module RailsSettings class Settings < ActiveRecord::Base self.table_name = table_name_prefix + 'settings' class SettingNotFound < RuntimeError; end belongs_to :thing, polymorphic: true # get the value field, YAML decoded def value YAML.load(self[:value]) if self[:value].present? end # set the value field, YAML encoded def value=(new_value) self[:value] = new_value.to_yaml end class << self # get or set a variable with the variable as the called method def method_missing(method, *args) method_name = method.to_s super(method, *args) rescue NoMethodError # set a value for a variable if method_name[-1] == '=' var_name = method_name.sub('=', '') value = args.first self[var_name] = value else # retrieve a value self[method_name] end end # destroy the specified settings record def destroy(var_name) var_name = var_name.to_s obj = object(var_name) raise SettingNotFound, "Setting variable \"#{var_name}\" not found" if obj.nil? obj.destroy true end # retrieve all settings as a hash (optionally starting with a given namespace) def get_all(starting_with = nil) vars = thing_scoped.select('var, value') vars = vars.where("var LIKE '#{starting_with}%'") if starting_with result = {} vars.each do |record| result[record.var] = record.value end defaults = {} if Default.enabled? defaults = starting_with.nil? ? Default.instance : Default.instance.fetch(starting_with, {}) end result.reverse_merge! defaults result.with_indifferent_access end def where(sql = nil) vars = thing_scoped.where(sql) if sql vars end # get a setting value by [] notation def [](var_name) if var = object(var_name) val = var.value elsif Default.enabled? val = Default[var_name] else val = nil end val end # set a setting value by [] notation def []=(var_name, value) var_name = var_name.to_s record = object(var_name) || thing_scoped.new(var: var_name) record.value = value record.save! value end def merge!(var_name, hash_value) raise ArgumentError unless hash_value.is_a?(Hash) old_value = self[var_name] || {} raise TypeError, "Existing value is not a hash, can't merge!" unless old_value.is_a?(Hash) new_value = old_value.merge(hash_value) self[var_name] = new_value if new_value != old_value new_value end def object(var_name) return nil unless rails_initialized? return nil unless table_exists? thing_scoped.where(var: var_name.to_s).first end def thing_scoped unscoped.where('thing_type is NULL and thing_id is NULL') end def source(filename) Default.source(filename) end def rails_initialized? Rails.application && Rails.application.initialized? end end end end