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module ActiveScaffold
  module Helpers
    module AssociationHelpers
      # Provides a way to honor the :conditions on an association while searching the association's klass
      def association_options_find(association, conditions = nil)
        association.klass.where(conditions).where(association.options[:conditions]).all
      end

      def association_options_count(association, conditions = nil)
        association.klass.where(conditions).where(association.options[:conditions]).count
      end

      # returns options for the given association as a collection of [id, label] pairs intended for the +options_for_select+ helper.
      def options_for_association(association, include_all = false)
        available_records = association_options_find(association, include_all ? nil : options_for_association_conditions(association))
        available_records ||= []
        available_records.sort{|a,b| a.to_label <=> b.to_label}.collect { |model| [ model.to_label, model.id ] }
      end

      def options_for_association_count(association)
        association_options_count(association, options_for_association_conditions(association))
      end

      # A useful override for customizing the records present in an association dropdown.
      # Should work in both the subform and form_ui=>:select modes.
      # Check association.name to specialize the conditions per-column.
      def options_for_association_conditions(association)
        return nil if association.options[:through]
        case association.macro
          when :has_one, :has_many
            # Find only orphaned objects
            "#{association.foreign_key} IS NULL"
          when :belongs_to, :has_and_belongs_to_many
            # Find all
            nil
        end
      end
    end
  end
end

Version data entries

6 entries across 6 versions & 1 rubygems

Version	Path
active_scaffold_vho-3.1.5	lib/active_scaffold/helpers/association_helpers.rb
active_scaffold_vho-3.1.4	lib/active_scaffold/helpers/association_helpers.rb
active_scaffold_vho-3.1.3	lib/active_scaffold/helpers/association_helpers.rb
active_scaffold_vho-3.1.2	lib/active_scaffold/helpers/association_helpers.rb
active_scaffold_vho-3.1.1	lib/active_scaffold/helpers/association_helpers.rb
active_scaffold_vho-3.1.0	lib/active_scaffold/helpers/association_helpers.rb