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Adding class/instance methods meta-programmatically through ActiveSupport::Concern
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#Solution was probably too much overhead for the problem I had at hand - but it was fun. | |
#Note: This gist assumes Rails. | |
module Concerns | |
module LinkedAccountable | |
extend ActiveSupport::Concern | |
ACCOUNT_TYPES = ["twitter", "google"] | |
def self.included(obj) | |
obj.has_many :linked_accounts, :dependent => :destroy | |
end | |
ACCOUNT_TYPES.each do |account_type| | |
account_bool = ((account_type + "?").to_sym) | |
find_by_account_type_id = ("find_by_" + account_type + '_id').to_sym | |
account_id = (account_type + "_id").to_sym | |
account_type_users = (account_type + "_" + self.class.to_s.downcase.pluralize).to_sym | |
account = account_type.to_sym | |
### User.first.google? | |
define_method account_bool do | |
self.linked_accounts.send(account).any? | |
end | |
### User.first.google | |
define_method account_type.to_sym do | |
self.send(account_bool) ? self.linked_accounts.send(account).first : nil | |
end | |
### User.first.google_id | |
define_method account_id do | |
self.send(account_bool) ? self.send(account).source_id : nil | |
end | |
### User.find_by_twitter_id("aggressive_panda") | |
self.class.send(:define_method, find_by_account_type_id) do |id| | |
belongs_to_assoc = self.to_s.downcase.to_sym | |
linked_account = LinkedAccount.includes(belongs_to_assoc).send(account).find_by(source_id: id) | |
linked_account.nil? ? nil : linked_account.send(belongs_to_assoc) | |
end | |
end | |
end | |
end |
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