Gabriel Saravia wrote: > > > Wheel < ActiveRecord::Base > self.abstract_class = true > > CarToWheelsClassHash = {:ford => "FordWheel"} > > def self.abstract_find(car_brand, *normalfindargs) > CarToWheelsClassHash[car_brand].constantize.find(*normalfindargs) > end > > [other code common to all wheels models] > end > > FordWheel < Wheel > code specific to the ford wheels model > end > > hope that makes sense to you, i actually really like this solution so > far on my end.
Thanks Gabriel, but unfortunately this exact solution wouldn't work in our case. The names of the various Wheel tables are not known at design time. In other words, there's nothing to stop someone creating a new table and adding it to the mapping table during runtime. Given the wonderful dynamic nature of ruby I suppose I could get past that fairly easily by creating the Wheel subclasses dynamically, but I'm not sure that that is the best approach. -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---