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 # Whitelisting approach: anything not specified will be forbidden def self.default(adjective, user, options = {}) false end # the instance default method calls the class default method def default(adjective, user, options = {}) user_and_maybe_options = self.class.send(:user_and_maybe_options, user, options) self.class.send(:"#{adjective}_by?", *user_and_maybe_options) end # Each method simply calls the `default` method (instance or class) Authority.adjectives.each do |adjective| class_eval <<-RUBY, __FILE__, __LINE__ + 1 def self.#{adjective}_by?(user, options = {}) default(:#{adjective}, *user_and_maybe_options(user, options)) end def #{adjective}_by?(user, options = {}) user_and_maybe_options = self.class.send(:user_and_maybe_options, user, options) default(:#{adjective}, *user_and_maybe_options) end RUBY end def self.user_and_maybe_options(user, options = {}) [user, options].tap {|args| args.pop if args.last == {}} end private_class_method :user_and_maybe_options end end