module Rfm # The Record object represents a single FileMaker record. You typically get them from ResultSet objects. # For example, you might use a Layout object to find some records: # # results = myLayout.find({"First Name" => "Bill"}) # # The +results+ variable in this example now contains a ResultSet object. ResultSets are really just arrays of # Record objects (with a little extra added in). So you can get a record object just like you would access any # typical array element: # # first_record = results[0] # # You can find out how many record were returned: # # record_count = results.size # # And you can of course iterate: # # results.each (|record| # // you can work with the record here # ) # # =Accessing Field Data # # You can access field data in the Record object in two ways. Typically, you simply treat Record like a hash # (because it _is_ a hash...I love OOP). Keys are field names: # # first = myRecord["First Name"] # last = myRecord["Last Name"] # # If your field naming conventions mean that your field names are also valid Ruby symbol named (ie: they contain only # letters, numbers, and underscores) then you can treat them like attributes of the record. For example, if your fields # are called "first_name" and "last_name" you can do this: # # first = myRecord.first_name # last = myRecord.last_name # # Note: This shortcut will fail (in a rather mysterious way) if your field name happens to match any real attribute # name of a Record object. For instance, you may have a field called "server". If you try this: # # server_name = myRecord.server # # you'll actually set +server_name+ to the Rfm::Server object this Record came from. This won't fail until you try # to treat it as a String somewhere else in your code. It is also possible a future version of Rfm will include # new attributes on the Record class which may clash with your field names. This will cause perfectly valid code # today to fail later when you upgrade. If you can't stomach this kind of insanity, stick with the hash-like # method of field access, which has none of these limitations. Also note that the +myRecord[]+ method is probably # somewhat faster since it doesn't go through +method_missing+. # # =Accessing Repeating Fields # # If you have a repeating field, RFM simply returns an array: # # val1 = myRecord["Price"][0] # val2 = myRecord["Price"][1] # # In the above example, the Price field is a repeating field. The code puts the first repetition in a variable called # +val1+ and the second in a variable called +val2+. # # =Accessing Portals # # If the ResultSet includes portals (because the layout it comes from has portals on it) you can access them # using the Record::portals attribute. It is a hash with table occurrence names for keys, and arrays of Record # objects for values. In other words, you can do this: # # myRecord.portals["Orders"].each {|record| # puts record["Order Number"] # } # # This code iterates through the rows of the _Orders_ portal. # # =Field Types and Ruby Types # # RFM automatically converts data from FileMaker into a Ruby object with the most reasonable type possible. The # type are mapped thusly: # # * *Text* fields are converted to Ruby String objects # # * *Number* fields are converted to Ruby BigDecimal objects (the basic Ruby numeric types have # much less precision and range than FileMaker number fields) # # * *Date* fields are converted to Ruby Date objects # # * *Time* fields are converted to Ruby DateTime objects (you can ignore the date component) # # * *Timestamp* fields are converted to Ruby DateTime objects # # * *Container* fields are converted to Ruby URI objects # # =Attributes # # In addition to +portals+, the Record object has these useful attributes: # # * *record_id* is FileMaker's internal identifier for this record (_not_ any ID field you might have # in your table); you need a +record_id+ to edit or delete a record # # * *mod_id* is the modification identifier for the record; whenever a record is modified, its +mod_id+ # changes so you can tell if the Record object you're looking at is up-to-date as compared to another # copy of the same record class Record < Rfm::CaseInsensitiveHash attr_reader :record_id, :mod_id, :portals def initialize(record, result, field_meta, layout, portal=nil) @record_id = record['record-id'] @mod_id = record['mod-id'] @mods = {} @layout = layout @portals ||= Rfm::CaseInsensitiveHash.new relatedsets = !portal && result.instance_variable_get(:@include_portals) ? record.xpath('relatedset') : [] record.xpath('field').each do |field| field_name = field['name'] field_name.gsub!(Regexp.new(portal + '::'), '') if portal datum = [] field.xpath('data').each do |x| datum.push(field_meta[field_name].coerce(x.inner_text, result)) end if datum.length == 1 self[field_name] = datum[0] elsif datum.length == 0 self[field_name] = nil else self[field_name] = datum end end unless relatedsets.empty? relatedsets.each do |relatedset| tablename, records = relatedset['table'], [] relatedset.xpath('record').each do |record| records << self.class.new(record, result, result.portal_meta[tablename], layout, tablename) end @portals[tablename] = records end end @loaded = true end def self.build_records(records, result, field_meta, layout, portal=nil) records.each do |record| result << self.new(record, result, field_meta, layout, portal) end end # Saves local changes to the Record object back to Filemaker. For example: # # myLayout.find({"First Name" => "Bill"}).each(|record| # record["First Name"] = "Steve" # record.save # ) # # This code finds every record with _Bill_ in the First Name field, then changes the first name to # Steve. # # Note: This method is smart enough to not bother saving if nothing has changed. So there's no need # to optimize on your end. Just save, and if you've changed the record it will be saved. If not, no # server hit is incurred. def save self.merge(@layout.edit(self.record_id, @mods)[0]) if @mods.size > 0 @mods.clear end # Like Record::save, except it fails (and raises an error) if the underlying record in FileMaker was # modified after the record was fetched but before it was saved. In other words, prevents you from # accidentally overwriting changes someone else made to the record. def save_if_not_modified self.merge(@layout.edit(@record_id, @mods, {:modification_id => @mod_id})[0]) if @mods.size > 0 @mods.clear end # Gets the value of a field from the record. For example: # # first = myRecord["First Name"] # last = myRecord["Last Name"] # # This sample puts the first and last name from the record into Ruby variables. # # You can also update a field: # # myRecord["First Name"] = "Sophia" # # When you do, the change is noted, but *the data is not updated in FileMaker*. You must call # Record::save or Record::save_if_not_modified to actually save the data. def []=(name, value) return super unless @loaded raise Rfm::ParameterError, "You attempted to modify a field does not exist." unless self[name] @mods[name] = value end def respond_to?(symbol, include_private = false) return true if self[symbol.to_s] super end private def method_missing (symbol, *attrs, &block) method = symbol.to_s return self[method] if self.include?(method) if method =~ /(=)$/ && self.has_key?($`) return @mods[$`] = attrs.first end super end end end