module TheComments module Commentable extend ActiveSupport::Concern included do has_many :comments, as: :commentable # *define_denormalize_flags* - should be placed before title or url builder filters before_validation :define_denormalize_flags after_save :denormalize_for_comments, if: -> { !id_changed? } end # Default Denormalization methods # Overwrite it with your Application def commentable_title # My first blog post try(:title) || TheComments.config.default_title end def commentable_url # /posts/1 ['', self.class.to_s.tableize, self.to_param].join('/') end def commentable_state # 'draft' try(:state) end # Helper methods def comments_sum published_comments_count + draft_comments_count end def recalculate_comments_counters! update_attributes!({ draft_comments_count: comments.with_state(:draft).count, published_comments_count: comments.with_state(:published).count, deleted_comments_count: comments.with_state(:deleted).count }) end private def define_denormalize_flags @trackable_commentable_title = commentable_title @trackable_commentable_state = commentable_state @trackable_commentable_url = commentable_url end def denormalization_fields_changed? a = @trackable_commentable_title != commentable_title b = @trackable_commentable_state != commentable_state c = @trackable_commentable_url != commentable_url a || b || c end def denormalize_for_comments if denormalization_fields_changed? comments.update_all({ commentable_title: commentable_title, commentable_state: commentable_state, commentable_url: commentable_url }) end end end end