module ActiveRecord module Acts module Tree def self.included(base) base.extend(ClassMethods) end # Specify this +acts_as+ extension if you want to model a tree structure by providing a parent association and a children # association. This requires that you have a foreign key column, which by default is called +parent_id+. # # class Category < ActiveRecord::Base # acts_as_tree :order => "name" # end # # Example: # root # \_ child1 # \_ subchild1 # \_ subchild2 # # root = Category.create("name" => "root") # child1 = root.children.create("name" => "child1") # subchild1 = child1.children.create("name" => "subchild1") # # root.parent # => nil # child1.parent # => root # root.children # => [child1] # root.children.first.children.first # => subchild1 # # In addition to the parent and children associations, the following instance methods are added to the class # after calling acts_as_tree: # * siblings - Returns all the children of the parent, excluding the current node ([subchild2] when called on subchild1) # * self_and_siblings - Returns all the children of the parent, including the current node ([subchild1, subchild2] when called on subchild1) # * ancestors - Returns all the ancestors of the current node ([child1, root] when called on subchild2) # * root - Returns the root of the current node (root when called on subchild2) module ClassMethods # Configuration options are: # # * foreign_key - specifies the column name to use for tracking of the tree (default: +parent_id+) # * order - makes it possible to sort the children according to this SQL snippet. # * counter_cache - keeps a count in a +children_count+ column if set to +true+ (default: +false+). def acts_as_tree(options = {}) configuration = { :foreign_key => "parent_id", :order => nil, :counter_cache => nil } configuration.update(options) if options.is_a?(Hash) belongs_to :parent, :class_name => name, :foreign_key => configuration[:foreign_key], :counter_cache => configuration[:counter_cache] has_many :children, :class_name => name, :foreign_key => configuration[:foreign_key], :order => configuration[:order], :dependent => :destroy class_eval <<-EOV include ActiveRecord::Acts::Tree::InstanceMethods def self.roots find(:all, :conditions => "#{configuration[:foreign_key]} IS NULL", :order => #{configuration[:order].nil? ? "nil" : %Q{"#{configuration[:order]}"}}) end def self.root find(:first, :conditions => "#{configuration[:foreign_key]} IS NULL", :order => #{configuration[:order].nil? ? "nil" : %Q{"#{configuration[:order]}"}}) end EOV end end module InstanceMethods # Returns list of ancestors, starting from parent until root. # # subchild1.ancestors # => [child1, root] def ancestors node, nodes = self, [] nodes << node = node.parent while node.parent nodes end # Returns the root node of the tree. def root node = self node = node.parent while node.parent node end # Returns all siblings of the current node. # # subchild1.siblings # => [subchild2] def siblings self_and_siblings - [self] end # Returns all siblings and a reference to the current node. # # subchild1.self_and_siblings # => [subchild1, subchild2] def self_and_siblings parent ? parent.children : self.class.roots end end end end end ActiveRecord::Base.send :include, ActiveRecord::Acts::Tree