gistfile1.txt

# experiments with logging!

        # Logging hook.
        before :save, :story_log
        # hmm?
        before :save!, :story_log

        # Logging goodies

        def story_log
                logopts = Hash.new
                #logopts[:type] = (self.id) ? "story_update" : "story_new"
                # don't log story creation now, just updates. Maybe not even
                # all of those
                return if self.id.nil?
                # should break up the types a bit more. For now
                logopts[:type] = "story_update"
                logopts[:item] = self.id
                title = (self.title != "Untitled Story") ? self.title : self.story_draft.title
                logopts[:description] = %Q{Author: #{self.user.nickname} Title: #{title} Status: #{self.displaystatus}}
                LogInfo.log_event(logopts)

        end

### the logger classes

class LogInfo
        include DataMapper::Resource

        property :id, Serial
        property :log_type, String
        property :log_item, String
        property :description, String
        property :extended, Boolean
        property :user_id, Integer
        property :ip_address, String
        property :date, DateTime

        has 1, :log_info_extended

        def self.log_event(options = {})
                l = self.new
                l.log_type = options[:type]
                l.log_item = options[:item]
                l.description = options[:description]
                l.extended = options[:extended]
                if (l.extended)
                        l.log_extended_info = LogInfoExtended.new
                        l.log_info_extended.extended_description = options[:exte
nded_description]
                end
                l.user_id = $user.id
                l.ip_address = request.env["REMOTE_ADDR"]
                l.date = DateTime.now
                l.save
        end

end

class LogInfoExtended
        include DataMapper::Resource
        property :log_info_id, Integer, :key => true
        property :extended_description, Text, :lazy => false

        belongs_to :log_info
end