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DRY Rails model using enums
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#Extended from https://gist.github.com/harssh-sparkway/8707634 | |
#Take I - Naive | |
class Article < ActiveRecord::Base | |
def self.all_published | |
where("state = ?", "published") | |
end | |
def self.all_draft | |
where("state = ?", "draft") | |
end | |
def self.all_spam | |
where("state = ?", "spam") | |
end | |
def published? | |
self.state == 'published' | |
end | |
def draft? | |
self.state == 'draft' | |
end | |
def spam? | |
self.state == 'spam' | |
end | |
end | |
#Take II - better but maybe unreadable to novices | |
class Article < ActiveRecord::Base | |
STATES = ['draft', 'published', 'spam'] | |
class <<self | |
STATES.each do |state_name| | |
define_method "all_#{state_name}" do | |
where("state = ?", state_name) | |
end | |
end | |
end | |
STATES.each do |state_name| | |
define_method "#{state_name}?" do | |
self.state == state_name | |
end | |
end | |
end | |
#Take III - DRYed completely using enums http://api.rubyonrails.org/classes/ActiveRecord/Enum.html | |
class Article < ActiveRecord::Base | |
enum state: [:draft, :published, :spam] | |
end |
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