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class Dependency < ActiveRecord::Base
  # Associations
  belongs_to :question
  has_many :dependency_conditions
  
  # Scopes
  named_scope :depending_on_questions, lambda {|question_ids| {:include => :dependency_conditions, :conditions => {:dependency_conditions => {:question_id => question_ids}} }}
  
  # Validations
  validates_presence_of :rule
  validates_format_of :rule, :with => /^(?:and|or|\)|\(|\d|\s)+$/ #TODO properly formed parenthesis etc.
  validates_numericality_of :question_id

  # Attribute aliases
  alias_attribute :dependent_question_id, :question_id

  # Is the method that determines if this dependency has been met within
  # the provided response set
  def met?(response_set)
    if keyed_pairs = keyed_conditions(response_set)
      return(rule_evaluation(keyed_pairs))
    else
      return(false)
    end
  end

  # Pairs up the substitution key with the evaluated condition result for substitution into the rule
  # Example: If you have two dependency conditions with rule keys "A" and "B" in the rule "A or B"
  # calling keyed_condition_pairs will return {:A => true, :B => false}
  def keyed_conditions(response_set)
    keyed_pairs = {}
    self.dependency_conditions.each do |dc|
      keyed_pairs.merge!(dc.to_evaluation_hash(response_set))
    end
    return(keyed_pairs)
  end

  # Does the substiution and evaluation of the dependency rule with the keyed pairs
  def rule_evaluation(keyed_pairs)
    # subtitute into rule for evaluation
    rgx = Regexp.new(self.dependency_conditions.map{|dc| dc.rule_key}.join("|")) # Making a regexp to only look for the keys used in the child conditions
    #logger.debug("rexp: #{rgx.inspect} FOO: #{keyed_pairs.inspect} --- subbed rules: #{rule.gsub(rgx){|m| keyed_pairs[m.to_sym]}} --> #{eval(self.rule.gsub(rgx){|m| keyed_pairs[m.to_sym]})}")
    eval(self.rule.gsub(rgx){|m| keyed_pairs[m.to_sym]}) # returns the evaluation of the rule and the conditions
  end
  
end

Version data entries

10 entries across 10 versions & 1 rubygems

Version	Path
surveyor-0.6.10	app/models/dependency.rb
surveyor-0.6.9	app/models/dependency.rb
surveyor-0.6.8	app/models/dependency.rb
surveyor-0.6.7	app/models/dependency.rb
surveyor-0.6.6	app/models/dependency.rb
surveyor-0.6.5	app/models/dependency.rb
surveyor-0.6.4	app/models/dependency.rb
surveyor-0.6.3	app/models/dependency.rb
surveyor-0.6.2	app/models/dependency.rb
surveyor-0.6.1	app/models/dependency.rb