# The Inflector transforms words from singular to plural, class names to table names, modularized class names to ones without, # and class names to foreign keys. module Inflector extend self def pluralize(word) result = word.to_s.dup plural_rules.each do |(rule, replacement)| break if result.gsub!(rule, replacement) end return result end def singularize(word) result = word.to_s.dup singular_rules.each do |(rule, replacement)| break if result.gsub!(rule, replacement) end return result end def camelize(lower_case_and_underscored_word) lower_case_and_underscored_word.to_s.gsub(/\/(.?)/) { "::" + $1.upcase }.gsub(/(^|_)(.)/) { $2.upcase } end def underscore(camel_cased_word) camel_cased_word.to_s.gsub(/::/, '/').gsub(/([A-Z]+)([A-Z])/,'\1_\2').gsub(/([a-z])([A-Z])/,'\1_\2').downcase end def humanize(lower_case_and_underscored_word) lower_case_and_underscored_word.to_s.gsub(/_/, " ").capitalize end def demodulize(class_name_in_module) class_name_in_module.to_s.gsub(/^.*::/, '') end def tableize(class_name) pluralize(underscore(class_name)) end def classify(table_name) camelize(singularize(table_name)) end def foreign_key(class_name, separate_class_name_and_id_with_underscore = true) Inflector.underscore(Inflector.demodulize(class_name)) + (separate_class_name_and_id_with_underscore ? "_id" : "id") end def constantize(camel_cased_word) camel_cased_word.split("::").inject(Object) do |final_type, part| final_type = final_type.const_get(part) end end private def plural_rules #:doc: [ [/(fish)$/i, '\1\2'], # fish [/(x|ch|ss|sh)$/i, '\1es'], # search, switch, fix, box, process, address [/(series)$/i, '\1\2'], [/([^aeiouy]|qu)ies$/i, '\1y'], [/([^aeiouy]|qu)y$/i, '\1ies'], # query, ability, agency [/(?:([^f])fe|([lr])f)$/i, '\1\2ves'], # half, safe, wife [/sis$/i, 'ses'], # basis, diagnosis [/([ti])um$/i, '\1a'], # datum, medium [/(p)erson$/i, '\1\2eople'], # person, salesperson [/(m)an$/i, '\1\2en'], # man, woman, spokesman [/(c)hild$/i, '\1\2hildren'], # child [/s$/i, 's'], # no change (compatibility) [/$/, 's'] ] end def singular_rules #:doc: [ [/(f)ish$/i, '\1\2ish'], [/(x|ch|ss|sh)es$/i, '\1'], [/(m)ovies$/i, '\1\2ovie'], [/(s)eries$/i, '\1\2eries'], [/([^aeiouy]|qu)ies$/i, '\1y'], [/([lr])ves$/i, '\1f'], [/([^f])ves$/i, '\1fe'], [/((a)naly|(b)a|(d)iagno|(p)arenthe|(p)rogno|(s)ynop|(t)he)ses$/i, '\1\2sis'], [/([ti])a$/i, '\1um'], [/(p)eople$/i, '\1\2erson'], [/(m)en$/i, '\1\2an'], [/(s)tatus$/i, '\1\2tatus'], [/(c)hildren$/i, '\1\2hild'], [/(n)ews$/i, '\1\2ews'], [/s$/i, ''] ] end end