module ActionController
# Polymorphic URL helpers are methods for smart resolution to a named route call when
# given an Active Record model instance. They are to be used in combination with
# ActionController::Resources.
#
# These methods are useful when you want to generate correct URL or path to a RESTful
# resource without having to know the exact type of the record in question.
#
# Nested resources and/or namespaces are also supported, as illustrated in the example:
#
# polymorphic_url([:admin, @article, @comment])
#
# results in:
#
# admin_article_comment_url(@article, @comment)
#
# == Usage within the framework
#
# Polymorphic URL helpers are used in a number of places throughout the Rails framework:
#
# * url_for, so you can use it with a record as the argument, e.g.
# url_for(@article);
# * ActionView::Helpers::FormHelper uses polymorphic_path, so you can write
# form_for(@article) without having to specify :url parameter for the form
# action;
# * redirect_to (which, in fact, uses url_for) so you can write
# redirect_to(post) in your controllers;
# * ActionView::Helpers::AtomFeedHelper, so you don't have to explicitly specify URLs
# for feed entries.
#
# == Prefixed polymorphic helpers
#
# In addition to polymorphic_url and polymorphic_path methods, a
# number of prefixed helpers are available as a shorthand to :action => "..."
# in options. Those are:
#
# * edit_polymorphic_url, edit_polymorphic_path
# * new_polymorphic_url, new_polymorphic_path
# * formatted_polymorphic_url, formatted_polymorphic_path
#
# Example usage:
#
# edit_polymorphic_path(@post) # => "/posts/1/edit"
# formatted_polymorphic_path([@post, :pdf]) # => "/posts/1.pdf"
module PolymorphicRoutes
# Constructs a call to a named RESTful route for the given record and returns the
# resulting URL string. For example:
#
# # calls post_url(post)
# polymorphic_url(post) # => "http://example.com/posts/1"
#
# ==== Options
#
# * :action - Specifies the action prefix for the named route:
# :new, :edit, or :formatted. Default is no prefix.
# * :routing_type - Allowed values are :path or :url.
# Default is :url.
#
# ==== Examples
#
# # an Article record
# polymorphic_url(record) # same as article_url(record)
#
# # a Comment record
# polymorphic_url(record) # same as comment_url(record)
#
# # it recognizes new records and maps to the collection
# record = Comment.new
# polymorphic_url(record) # same as comments_url()
#
def polymorphic_url(record_or_hash_or_array, options = {})
if record_or_hash_or_array.kind_of?(Array)
record_or_hash_or_array = record_or_hash_or_array.dup
end
record = extract_record(record_or_hash_or_array)
format = extract_format(record_or_hash_or_array, options)
namespace = extract_namespace(record_or_hash_or_array)
args = case record_or_hash_or_array
when Hash; [ record_or_hash_or_array ]
when Array; record_or_hash_or_array.dup
else [ record_or_hash_or_array ]
end
args << format if format
inflection =
case
when options[:action].to_s == "new"
args.pop
:singular
when record.respond_to?(:new_record?) && record.new_record?
args.pop
:plural
else
:singular
end
named_route = build_named_route_call(record_or_hash_or_array, namespace, inflection, options)
send!(named_route, *args)
end
# Returns the path component of a URL for the given record. It uses
# polymorphic_url with :routing_type => :path.
def polymorphic_path(record_or_hash_or_array, options = {})
options[:routing_type] = :path
polymorphic_url(record_or_hash_or_array, options)
end
%w(edit new formatted).each do |action|
module_eval <<-EOT, __FILE__, __LINE__
def #{action}_polymorphic_url(record_or_hash)
polymorphic_url(record_or_hash, :action => "#{action}")
end
def #{action}_polymorphic_path(record_or_hash)
polymorphic_url(record_or_hash, :action => "#{action}", :routing_type => :path)
end
EOT
end
private
def action_prefix(options)
options[:action] ? "#{options[:action]}_" : ""
end
def routing_type(options)
options[:routing_type] || :url
end
def build_named_route_call(records, namespace, inflection, options = {})
unless records.is_a?(Array)
record = extract_record(records)
route = ''
else
record = records.pop
route = records.inject("") do |string, parent|
string << "#{RecordIdentifier.send!("singular_class_name", parent)}_"
end
end
route << "#{RecordIdentifier.send!("#{inflection}_class_name", record)}_"
action_prefix(options) + namespace + route + routing_type(options).to_s
end
def extract_record(record_or_hash_or_array)
case record_or_hash_or_array
when Array; record_or_hash_or_array.last
when Hash; record_or_hash_or_array[:id]
else record_or_hash_or_array
end
end
def extract_format(record_or_hash_or_array, options)
if options[:action].to_s == "formatted" && record_or_hash_or_array.is_a?(Array)
record_or_hash_or_array.pop
elsif options[:format]
options[:format]
else
nil
end
end
def extract_namespace(record_or_hash_or_array)
returning "" do |namespace|
if record_or_hash_or_array.is_a?(Array)
record_or_hash_or_array.delete_if do |record_or_namespace|
if record_or_namespace.is_a?(String) || record_or_namespace.is_a?(Symbol)
namespace << "#{record_or_namespace}_"
end
end
end
end
end
end
end