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require 'active_support/core_ext/module'
module ActionController
# The record identifier encapsulates a number of naming conventions for dealing with records, like Active Records or
# Active Resources or pretty much any other model type that has an id. These patterns are then used to try elevate
# the view actions to a higher logical level. Example:
#
# # routes
# resources :posts
#
# # view
# <%= div_for(post) do %> <div id="post_45" class="post">
# <%= post.body %> What a wonderful world!
# <% end %> </div>
#
# # controller
# def destroy
# post = Post.find(params[:id])
# post.destroy
#
# respond_to do |format|
# format.html { redirect_to(post) } # Calls polymorphic_url(post) which in turn calls post_url(post)
# format.js do
# # Calls: new Effect.fade('post_45');
# render(:update) { |page| page[post].visual_effect(:fade) }
# end
# end
# end
#
# As the example above shows, you can stop caring to a large extent what the actual id of the post is. You just know
# that one is being assigned and that the subsequent calls in redirect_to and the RJS expect that same naming
# convention and allows you to write less code if you follow it.
module RecordIdentifier
extend self
JOIN = '_'.freeze
NEW = 'new'.freeze
# The DOM class convention is to use the singular form of an object or class. Examples:
#
# dom_class(post) # => "post"
# dom_class(Person) # => "person"
#
# If you need to address multiple instances of the same class in the same view, you can prefix the dom_class:
#
# dom_class(post, :edit) # => "edit_post"
# dom_class(Person, :edit) # => "edit_person"
def dom_class(record_or_class, prefix = nil)
singular = ActiveModel::Naming.singular(record_or_class)
prefix ? "#{prefix}#{JOIN}#{singular}" : singular
end
# The DOM id convention is to use the singular form of an object or class with the id following an underscore.
# If no id is found, prefix with "new_" instead. Examples:
#
# dom_id(Post.find(45)) # => "post_45"
# dom_id(Post.new) # => "new_post"
#
# If you need to address multiple instances of the same class in the same view, you can prefix the dom_id:
#
# dom_id(Post.find(45), :edit) # => "edit_post_45"
def dom_id(record, prefix = nil)
if record_id = record_key_for_dom_id(record)
"#{dom_class(record, prefix)}#{JOIN}#{record_id}"
else
dom_class(record, prefix || NEW)
end
end
# Returns a string representation of the key attribute(s) that is suitable for use in an HTML DOM id.
# This can be overwritten to customize the default generated string representation if desired.
# If you need to read back a key from a dom_id in order to query for the underlying database record,
# you should write a helper like 'person_record_from_dom_id' that will extract the key either based
# on the default implementation (which just joins all key attributes with '-') or on your own
# overwritten version of the method. By default, this implementation passes the key string through a
# method that replaces all characters that are invalid inside DOM ids, with valid ones. You need to
# make sure yourself that your dom ids are valid, in case you overwrite this method.
def record_key_for_dom_id(record)
record = record.to_model if record.respond_to?(:to_model)
key = record.to_key
key ? sanitize_dom_id(key.join('_')) : key
end
# Replaces characters that are invalid in HTML DOM ids with valid ones.
def sanitize_dom_id(candidate_id)
candidate_id # TODO implement conversion to valid DOM id values
end
end
end
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