class Version < ActiveRecord::Base belongs_to :item, :polymorphic => true validates_presence_of :event def reify unless object.nil? # Attributes attrs = YAML::load object # Normally a polymorphic belongs_to relationship allows us # to get the object we belong to by calling, in this case, # +item+. However this returns nil if +item+ has been # destroyed, and we need to be able to retrieve destroyed # objects. # # In this situation we constantize the +item_type+ to get hold of # the class...except when the stored object's attributes # include a +type+ key. If this is the case, the object # we belong to is using single table inheritance and the # +item_type+ will be the base class, not the actual subclass. # If +type+ is present but empty, the class is the base class. if item model = item else class_name = attrs['type'].blank? ? item_type : attrs['type'] klass = class_name.constantize model = klass.new end attrs.each do |k, v| begin model.send "#{k}=", v rescue NoMethodError RAILS_DEFAULT_LOGGER.warn "Attribute #{k} does not exist on #{item_type} (Version id: #{id})." end end model end end def next Version.first :conditions => ["id > ? AND item_type = ? AND item_id = ?", id, item_type, item_id], :order => 'id ASC' end def previous Version.first :conditions => ["id < ? AND item_type = ? AND item_id = ?", id, item_type, item_id], :order => 'id DESC' end def index Version.all(:conditions => ["item_type = ? AND item_id = ?", item_type, item_id], :order => 'id ASC').index(self) end end