+%>
+                <div>
+                  <%= text_field(name, :class => "vDateField", :value => value.respond_to?(:strftime) ? value.strftime("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S") : nil, :label => label) %>
+                  <p class="help">
+                    <%= required ? "Required." : "Optional." %>
+                  </p>
+                </div>

data/app/views/main/delete.html.erb

@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
-        <p>Are you sure you want to delete the <%= @abstract_model.pretty_name %>? All of the following related items will be deleted:</p>
+        <p>Are you sure you want to delete the <%= @abstract_model.pretty_name.downcase %>? All of the following related items will be deleted:</p>
         <ul>
           <li>
-            <%= link_to(@model_name, slice_url(:admin_edit, :model_name => @abstract_model.singular_name, :id => @object.id))%>
+            <%= link_to(@model_name, url(:admin_edit, :model_name => @abstract_model.singular_name, :id => @object.id))%>
           </li>
         </ul>
-        <%= form_for(@object, :action => slice_url(:admin_destroy, :model_name => @abstract_model.singular_name, :id => @object.id), :method => :delete) do %>
+        <%= form_for(@object, :action => url(:admin_destroy, :model_name => @abstract_model.singular_name, :id => @object.id), :method => :delete) do %>
           <div>
             <%= submit "Yes, I'm sure" %>
           </div>

data/app/views/main/edit.html.erb

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
         <div id="content-main">
-        <%= form_for(@object, :action => slice_url(:admin_update, :model_name => @abstract_model.singular_name, :id => @object.id)) do %>
+        <%= form_for(@object, :action => url(:admin_update, :model_name => @abstract_model.singular_name, :id => @object.id)) do %>
           <div>
 <%= partial('properties', :properties => @properties) -%>
             <% @abstract_model.belongs_to_associations.each do |association| %>
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
             <div class="submit-row" >
               <%= submit "Save", :class => "default", :name => "_save" %>
               <p class="deletelink-box">
-                <%= link_to("Delete", slice_url(:admin_delete, :model_name => @abstract_model.singular_name, :id => @object.id), :class => "deletelink") %>
+                <%= link_to("Delete", url(:admin_delete, :model_name => @abstract_model.singular_name, :id => @object.id), :class => "deletelink") %>
               </p>
               <%= submit "Save and add another", :name => "_add_another" %>
               <%= submit "Save and continue editing", :name => "_continue" %>

data/app/views/main/index.html.erb

@@ -2,18 +2,18 @@
           <div class="module">
             <table summary="Models available in the application.">
               <caption>
-                <%= link_to("Models", slice_url(:admin_dashboard), :class => "section") %>
+                <%= link_to("Models", url(:admin_dashboard), :class => "section") %>
               </caption>
               <% @abstract_models.each do |abstract_model| %>
               <tr>
                 <th scope="row">
-                  <%= link_to(abstract_model.plural_name.to_s.capitalize, slice_url(:admin_list, :model_name => abstract_model.singular_name)) %>
+                  <%= link_to(abstract_model.plural_name.to_s.capitalize, url(:admin_list, :model_name => abstract_model.singular_name)) %>
                 </th>
                 <td>
-                  <%= link_to("Add", slice_url(:admin_new, :model_name => abstract_model.singular_name), :class => "addlink") %>
+                  <%= link_to("Add", url(:admin_new, :model_name => abstract_model.singular_name), :class => "addlink") %>
                 </td>
                 <td>
-                  <%= link_to("Edit", slice_url(:admin_list, :model_name => abstract_model.singular_name), :class => "changelink") %>
+                  <%= link_to("Edit", url(:admin_list, :model_name => abstract_model.singular_name), :class => "changelink") %>
                 </td>
               </tr>
               <% end %>

