class TagList < Array cattr_accessor :delimiter self.delimiter = ',' def initialize(*args) add(*args) end # Add tags to the tag_list. Duplicate or blank tags will be ignored. # # tag_list.add("Fun", "Happy") # # Use the :parse option to add an unparsed tag string. # # tag_list.add("Fun, Happy", :parse => true) def add(*names) extract_and_apply_options!(names) concat(names) clean! self end # Remove specific tags from the tag_list. # # tag_list.remove("Sad", "Lonely") # # Like #add, the :parse option can be used to remove multiple tags in a string. # # tag_list.remove("Sad, Lonely", :parse => true) def remove(*names) extract_and_apply_options!(names) delete_if { |name| names.include?(name) } self end # Toggle the presence of the given tags. # If a tag is already in the list it is removed, otherwise it is added. def toggle(*names) extract_and_apply_options!(names) names.each do |name| include?(name) ? delete(name) : push(name) end clean! self end # Transform the tag_list into a tag string suitable for edting in a form. # The tags are joined with TagList.delimiter and quoted if necessary. # # tag_list = TagList.new("Round", "Square,Cube") # tag_list.to_s # 'Round, "Square,Cube"' def to_s clean! map do |name| name.include?(delimiter) ? "\"#{name}\"" : name end.join(delimiter.ends_with?(" ") ? delimiter : "#{delimiter} ") end private # Remove whitespace, duplicates, and blanks. def clean! reject!(&:blank?) map!(&:strip) uniq! end def extract_and_apply_options!(args) options = args.last.is_a?(Hash) ? args.pop : {} options.assert_valid_keys :parse if options[:parse] args.map! { |a| self.class.from(a) } end args.flatten! end class << self # Returns a new TagList using the given tag string. # # tag_list = TagList.from("One , Two, Three") # tag_list # ["One", "Two", "Three"] def from(source) tag_list = new case source when Array tag_list.add(source) else string = source.to_s.dup # Parse the quoted tags [ /\s*#{delimiter}\s*(['"])(.*?)\1\s*/, /^\s*(['"])(.*?)\1\s*#{delimiter}?/ ].each do |re| string.gsub!(re) { tag_list << $2; "" } end tag_list.add(string.split(delimiter)) end tag_list end end end