Module: ActiveRecord::Acts::Versioned::ClassMethods

Defined in:

lib/plugins/acts_as_versioned/lib/acts_as_versioned.rb

Instance Method Summary

• #acts_as_versioned(options = {}, &extension) ⇒ Object

  Configuration options.

Instance Method Details

#acts_as_versioned(options = {}, &extension) ⇒ Object

Configuration options

• class_name - versioned model class name (default: PageVersion in the above example)

• table_name - versioned model table name (default: page_versions in the above example)

• foreign_key - foreign key used to relate the versioned model to the original model (default: page_id in the above example)

• inheritance_column - name of the column to save the model's inheritance_column value for STI. (default: versioned_type)

• version_column - name of the column in the model that keeps the version number (default: version)

• sequence_name - name of the custom sequence to be used by the versioned model.

• limit - number of revisions to keep, defaults to unlimited

• if - symbol of method to check before saving a new version. If this method returns false, a new version is not saved. For finer control, pass either a Proc or modify Model#version_condition_met?

  acts_as_versioned :if => Proc.new { |auction| !auction.expired? }
  

  or…

  class Auction
    def version_condition_met? # totally bypasses the <tt>:if</tt> option
      !expired?
    end
  end
  

• if_changed - Simple way of specifying attributes that are required to be changed before saving a model. This takes either a symbol or array of symbols. WARNING - This will attempt to overwrite any attribute setters you may have. Use this instead if you want to write your own attribute setters (and ignore if_changed):

  def name=(new_name)
    write_changed_attribute :name, new_name
  end
  

• extend - Lets you specify a module to be mixed in both the original and versioned models. You can also just pass a block to create an anonymous mixin:

  class Auction
    acts_as_versioned do
      def started?
        !started_at.nil?
      end
    end
  end
  

  or…

  module AuctionExtension
    def started?
      !started_at.nil?
    end
  end
  class Auction
    acts_as_versioned :extend => AuctionExtension
  end
  

Example code:

  @auction = Auction.find(1)
  @auction.started?
  @auction.versions.first.started?

Database Schema

The model that you're versioning needs to have a 'version' attribute. The model is versioned into a table called #model_versions where the model name is singlular. The _versions table should contain all the fields you want versioned, the same version column, and a #model_id foreign key field.

A lock_version field is also accepted if your model uses Optimistic Locking. If your table uses Single Table inheritance, then that field is reflected in the versioned model as 'versioned_type' by default.

Acts_as_versioned comes prepared with the ActiveRecord::Acts::Versioned::ActMethods::ClassMethods#create_versioned_table method, perfect for a migration. It will also create the version column if the main model does not already have it.

class AddVersions < ActiveRecord::Migration
  def self.up
    # create_versioned_table takes the same options hash
    # that create_table does
    Post.create_versioned_table
  end

  def self.down
    Post.drop_versioned_table
  end
end

Changing What Fields Are Versioned

By default, acts_as_versioned will version all but these fields:

[self.primary_key, inheritance_column, 'version', 'lock_version', versioned_inheritance_column]

You can add or change those by modifying #non_versioned_columns. Note that this takes strings and not symbols.

class Post < ActiveRecord::Base
  acts_as_versioned
  self.non_versioned_columns << 'comments_count'
end

# File 'lib/plugins/acts_as_versioned/lib/acts_as_versioned.rb', line 170

def acts_as_versioned(options = {}, &extension)
  # don't allow multiple calls
  return if self.included_modules.include?(ActiveRecord::Acts::Versioned::ActMethods)

  send :include, ActiveRecord::Acts::Versioned::ActMethods

  cattr_accessor :versioned_class_name, :versioned_foreign_key, :versioned_table_name, :versioned_inheritance_column, 
    :version_column, :max_version_limit, :track_altered_attributes, :version_condition, :version_sequence_name, :non_versioned_columns,
    :version_association_options

  # legacy
  alias_method :non_versioned_fields,  :non_versioned_columns
  alias_method :non_versioned_fields=, :non_versioned_columns=

  class << self
    alias_method :non_versioned_fields,  :non_versioned_columns
    alias_method :non_versioned_fields=, :non_versioned_columns=
  end

  send :attr_accessor, :altered_attributes

  self.versioned_class_name         = options[:class_name]  || "Version"
  self.versioned_foreign_key        = options[:foreign_key] || self.to_s.foreign_key
  self.versioned_table_name         = options[:table_name]  || "#{table_name_prefix}#{base_class.name.demodulize.underscore}_versions#{table_name_suffix}"
  self.versioned_inheritance_column = options[:inheritance_column] || "versioned_#{inheritance_column}"
  self.version_column               = options[:version_column]     || 'version'
  self.version_sequence_name        = options[:sequence_name]
  self.max_version_limit            = options[:limit].to_i
  self.version_condition            = options[:if] || true
  self.non_versioned_columns        = [self.primary_key, inheritance_column, 'version', 'lock_version', versioned_inheritance_column]
  self.version_association_options  = {
                                        :class_name  => "#{self.to_s}::#{versioned_class_name}",
                                        :foreign_key => versioned_foreign_key,
                                        :dependent   => :delete_all
                                      }.merge(options[:association_options] || {})

  if block_given?
    extension_module_name = "#{versioned_class_name}Extension"
    silence_warnings do
      self.const_set(extension_module_name, Module.new(&extension))
    end

    options[:extend] = self.const_get(extension_module_name)
  end

  class_eval do
    has_many :versions, version_association_options do
      # finds earliest version of this record
      def earliest
        @earliest ||= order('version').first
      end

      # find latest version of this record
      def latest
        @latest ||= order('version desc').first
      end
    end
    before_save  :set_new_version
    after_create :save_version_on_create
    after_update :save_version
    after_save   :clear_old_versions
    after_save   :clear_altered_attributes

    unless options[:if_changed].nil?
      self.track_altered_attributes = true
      options[:if_changed] = [options[:if_changed]] unless options[:if_changed].is_a?(Array)
      options[:if_changed].each do |attr_name|
        define_method("#{attr_name}=") do |value|
          write_changed_attribute attr_name, value
        end
      end
    end

    include options[:extend] if options[:extend].is_a?(Module)
  end

  # create the dynamic versioned model
  const_set(versioned_class_name, Class.new(ActiveRecord::Base)).class_eval do
    def self.reloadable? ; false ; end
    # find first version before the given version
    def self.before(version)
      order('version desc').
        where("#{original_class.versioned_foreign_key} = ? and version < ?", version.send(original_class.versioned_foreign_key), version.version).
        first
    end

    # find first version after the given version.
    def self.after(version)
      order('version').
        where("#{original_class.versioned_foreign_key} = ? and version > ?", version.send(original_class.versioned_foreign_key), version.version).
        first
    end

    def previous
      self.class.before(self)
    end

    def next
      self.class.after(self)
    end

    def versions_count
      page.version
    end
  end

  versioned_class.cattr_accessor :original_class
  versioned_class.original_class = self
  versioned_class.table_name = versioned_table_name
  versioned_class.belongs_to self.to_s.demodulize.underscore.to_sym, 
    :class_name  => "::#{self.to_s}", 
    :foreign_key => versioned_foreign_key
  versioned_class.send :include, options[:extend]         if options[:extend].is_a?(Module)
  versioned_class.set_sequence_name version_sequence_name if version_sequence_name
end