data/app/views/main/list.html.erb

@@ -1,78 +1,21 @@
 <%
   params = request.params.except(:action, :controller, :model_name)
-  filter = params[:filter]
-  query = params[:query]
-  sort = params[:sort]
-  sort_reverse = params[:sort_reverse]
 %>
         <div id="content-main">
           <ul class="object-tools">
             <li>
-              <%= link_to("Add #{@abstract_model.pretty_name}", slice_url(:admin_new, :model_name => @abstract_model.singular_name), :class => "addlink") %>
+              <%= link_to("Add #{@abstract_model.pretty_name.downcase}", url(:admin_new, :model_name => @abstract_model.singular_name), :class => "addlink") %>
             </li>
           </ul>
-          <div class="module filtered" id="changelist">
-            <div id="toolbar">
-              <form id="changelist-search" action="" method="get">
-              <div>
-                <label for="searchbar"><img src="<%= image_path("icon_searchbox.png") %>" alt="Search" /></label>
-                <input type="text" size="40" name="query" value="" id="searchbar" />
-                <input type="submit" value="Search" />
-                <% if filter || query %>
-                <span class="small quiet"><%= @record_count %> <%= @record_count == 1 ? "result" : "results" %> (<a href="?"><%= @abstract_model.count %> total</a>)</span>
-                <% end %>
-                <% if filter %>
-                <% filter.each do |name, value| %>
-                <input type="hidden" name="filter[<%= name %>]" value="<%= value %>"/>
-                <% end %>
-                <% end %>
-              </div>
-              </form>
-            </div>
-            <script type="text/javascript">document.getElementById("searchbar").focus();</script>
-            <div id="changelist-filter">
-              <h2>Filter</h2>
-              <% @properties.each do |property| %>
-              <% type = property[:type] %>
-              <% name = property[:name] %>
-              <% pretty_name = property[:pretty_name] %>
-              <% flag_map = property[:flag_map] %>
-              <% if type == :boolean %>
-              <h3>By <%= pretty_name %></h3>
-              <ul>
-                <li class="<%= filter.nil? || filter[name].blank? ? "selected" : nil %>">
-                  <a href="?<%= Merb::Parse.params_to_query_string(params.merge(:filter => (filter || {}).reject{|key, value| key.to_sym == name})) %>">All</a>
-                </li>
-                <li class="<%= filter && filter[name] == "true" ? "selected" : nil %>">
-                  <a href="?<%= Merb::Parse.params_to_query_string(params.merge(:filter => (filter || {}).merge({name => "true"}))) %>">Yes</a>
-                </li>
-                <li class="<%= filter && filter[name] == "false" ? "selected" : nil %>">
-                  <a href="?<%= Merb::Parse.params_to_query_string(params.merge(:filter => (filter || {}).merge({name => "false"}))) %>">No</a>
-                </li>
-              </ul>
-              <% elsif type == :integer && flag_map %>
-              <h3>By <%= pretty_name %></h3>
-              <ul>
-                <li class="<%= filter.nil? || filter[name].blank? ? "selected" : nil %>">
-                  <a href="?<%= Merb::Parse.params_to_query_string(params.merge(:filter => (filter || {}).reject{|key, value| key.to_sym == name})) %>">All</a>
-                </li>
-                <% flag_map.values.map{|v| v.to_s}.sort.each do |value| %>
-                <li class="<%= filter && filter[name] == value ? "selected" : nil %>">
-                  <a href="?<%= Merb::Parse.params_to_query_string(params.merge(:filter => (filter || {}).merge({name => value}))) %>"><%= value.capitalize.gsub('_', ' ')%></a>
-                </li>
-                <% end %>
-              </ul>
-              <% end %>
-              <% end %>
-            </div>
+          <div class="module" id="changelist">
             <table cellspacing="0">
               <thead>
                 <tr>
                   <% @properties.each do |property| %>
                   <% name = property[:name] %>
                   <% pretty_name = property[:pretty_name] %>
-                  <th class="<%= sort == name.to_s ? sort_reverse ? 'sorted descending' : 'sorted ascending' : nil %>">
-                    <a href="?<%= Merb::Parse.params_to_query_string(params.merge(:sort => name).reject{|key, value| key.to_sym == :sort_reverse}.merge(sort == name.to_s && sort_reverse != "true" ? {:sort_reverse => "true"} : {})) %>"><%= pretty_name.capitalize %></a>
+                  <th>
+                    <%= pretty_name %>
                   </th>
                   <% end %>
                 </tr>
@@ -84,7 +27,7 @@
                   <% type = property[:type] %>
                   <% name = property[:name] %>
                   <td>
-                    <a href="<%= slice_url(:admin_edit, :model_name => @abstract_model.singular_name, :id => object.id) %>">
+                    <a href="<%= url(:admin_edit, :model_name => @abstract_model.singular_name, :id => object.id) %>">
                       <% case type %>
                       <% when :boolean %>
                       <% if object.send(name) == true %>
@@ -119,7 +62,7 @@
               <% if @page_count.to_i > 1 %>
               <%= paginate(@current_page, @page_count, :url => '?' + Merb::Parse.params_to_query_string(params)) %>
               <% end %>
-              <%= @record_count %> <%= @record_count == 1 ? @abstract_model.pretty_name : @abstract_model.pretty_name.pluralize %>
+              <%= @record_count %> <%= @record_count == 1 ? @abstract_model.pretty_name.downcase : @abstract_model.pretty_name.downcase.pluralize %>
               <% if @page_count.to_i == 2 %>
               <%= link_to("Show all", '?' + Merb::Parse.params_to_query_string(params.merge(:all => true)), :class => "showall") %>
               <% end %>

