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module ActionController
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# Polymorphic URL helpers are methods for smart resolution to a named route call when
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# given an Active Record model instance. They are to be used in combination with
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# ActionController::Resources.
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# These methods are useful when you want to generate correct URL or path to a RESTful
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# resource without having to know the exact type of the record in question.
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# Nested resources and/or namespaces are also supported, as illustrated in the example:
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# polymorphic_url([:admin, @article, @comment])
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# admin_article_comment_url(@article, @comment)
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# == Usage within the framework
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# Polymorphic URL helpers are used in a number of places throughout the Rails framework:
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# * <tt>url_for</tt>, so you can use it with a record as the argument, e.g.
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# <tt>url_for(@article)</tt>;
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# * ActionView::Helpers::FormHelper uses <tt>polymorphic_path</tt>, so you can write
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# <tt>form_for(@article)</tt> without having to specify <tt>:url</tt> parameter for the form
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# * <tt>redirect_to</tt> (which, in fact, uses <tt>url_for</tt>) so you can write
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# <tt>redirect_to(post)</tt> in your controllers;
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# * ActionView::Helpers::AtomFeedHelper, so you don't have to explicitly specify URLs
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# == Prefixed polymorphic helpers
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# In addition to <tt>polymorphic_url</tt> and <tt>polymorphic_path</tt> methods, a
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# number of prefixed helpers are available as a shorthand to <tt>:action => "..."</tt>
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# in options. Those are:
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# * <tt>edit_polymorphic_url</tt>, <tt>edit_polymorphic_path</tt>
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# * <tt>new_polymorphic_url</tt>, <tt>new_polymorphic_path</tt>
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# edit_polymorphic_path(@post) # => "/posts/1/edit"
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# polymorphic_path(@post, :format => :pdf) # => "/posts/1.pdf"
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module PolymorphicRoutes
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# Constructs a call to a named RESTful route for the given record and returns the
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# resulting URL string. For example:
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# # calls post_url(post)
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# polymorphic_url(post) # => "http://example.com/posts/1"
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# polymorphic_url([blog, post]) # => "http://example.com/blogs/1/posts/1"
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# polymorphic_url([:admin, blog, post]) # => "http://example.com/admin/blogs/1/posts/1"
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# polymorphic_url([user, :blog, post]) # => "http://example.com/users/1/blog/posts/1"
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# * <tt>:action</tt> - Specifies the action prefix for the named route:
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# <tt>:new</tt> or <tt>:edit</tt>. Default is no prefix.
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# * <tt>:routing_type</tt> - Allowed values are <tt>:path</tt> or <tt>:url</tt>.
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# Default is <tt>:url</tt>.
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# polymorphic_url(record) # same as article_url(record)
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# polymorphic_url(record) # same as comment_url(record)
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# # it recognizes new records and maps to the collection
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# record = Comment.new
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# polymorphic_url(record) # same as comments_url()
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def polymorphic_url(record_or_hash_or_array, options = {})
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if record_or_hash_or_array.kind_of?(Array)
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record_or_hash_or_array = record_or_hash_or_array.compact
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record_or_hash_or_array = record_or_hash_or_array[0] if record_or_hash_or_array.size == 1
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record = extract_record(record_or_hash_or_array)
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args = case record_or_hash_or_array
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when Hash; [ record_or_hash_or_array ]
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when Array; record_or_hash_or_array.dup
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else [ record_or_hash_or_array ]
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when options[:action].to_s == "new"
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when record.respond_to?(:new_record?) && record.new_record?
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args.delete_if {|arg| arg.is_a?(Symbol) || arg.is_a?(String)}
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named_route = build_named_route_call(record_or_hash_or_array, inflection, options)
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url_options = options.except(:action, :routing_type)
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unless url_options.empty?
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args.last.kind_of?(Hash) ? args.last.merge!(url_options) : args << url_options
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__send__(named_route, *args)
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# Returns the path component of a URL for the given record. It uses
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# <tt>polymorphic_url</tt> with <tt>:routing_type => :path</tt>.
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def polymorphic_path(record_or_hash_or_array, options = {})
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options[:routing_type] = :path
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polymorphic_url(record_or_hash_or_array, options)
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%w(edit new).each do |action|
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module_eval <<-EOT, __FILE__, __LINE__
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def #{action}_polymorphic_url(record_or_hash, options = {}) # def edit_polymorphic_url(record_or_hash, options = {})
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polymorphic_url( # polymorphic_url(
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record_or_hash, # record_or_hash,
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options.merge(:action => "#{action}")) # options.merge(:action => "edit"))
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def #{action}_polymorphic_path(record_or_hash, options = {}) # def edit_polymorphic_path(record_or_hash, options = {})
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polymorphic_url( # polymorphic_url(
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record_or_hash, # record_or_hash,
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options.merge(:action => "#{action}", :routing_type => :path)) # options.merge(:action => "edit", :routing_type => :path))
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def formatted_polymorphic_url(record_or_hash, options = {})
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ActiveSupport::Deprecation.warn("formatted_polymorphic_url has been deprecated. Please pass :format to the polymorphic_url method instead", caller)
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options[:format] = record_or_hash.pop if Array === record_or_hash
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polymorphic_url(record_or_hash, options)
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def formatted_polymorphic_path(record_or_hash, options = {})
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ActiveSupport::Deprecation.warn("formatted_polymorphic_path has been deprecated. Please pass :format to the polymorphic_path method instead", caller)
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options[:format] = record_or_hash.pop if record_or_hash === Array
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polymorphic_url(record_or_hash, options.merge(:routing_type => :path))
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def action_prefix(options)
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options[:action] ? "#{options[:action]}_" : ''
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def routing_type(options)
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options[:routing_type] || :url
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def build_named_route_call(records, inflection, options = {})
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unless records.is_a?(Array)
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record = extract_record(records)
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route = records.inject("") do |string, parent|
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if parent.is_a?(Symbol) || parent.is_a?(String)
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string << "#{parent}_"
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string << RecordIdentifier.__send__("plural_class_name", parent).singularize
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if record.is_a?(Symbol) || record.is_a?(String)
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route << "#{record}_"
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route << RecordIdentifier.__send__("plural_class_name", record)
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route = route.singularize if inflection == :singular
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action_prefix(options) + route + routing_type(options).to_s
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def extract_record(record_or_hash_or_array)
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case record_or_hash_or_array
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when Array; record_or_hash_or_array.last
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when Hash; record_or_hash_or_array[:id]
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else record_or_hash_or_array