On Jul 26, 6:20 am, Rick F <[email protected]> wrote: > 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?
Sounds like you want either validates_with, which enables you to package up a set of validations into something reusable or validates_associated, which would tell your user that when it validates itself it should also validate the associated address object. > > 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)? validates_length_of ? Fred > > 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.
