**ranked-model** is a modern row sorting library built for Rails 3, 4 and 5.  It uses ARel aggressively and is better optimized than most other libraries.

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Installation
------------

ranked-model passes specs with Rails 4.1, 4.2, 5.0, 5.1 and 5.2 for MySQL, Postgres, and SQLite on Ruby 1.9.3, 2.1 through 2.5, jruby-9.1.17.0, and rbx-3.107 where Rails supports the platform. This is with the exception of Postgres before Rails 4.0 on all platforms, which is unsupported by `ranked-model`. Note that the `pg` gem has pulled support for rbx (Rubinius) from version 1 onward.

TL;DR, if you are using Rails 4 and up you are 100% good to go. Before Rails 4, be wary of Postgres.

To install ranked-model, just add it to your `Gemfile`:

``` ruby
gem 'ranked-model'

# Or pin ranked-model to git
# gem 'ranked-model',
#   :git => 'git@github.com:mixonic/ranked-model.git'
```

Then use `bundle install` to update your `Gemfile.lock`.

Simple Use
----------

Use of ranked-model is straight ahead.  Get some ducks:

``` ruby
class Duck < ActiveRecord::Base
end
```

Put your ducks in a row:

``` ruby
class Duck < ActiveRecord::Base

  include RankedModel
  ranks :row_order

end
```

This simple example assumes an integer column called `row_order`.  To order Ducks by this order:

``` ruby
Duck.rank(:row_order).all
```

The ranking integers stored in the `row_order` column will be big and spaced apart.  When you
implement a sorting UI, just update the resource by appending the column name with `_position` and indicating the desired position:

``` ruby
@duck.update_attribute :row_order_position, 0  # or 1, 2, 37. :first, :last, :up and :down are also valid
```

**IMPORTANT: Note that you MUST append _position to the column name when setting a new position on an instance. This is a fake column that can take relative as well as absolute index-based values for position.**

Position numbers begin at zero.  A position number greater than the number of records acts the
same as :last. :up and :down move the record up/down the ladder by one step.

So using a normal json controller where `@duck.attributes = params[:duck]; @duck.save`, JS can
look pretty elegant:

``` javascript
$.ajax({
  type: 'PUT',
  url: '/ducks',
  dataType: 'json',
  data: { duck: { row_order_position: 0 } },  // or whatever your new position is
});
```

Complex Use
-----------

The `ranks` method takes several arguments:

``` ruby
class Duck < ActiveRecord::Base

  include RankedModel

  ranks :row_order,                  # Name this ranker, used with rank()
    :column => :sort_order           # Override the default column, which defaults to the name

  belongs_to :pond
  ranks :swimming_order,
    :with_same => :pond_id           # Ducks belong_to Ponds, make the ranker scoped to one pond

  ranks :row_order,
    :with_same => [:pond_id, :breed] # Lets rank them by breed

  scope :walking, where(:walking => true )
  ranks :walking_order,
    :scope => :walking               # Narrow this ranker to a scope

end
```

When you make a query, add the rank:

``` ruby
Duck.rank(:row_order)

Pond.first.ducks.rank(:swimming_order)

Duck.walking.rank(:walking)
```

Single Table Inheritance (STI)
------------------------------

ranked-model scopes your records' positions based on the class name of the object. If you have
a STI `type` column set in your model, ranked-model will reference that class for positioning.

Consider this example:

``` ruby
class Vehicle < ActiveRecord::Base
  ranks :row_order
end

class Car < Vehicle
end

class Truck < Vehicle
end

car = Car.create!
truck = Truck.create!

car.row_order
=> 0
truck.row_order
=> 0
```

In this example, the `row_order` for both `car` and `truck` will be set to `0` because they have
different class names (`Car` and `Truck`, respectively).

If you would like for both `car` and `truck` to be ranked together based on the base `Vehicle`
class instead, use the `class_name` option:

``` ruby
class Vehicle < ActiveRecord::Base
  ranks :row_order, class_name: 'Vehicle'
end

class Car < Vehicle
end

class Truck < Vehicle
end

car = Car.create!
truck = Truck.create!

car.row_order
=> 0
truck.row_order
=> 4194304
```

Internals
---------

This library is written using ARel from the ground-up.  This leaves the code much cleaner
than many implementations.  ranked-model is also optimized to write to the database as little
as possible: ranks are stored as a number between -2147483648 and 2147483647 (the INT range in MySQL).
When an item is given a new position, it assigns itself a rank number between two neighbors.
This allows several movements of items before no digits are available between two neighbors. When
this occurs, ranked-model will try to shift other records out of the way. If items can't be easily
shifted anymore, it will rebalance the distribution of rank numbers across all members
of the ranked group.

Contributing
------------

Fork, clone, write a test, write some code, commit, push, send a pull request.  Github FTW!

The specs can be run with sqlite, postgres, and mysql:

```
bundle
appraisal install
DB=postgresql bundle exec appraisal rake
```

If no DB is specified (`sqlite`, `mysql`, or `postgresql`), the tests run against sqlite.

RankedModel is mostly the handiwork of Matthew Beale:

* [madhatted.com](http://madhatted.com) is where I blog. Also [@mixonic](http://twitter.com/mixonic).

A hearty thanks to these contributors:

* [Harvest](http://getharvest.com) where this Gem started. They are great, great folks.
* [yabawock](https://github.com/yabawock)
* [AndrewRadev](https://github.com/AndrewRadev)
* [adheerajkumar](https://github.com/adheerajkumar)
* [mikeycgto](https://github.com/mikeycgto)
* [robotex82](https://github.com/robotex82)
* [rociiu](https://github.com/rociiu)
* [codepodu](https://github.com/codepodu)
* [kakra](https://github.com/kakra)
* [metalon](https://github.com/metalon)
* [jamesalmond](https://github.com/jamesalmond)
* [jguyon](https://github.com/jguyon)
* [pehrlich](https://github.com/pehrlich)
* [petergoldstein](https://github.com/petergoldstein)
* [brendon](https://github.com/brendon)