Rob Biedenharn wrote:
> On Nov 28, 2008, at 1:51 PM, Scott Peterson wrote:
>> So, I've generated a player_admin controller and pointed it to my
>> object using debug(), which didn't show fullname as an attribute.
>> end
> You really want to have this in your Player model. It will look
> almost the same:
>
> class Player
> def fullname
> self.first_name + " " + self.last_name
> end
> end
>
> or perhaps:
>
> class Player
> def fullname
> "#{self.first_name} #{self.last_name}"
> end
> end
>
Absolutely right. I want a single place which defines how I build
"fullname", so when I add title, middle name, whatever, it just works
everywhere I display.
>> funadmentally
>> wrong with how I'm thinking about Ruby objects, that in the Player
>> model
>> wasn't really an appropriate place to try that?
>>
>> Thank you.
>
> How did the method look when you tried to define it within your Player
> model? If you still tried to refer to @player rather than self, that
> may be your mental hurdle. You're defining a new attribute of a
> model. The rest of the system shouldn't care if the storage behind
> the model changes to hold the fullname and the other methods become:
>
> class Player
> def first_name
> self.fullname.split(' ').first
> end
> def last_name
> self.fullname.split(' ').last
> end
> end
>
> (NOTE: I'm not suggesting that this should happen, but only that the
> rest of the application can continue to reference @player.first_name,
> @player.last_name, or @player.fullname without having to know what
> really sits behind the model.)
>
> -Rob
>
> Rob Biedenharn http://agileconsultingllc.com
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Thanks a million for the response. Not sure what I did yesterday. I'm
pretty sure I wasn't referring to "@player", as I was in the Player
model object. Some foolish typo, I imagine. Glad to hear that I had
the right idea though.
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