lib/active_support/inflector.rb in activesupport-1.3.1 vs lib/active_support/inflector.rb in activesupport-1.4.0
- old
+ new
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
-require 'singleton'
+require 'singleton'
# 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. The default inflections for pluralization, singularization, and uncountable words are kept
# in inflections.rb.
-module Inflector
+module Inflector
# A singleton instance of this class is yielded by Inflector.inflections, which can then be used to specify additional
# inflection rules. Examples:
#
# Inflector.inflections do |inflect|
# inflect.plural /^(ox)$/i, '\1\2en'
@@ -19,50 +19,50 @@
# New rules are added at the top. So in the example above, the irregular rule for octopus will now be the first of the
# pluralization and singularization rules that is runs. This guarantees that your rules run before any of the rules that may
# already have been loaded.
class Inflections
include Singleton
-
+
attr_reader :plurals, :singulars, :uncountables
-
+
def initialize
@plurals, @singulars, @uncountables = [], [], []
end
-
- # Specifies a new pluralization rule and its replacement. The rule can either be a string or a regular expression.
+
+ # Specifies a new pluralization rule and its replacement. The rule can either be a string or a regular expression.
# The replacement should always be a string that may include references to the matched data from the rule.
def plural(rule, replacement)
@plurals.insert(0, [rule, replacement])
end
-
- # Specifies a new singularization rule and its replacement. The rule can either be a string or a regular expression.
+
+ # Specifies a new singularization rule and its replacement. The rule can either be a string or a regular expression.
# The replacement should always be a string that may include references to the matched data from the rule.
def singular(rule, replacement)
@singulars.insert(0, [rule, replacement])
end
# Specifies a new irregular that applies to both pluralization and singularization at the same time. This can only be used
# for strings, not regular expressions. You simply pass the irregular in singular and plural form.
- #
+ #
# Examples:
# irregular 'octopus', 'octopi'
# irregular 'person', 'people'
def irregular(singular, plural)
plural(Regexp.new("(#{singular[0,1]})#{singular[1..-1]}$", "i"), '\1' + plural[1..-1])
singular(Regexp.new("(#{plural[0,1]})#{plural[1..-1]}$", "i"), '\1' + singular[1..-1])
end
-
+
# Add uncountable words that shouldn't be attempted inflected.
- #
+ #
# Examples:
# uncountable "money"
# uncountable "money", "information"
# uncountable %w( money information rice )
def uncountable(*words)
(@uncountables << words).flatten!
end
-
+
# Clears the loaded inflections within a given scope (default is :all). Give the scope as a symbol of the inflection type,
# the options are: :plurals, :singulars, :uncountables
#
# Examples:
# clear :all
@@ -85,10 +85,19 @@
else
Inflections.instance
end
end
+ # Returns the plural form of the word in the string.
+ #
+ # Examples
+ # "post".pluralize #=> "posts"
+ # "octopus".pluralize #=> "octopi"
+ # "sheep".pluralize #=> "sheep"
+ # "words".pluralize #=> "words"
+ # "the blue mailman".pluralize #=> "the blue mailmen"
+ # "CamelOctopus".pluralize #=> "CamelOctopi"
def pluralize(word)
result = word.to_s.dup
if inflections.uncountables.include?(result.downcase)
result
@@ -96,10 +105,19 @@
inflections.plurals.each { |(rule, replacement)| break if result.gsub!(rule, replacement) }
result
end
end
+ # The reverse of pluralize, returns the singular form of a word in a string.
+ #
+ # Examples
+ # "posts".singularize #=> "post"
+ # "octopi".singularize #=> "octopus"
+ # "sheep".singluarize #=> "sheep"
+ # "word".singluarize #=> "word"
+ # "the blue mailmen".singularize #=> "the blue mailman"
+ # "CamelOctopi".singularize #=> "CamelOctopus"
def singularize(word)
result = word.to_s.dup
if inflections.uncountables.include?(result.downcase)
result
@@ -107,61 +125,141 @@
inflections.singulars.each { |(rule, replacement)| break if result.gsub!(rule, replacement) }
result
end
end
+ # By default, camelize converts strings to UpperCamelCase. If the argument to camelize
+ # is set to ":lower" then camelize produces lowerCamelCase.
+ #
+ # camelize will also convert '/' to '::' which is useful for converting paths to namespaces
+ #
+ # Examples
+ # "active_record".camelize #=> "ActiveRecord"
+ # "active_record".camelize(:lower) #=> "activeRecord"
+ # "active_record/errors".camelize #=> "ActiveRecord::Errors"
+ # "active_record/errors".camelize(:lower) #=> "activeRecord::Errors"
def camelize(lower_case_and_underscored_word, first_letter_in_uppercase = true)
if first_letter_in_uppercase
lower_case_and_underscored_word.to_s.gsub(/\/(.?)/) { "::" + $1.upcase }.gsub(/(^|_)(.)/) { $2.upcase }
else
lower_case_and_underscored_word.first + camelize(lower_case_and_underscored_word)[1..-1]
end
end
+ # Capitalizes all the words and replaces some characters in the string to create
+ # a nicer looking title. Titleize is meant for creating pretty output. It is not
+ # used in the Rails internals.
