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Mongoid Observer using ActiveModel.
require "#{RAILS_ROOT}/lib/mongoid/lib/observing.rb"
# Initializer for Observers
User.observers = :user_observer
User.instantiate_observers
# The preferred syntax, similar to AR's setup
# Mongoid.configure do |config|
# config.observers = :user_observer
# end
module Mongoid
module Observing
CALLBACKS = [
:before_create, :before_destroy, :before_save, :before_update,
:before_validation, :after_create, :after_destroy, :after_save,
:after_update, :after_validation
]
def self.included(base)
base.module_eval { include ActiveModel::Observing }
CALLBACKS.each do |callback|
callback_method = :"notify_observers_#{callback}"
base.module_eval <<-RUBY, __FILE__, __LINE__+1
#{callback}(#{callback_method.inspect})
def #{callback_method}(&block)
notify_observers(#{callback.inspect}, &block)
end
private #{callback_method.inspect}
RUBY
end
end
end
end
require 'carrierwave/orm/mongoid'
class User
include Mongoid::Document
include Mongoid::Timestamps
include Mongoid::Observing
field :name
field :username
end
class UserObserver < ActiveModel::Observer
def after_validation(user)
puts "User Observer After Validation"
end
end
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I'm not following. Isn't ActiveModel::Observing called from observing.rb at line 10?

@cgriego
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cgriego commented Mar 20, 2011

If you upgrade to Mongoid master then you'll get core support for observers. Add your observers to Mongoid.observers and make them inherit from Mongoid::Observer.

@angelim
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angelim commented May 5, 2011

Got it to work with cgriego's tips:

  • upgrade mongoid gem to master
  • create an initializer or equivalent to load the observers: Mongoid.observers << :user_observer
  • generate the observer: rails g observer user
  • implement observer class "user_observer" and make it inherit from Mongoid::Observer (the generator will set this up for you)

@gawin
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gawin commented May 24, 2011

My observer callbacks were called twice. Before and after the original model validation.

Fixed it by removing the explicit callback in the module eval, which causes the observer callback only to trigger after the orignal model callback.

https://gist.github.com/988791

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angelim commented May 24, 2011

No luck using the core support for observers officially added in Mongoid by @cgriego?

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gawin commented May 25, 2011

@angelim, works well with the Mongoid::Observer in master, however our production env isn't upgraded to Mongoid >= 2.0.0 yet.

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