module Maintain # We're not really interested in loading anything into memory if we don't need to, # so Maintainer, Value, and the Value subclasses are ignored until they're needed. autoload(:Maintainer, 'lib/maintain/maintainer') autoload(:Value, 'lib/maintain/value') autoload(:BitmaskValue, 'lib/maintain/bitmask_value') autoload(:IntegerValue, 'lib/maintain/integer_value') # The core class method of Maintain. Basic usage is: # # maintain :state do # state :new, :default => true # state :expired, :enter => :expire_children # state :reopened, :exit => lambda { children.each(&:reopen) } # aggregate :accessible, :as => [:new, :reopened] # end # # It also supports more complex configuration options, like bitmask columns # and integer values (for performance and portability) # # maintain :permissions, :bitmask => true do # state :edit, 1 # state :delete, 2 # state :manage, 3 # end # # This method is aliased as `maintains` with the intention of allowing developers # to code imperatively ("maintain, damn you!") or descriptively ("it maintains, man") def maintain(attribute, options = {}, &block) # Detect if this is ActiveRecord::Base or a subclass of it # TODO: Make this not suck if defined?(ActiveRecord::Base) active_record = self == ActiveRecord::Base superclass = self while !active_record && superclass.superclass active_record = superclass == ActiveRecord::Base superclass = superclass.superclass end else active_record = false end # Create an instance of the maintainer class. It handles all of the state # configuration, hooking, aggregation, named_scoping, etc. maintainer = Maintainer.new(self, attribute, active_record, options) if block_given? maintainer.instance_eval(&block) end # Define our getters and setters - these are the only methods Maintain will stomp # on if you've already defined them. This is because they're how Maintain works. class_eval <<-EOC def #{attribute}=(value) # If we can find the maintainer on this attribute, we'll use it to set values. if maintainer = self.class.maintainers[#{attribute.to_sym.inspect}] # First, we instantiate a value on this maintainer if we haven't already @#{attribute} ||= maintainer.value # Then run the exit hook if we're changing the value maintainer.hook(:exit, @#{attribute}.value, self) # Then set the value itself. Maintainer::State will return the value you set, # so if we're setting to nil we get rid of the attribute entirely - it's not # needed and we want the getter to return nil in that case. unless @#{attribute}.set_value(value) @#{attribute} = nil end#{%{ # If this is ActiveRecord::Base or a subclass of it, we'll make sure calling the # setter writes a DB-friendly value. if respond_to?(:write_attribute) write_attribute(:#{attribute}, @#{attribute} ? @#{attribute}.value.to_s : nil) end } if active_record} # Last but not least, run the enter hooks for the new value - cause that's how we # do. maintainer.hook(:enter, @#{attribute}.value, self) if @#{attribute} else # If we can't find a maintainer for this attribute, make our best effort to do what # attr_accessor does - set the instance variable. @#{attribute} = value#{%{ # ... and on ActiveRecord::Base, we'll also write the attribute like a normal setter. if respond_to?(:write_attribute) write_attribute(:#{attribute}, @#{attribute}) end } if active_record} end end def #{attribute} # Start by returning an already-instantiated Maintainer::State if it exists return @#{attribute} if @#{attribute} # If'n it doesn't already exist AND this maintained attribute has a default value (and # bitmasks must have at least a 0 value), we'll instantiate a Maintainer::State and return # it. if self.class.maintainers[#{attribute.to_sym.inspect}].default? || self.class.maintainers[#{attribute.to_sym.inspect}].bitmask? @#{attribute} = self.class.maintainers[#{attribute.to_sym.inspect}].value#{"(read_attribute(:#{attribute}))" if active_record} end end EOC # Last! Not least! Save our maintainer directly on this class. We'll use it in our setters (as in above) # and we'll also modify it instead of replacing it outright, so subclasses or mixins can extend functionality # without replacing it. maintainers[attribute.to_sym] = maintainer end alias :maintains :maintain def maintainers #:nodoc: @maintainers ||= {} end end if defined?(ActiveRecord::Base) ActiveRecord::Base.extend Maintain end