module Authority class Authorizer # The base Authorizer class, from which all the authorizers in an app will # descend. Provides the authorizer with both class and instance methods # like `updatable_by?(user)`. # Exactly which methods get defined is determined from `config.abilities`; # the class is evaluated after any user-supplied config block is run # in order to make that possible. attr_reader :resource def initialize(resource) @resource = resource end # Each instance method simply calls the corresponding class method Authority.adjectives.each do |adjective| class_eval <<-RUBY, __FILE__, __LINE__ + 1 def #{adjective}_by?(user, options = {}) if options.empty? self.class.#{adjective}_by?(user) else self.class.#{adjective}_by?(user, options) end end RUBY end # Each class method simply calls the `default` method Authority.adjectives.each do |adjective| class_eval <<-RUBY, __FILE__, __LINE__ + 1 def self.#{adjective}_by?(user, options = {}) if options.empty? default(:#{adjective}, user) else default(:#{adjective}, user, options) end end RUBY end # Whitelisting approach: anything not specified will be forbidden def self.default(adjective, user, options = {}) false end end class NoAuthorizerError < StandardError ; end end