Hi all.. Just trying out Rails for the first time.. I've got a project I'd like to port over from another environment and am just not sure how to achieve the same sort of OO goodness I'm used to.. In my other environment, I've declared a few classes similar to the following (these are only a few of the overall classes):
class Address : street : string city : string state : string zip : string email : string phone : string class Name : lastname : string husband : string wife : string children : array of strings class User acctLocked : boolean address : Address (object) isProfileSetup : boolean lastLogin : datetime name : Name (object) userType : enum(#regular, #admin) In this case, my old environment allowed me to create validation logic associated with each class so I didn't have to reproduce (for instance) address validation logic for the various classes (not present here) that had address records -- all was encapsulated within a single class to reduce/eliminate redundant code. So -- is this sort of compound objecting possible in Rails or should I just eliminate the first two classes and add their respective fields directly into Users? Also, if I want to set a max field size for some of the strings (for validation purposes or otherwise), what's the best way to do that to ensure my generated SQL limits string length to 2 characters for state (for instance)? Please keep in mind that I've only been playing with Rails for about 2 hours, so I'm still learning.. 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.
