I have a need/want to have a generic filter based on url params, instead dealing with each controller or creating a module in each application, but I never really got far with that (I was just doing per controller method filtering when needed for the little I was filtering)
After learning to use Activerecord for some other projects, I became familiar with has_scope. Today when looking at one of my previous filters thought now would be a time to start building a gem to handle this. I looked at has_scope and it seems simple enough, really just one file providing methods to a controller. There will be differences, e.g I know there is no such thing as named scopes that AR provides in DM (to my knowledge) so I'm changing the terminology slightly to `filter` to accommodate specific model methods that run various types of queries on all instances of that model. Basically, I see a need for this and it looks like a skill building project. Contact me if - there is a ready solution - there is a better solution ( for all I know this is unnecessary in DM because something I'm not aware of) - if you would like to participate I can maintain and manage the project, admittedly my coding skills are weak but I do what I can. (In fact, I don't fully understand everything that is going on in has_scope and what I've brought to dm- has_filter will not work yet and needs to be brought to DM environment). ------------------ dm-has_filter A rails gem providing generic filter functionality to a DataMapper model from url params through a controller https://github.com/blueblank/dm-has_filter ------------------ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "DataMapper" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/datamapper?hl=en.
