require 'state_machine' # Adds a generic implementation for sending messages between users module HasMessages module MacroMethods # Creates the following message associations: # * +messages+ - Messages that were composed and are visible to the owner. # Mesages may have been sent or unsent. # * +received_messages - Messages that have been received from others and # are visible. Messages may have been read or unread. # # == Creating new messages # # To create a new message, the +messages+ association should be used, # for example: # # user = User.find(123) # message = user.messages.build # message.subject = 'Hello' # message.body = 'How are you?' # message.to User.find(456) # message.save # message.deliver # # == Drafts # # You can get the drafts for a particular user by using the +unsent_messages+ # helper method. This will find all messages in the "unsent" state. For example, # # user = User.find(123) # user.unsent_messages # # You can also get at the messages that *have* been sent, using the +sent_messages+ # helper method. For example, # # user = User.find(123) # user.sent_messages def has_messages has_many :messages, :as => :sender, :class_name => 'Message', :conditions => {:hidden_at => nil}, :order => 'messages.created_at DESC' has_many :received_messages, :as => :receiver, :class_name => 'MessageRecipient', :include => :message, :conditions => ['message_recipients.hidden_at IS NULL AND messages.state = ?', 'sent'], :order => 'messages.created_at DESC' include HasMessages::InstanceMethods end end module InstanceMethods # Composed messages that have not yet been sent. These consists of all # messages that are currently in the "unsent" state. def unsent_messages messages.with_state(:unsent) end # Composed messages that have already been sent. These consists of all # messages that are currently in the "queued" or "sent" states. def sent_messages messages.with_states(:queued, :sent) end end end ActiveRecord::Base.class_eval do extend HasMessages::MacroMethods end