+ #
+ # titleize is also aliased as as titlecase
+ #
+ # Examples
+ # "man from the boondocks".titleize #=> "Man From The Boondocks"
+ # "x-men: the last stand".titleize #=> "X Men: The Last Stand"
def titleize(word)
humanize(underscore(word)).gsub(/\b([a-z])/) { $1.capitalize }
end
-
+
+ # The reverse of +camelize+. Makes an underscored form from the expression in the string.
+ #
+ # Changes '::' to '/' to convert namespaces to paths.
+ #
+ # Examples
+ # "ActiveRecord".underscore #=> "active_record"
+ # "ActiveRecord::Errors".underscore #=> active_record/errors
def underscore(camel_cased_word)
camel_cased_word.to_s.gsub(/::/, '/').
gsub(/([A-Z]+)([A-Z][a-z])/,'\1_\2').
gsub(/([a-z\d])([A-Z])/,'\1_\2').
tr("-", "_").
downcase
end
-
+
+ # Replaces underscores with dashes in the string.
+ #
+ # Example
+ # "puni_puni" #=> "puni-puni"
def dasherize(underscored_word)
underscored_word.gsub(/_/, '-')
end
+ # Capitalizes the first word and turns underscores into spaces and strips _id.
+ # Like titleize, this is meant for creating pretty output.
+ #
+ # Examples
+ # "employee_salary" #=> "Employee salary"
+ # "author_id" #=> "Author"
def humanize(lower_case_and_underscored_word)
lower_case_and_underscored_word.to_s.gsub(/_id$/, "").gsub(/_/, " ").capitalize
end
+ # Removes the module part from the expression in the string
+ #
+ # Examples
+ # "ActiveRecord::CoreExtensions::String::Inflections".demodulize #=> "Inflections"
+ # "Inflections".demodulize #=> "Inflections"
def demodulize(class_name_in_module)
class_name_in_module.to_s.gsub(/^.*::/, '')
end
+ # Create the name of a table like Rails does for models to table names. This method
+ # uses the pluralize method on the last word in the string.
+ #
+ # Examples
+ # "RawScaledScorer".tableize #=> "raw_scaled_scorers"
+ # "egg_and_ham".tableize #=> "egg_and_hams"
+ # "fancyCategory".tableize #=> "fancy_categories"
def tableize(class_name)
pluralize(underscore(class_name))
end
-
+
+ # Create a class name from a table name like Rails does for table names to models.
+ # Note that this returns a string and not a Class. (To convert to an actual class
+ # follow classify with constantize.)
+ #
+ # Examples
+ # "egg_and_hams".classify #=> "EggAndHam"
+ # "post".classify #=> "Post"
def classify(table_name)
- camelize(singularize(table_name))
+ # strip out any leading schema name
+ camelize(singularize(table_name.to_s.sub(/.*\./, '')))
end
+ # Creates a foreign key name from a class name.
+ # +separate_class_name_and_id_with_underscore+ sets whether
+ # the method should put '_' between the name and 'id'.
+ #
+ # Examples
+ # "Message".foreign_key #=> "message_id"
+ # "Message".foreign_key(false) #=> "messageid"
+ # "Admin::Post".foreign_key #=> "post_id"
def foreign_key(class_name, separate_class_name_and_id_with_underscore = true)
underscore(demodulize(class_name)) + (separate_class_name_and_id_with_underscore ? "_id" : "id")
end
+ # Constantize tries to find a declared constant with the name specified
+ # in the string. It raises a NameError when the name is not in CamelCase
+ # or is not initialized.
+ #
+ # Examples
+ # "Module".constantize #=> Module
+ # "Class".constantize #=> Class
def constantize(camel_cased_word)
- raise NameError, "#{camel_cased_word.inspect} is not a valid constant name!" unless
- /^(::)?([A-Z]\w*)(::[A-Z]\w*)*$/ =~ camel_cased_word
-
+ unless /^(::)?([A-Z]\w*)(::[A-Z]\w*)*$/ =~ camel_cased_word
+ raise NameError, "#{camel_cased_word.inspect} is not a valid constant name!"
+ end
+
camel_cased_word = "::#{camel_cased_word}" unless $1
Object.module_eval(camel_cased_word, __FILE__, __LINE__)
end
+ # Ordinalize turns a number into an ordinal string used to denote the
+ # position in an ordered sequence such as 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th.
+ #
+ # Examples
+ # ordinalize(1) # => "1st"
+ # ordinalize(2) # => "2nd"
+ # ordinalize(1002) # => "1002nd"
+ # ordinalize(1003) # => "1003rd"
def ordinalize(number)
if (11..13).include?(number.to_i % 100)
"#{number}th"
else
case number.to_i % 10