http://api.rubyonrails.org/classes/ActiveRecord/Persistence.html#method-i-becomes
class User < Person end u = User.first u.class.name #=> User p = u.becomes(Person) p.class.name #=> Person Dheeraj Kumar On Thursday 9 August 2012 at 12:38 AM, Mohamad El-Husseini wrote: > Sorry, can you clarify your post a little? What does AR::Base#becomes exactly > mean? I'm relatively new to some of this stuff! > > On Wednesday, August 8, 2012 3:03:38 PM UTC-4, Dheeraj Kumar wrote: > > It's simple. Use AR::Base#becomes > > > > > > Dheeraj Kumar > > > > > > On Thursday 9 August 2012 at 12:20 AM, Mohamad El-Husseini wrote: > > > > > I'm using Rails 3.2. And I'm pretty sure you can. Basically, to get a > > > form to post to the right model I need to set it up generically. My > > > initial form was: > > > > > > = simple_form_for @user do |f| > > > > > > To make it work I had to change it to this: > > > > > > > > > = simple_form_for :user, url: user_path(@user) do |f| > > > To work with link helpers, I added this as resource: > > > > > > resources :owners, path: 'users', controller: 'users' > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Wednesday, August 8, 2012 10:43:47 AM UTC-4, Peter wrote: > > > > On Tuesday, August 7, 2012 11:13:56 AM UTC-5, Mohamad El-Husseini wrote: > > > > > I want my helpers to generate paths using a superclass instead of the > > > > > subclasses. Assuming I have Owner and Member that both inherit from > > > > > User, rails will use the current objects class name when generating > > > > > paths: > > > > > > > > > > Let's say current_user is a mod: <%= link_to current_user.name > > > > > (http://current_user.name), current_user %> will generate "/mod/:id". > > > > > I want to force it to generate "/user/:id" regardless of the subclass. > > > > > > > > > > I can name the path: > > > > > <%= link_to current_user.name (http://current_user.name), > > > > > user_path(current_user) %> > > > > > > > > > > But I still want to use the convenience of just passing the object: > > > > > <%= link_to current_user.name (http://current_user.name), > > > > > current_user %> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Is this possible? > > > > > > > > > > > > > You didn't specify the rails version, but I'm pretty sure the answer is > > > > no. In Rails 2.3.14 your link to is eventually calling url_for, which > > > > calls polymorphic_url (through polymorphic_path) since you're not > > > > passing it a String, Hash or the symbol :back > > > > (https://github.com/rails/rails/blob/v2.3.14/actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/url_helper.rb#L76). > > > > In turn that eventually calls build_named_route_call, which uses > > > > RecordIdentifier.plural_class_name(current_user), which is returning > > > > the class name > > > > (https://github.com/rails/rails/blob/v2.3.14/actionpack/lib/action_controller/polymorphic_routes.rb#L154). > > > > And finally that in turn eventually calls current_user.model_name > > > > (https://github.com/rails/rails/blob/v2.3.14/actionpack/lib/action_controller/record_identifier.rb#L100) > > > > > > > > You could look into overriding what model name returns for those > > > > classes, but that seems really far reaching and dangerous. I'd just > > > > use the path helper since that best represents what you want to do, > > > > which is send an Owner or Member object not to /owners/:id or > > > > /members/:id but to /users/:id instead; ergo the verbosity doesn't seem > > > > bad to me, it helps clarify. > > > > > > > > As an alternative, you could also define the /owners/:id and > > > > /members/:id routes and point them at UsersController; not sure if > > > > that's okay to have the extra routes, but that allows you to keep your > > > > shorthand notation, has that map to the expected URL, but lets you DRY > > > > the underlying controller class. > > > > > > > > \Peter > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > 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] > > > (javascript:). > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > > [email protected] (javascript:). > > > To view this discussion on the web visit > > > https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rubyonrails-talk/-/-NUfQAxSGDMJ. > > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > > > > > > > -- > 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] > (mailto:[email protected]). > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > (mailto:[email protected]). > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rubyonrails-talk/-/zS500RJNLR4J. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. 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