Thanks James, that was very helpful. -Alex
On Nov 21, 1:56 pm, "James Mitchell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > That's probably the 'cleanest' (since non-ugliest isn't really a word) > option. The next big question is how far do you take it? How you > actually implement it is where some people tend to like one way over > the other. > > You could simply alias the name to a delegated method and call it done. > > Or, like in my day job, we actually have 'view state' objects that > take much this kind of complexity out of the controllers and models > which makes things a bit simpler and easier to test. They are > designed to be loaded up and validated (via Validatable[0] and a > Forwardable[1] extension, if needed), which is then passed along to > the view such that the view does not need to care what kind of > "category" it has or how to get the name from it. > > Hope that helps. > > [0]http://validatable.rubyforge.org/ > [1]http://blog.jayfields.com/2007/02/ruby-forwardable-addition.html > > -- > James Mitchell > > On Fri, Nov 21, 2008 at 11:44 AM, ressister <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I have a partial, that generates a list of categories. I'd like to > > use the same partial for two different scenarios where data will be > > coming from different models. In one case, the partial is grabbing > > category data directly from the Category model. In another case it's > > grabbing it from an associated UserCategory model. > > > Based on the associations, in one scenario, i'd display the category > > name like this in the loop: category.name. In the other scenario > > (where I'm first retrieving category info through the UserCategory > > model, I'd display it like: category.category.name. > > > What's the best way to use one partial for both situations? Do I > > alias category name somehow in the model so it can work for both > > scenarios? > > > I look forward to your suggestions. > > > Thanks! --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