data/app/views/main/new.html.erb

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
         <div id="content-main">
-        <%= form_for(@object, :action => slice_url(:admin_create, :model_name => @abstract_model.singular_name)) do %>
+        <%= form_for(@object, :action => url(:admin_create, :model_name => @abstract_model.singular_name)) do %>
           <div>
 <%= partial('properties', :properties => @properties) -%>
             <% @abstract_model.belongs_to_associations.each do |association| %>

data/lib/abstract_model.rb

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 require 'generic_support'
+require 'activerecord_support'
 require 'datamapper_support'
 
 module MerbAdmin
@@ -8,6 +9,15 @@ module MerbAdmin
       return @models if @models
       @models ||= []
       case Merb.orm
+      when :activerecord
+        Dir.glob(Merb.dir_for(:model) / Merb.glob_for(:model)).each do |filename|
+          # FIXME: This heuristic for finding ActiveRecord models is too strict
+          File.read(filename).scan(/^class ([\w\d_\-:]+) < ActiveRecord::Base$/).flatten.each do |m|
+            model = lookup(m.to_s.to_sym)
+            @models << new(model) if model
+          end
+        end
+        @models.sort!{|a, b| a.model.to_s <=> b.model.to_s}
       when :datamapper
         DataMapper::Resource.descendants.each do |m|
           # Remove DataMapperSessionStore because it's included by default
@@ -17,29 +27,40 @@ module MerbAdmin
         end
         @models.sort!{|a, b| a.model.to_s <=> b.model.to_s}
       else
-        raise "MerbAdmin does not currently support the #{Merb.orm} ORM"
+        raise "MerbAdmin does not support the #{Merb.orm} ORM"
       end
     end
 
     # Given a symbol +model_name+, finds the corresponding model class
     def self.lookup(model_name)
-      model = const_get(model_name)
-      raise "could not find model #{model_name}" if model.nil?
-      return model if model.include?(DataMapper::Resource)
+      begin
+        model = const_get(model_name)
+      rescue NameError
+        raise "MerbAdmin could not find model #{model_name}"
+      end
+
+      case Merb.orm
+      when :activerecord
+        return model if model.superclass == ActiveRecord::Base
+      when :datamapper
+        return model if model.include?(DataMapper::Resource)
+      end
       nil
     end
 
     attr_accessor :model
 
     def initialize(model)
-      model = self.class.lookup(model.camel_case.to_sym) unless model.is_a?(Class)
+      model = self.class.lookup(model.to_s.camel_case) unless model.is_a?(Class)
       @model = model
       self.extend(GenericSupport)
       case Merb.orm
+      when :activerecord
+        self.extend(ActiverecordSupport)
       when :datamapper
         self.extend(DatamapperSupport)
       else
-        raise "MerbAdmin does not currently support the #{Merb.orm} ORM"
+        raise "MerbAdmin does not support the #{Merb.orm} ORM"
       end
     end
   end