On May 3, 8:18 pm, Bloudermilk <bren...@apwit.com> wrote: > I am currently using STI to manage three different types of Users on a > site. I find this to be a great solution when it comes to DRYing > authentication and basic fields for each type of user. My only caveat > with this method is adding type specific fields to the three classes > of users. Currently each type has it's own ____Profile model > (AdminProfile, CatProfile, DogProfile, etc.). To avoid always having > to do things like cat.cat_profile.fur_color, I've been manually > mapping attributes of the ____Profile classes to their respective user > class so I can just do cat.fur_color. This makes my code a lot cleaner > on the controller and view side, but is huge mess on the model side. I > am wondering if there is a plugin/gem to do these kinds of mappings > automatically.
You're probably looking for the 'delegate' method that ActiveSupport defines. Here's an example: class Foo < ActiveRecord::Base belongs_to :bar end class Bar < ActiveRecord::Base has_one :foo delegate :method_one, :method_two, :method_three, :to => :foo end If maintaining that list becomes burdensome, you could probably metaprogram something by grabbing Foo.attributes or the like. --Matt Jones -- 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-t...@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.
