Module Ribs::Repository
In: lib/ribs/repository.rb

A Repository is the main gateway into all functionality in Ribs. This is where you send your objects to live in the DB, etc.

A Repository is a combination implementation of both Data Mapper and Repository.

Methods

const_missing   create_repository   ensure_repository  

Classes and Modules

Module Ribs::Repository::ClassMethods
Module Ribs::Repository::InstanceMethods

Attributes

database  [R]  Every repository is tied to a specific database
model  [R]  Every repository is tied to a specific model. This is either a class or an instance of a class

Public Class methods

const_missing(name)

Dynamically create new database modules

[Source]

     # File lib/ribs/repository.rb, line 213
213:       def const_missing(name)
214:         if /^DB_(.*?)$/ =~ name.to_s
215:           db_name = $1
216:           mod = Module.new
217:           mod.instance_variable_set :@database_name, db_name.to_sym
218:           const_set name, mod
219:           mod
220:         else
221:           super
222:         end
223:       end
create_repository(name, dbmod)

Create a repository for a model inside a database

[Source]

     # File lib/ribs/repository.rb, line 200
200:       def create_repository(name, dbmod)
201:         c = Class.new
202:         mod1 = if Repository.constants.include?(name)
203:                  Repository.const_get(name)
204:                else
205:                  mod = Module.new
206:                  Repository.const_set(name, mod)
207:                  mod
208:                end
209:         dbmod.const_set name, c
210:       end
ensure_repository(name, cls, real, db)

Makes sure the class sent in is actually a repostiroy. It checks all invariants for a Repository and makes them true if they aren‘t already.

[Source]

     # File lib/ribs/repository.rb, line 172
172:       def ensure_repository(name, cls, real, db)
173:         unless cls.kind_of?(Repository)
174:           mod1 = if Repository.constants.include?(name)
175:                    Repository.const_get(name)
176:                  else
177:                    mod = Module.new
178:                    Repository.const_set(name, mod)
179:                    mod
180:                  end
181:           
182:           unless mod1.kind_of?(Repository)
183:             mod1.send :include, Repository::InstanceMethods
184:           end
185: 
186:           unless mod1.constants.include?("ClassMethods")
187:             mod1.const_set(:ClassMethods, Module.new)
188:           end
189:           
190:           cls.send :include, mod1
191:           cls.send :extend, mod1.const_get(:ClassMethods)
192:           cls.send :extend, Repository::ClassMethods
193:           cls.instance_variable_set :@database, db
194:           cls.instance_variable_set :@model, real
195:           cls.instance_variable_set :@metadata, Ribs::metadata_for(db, real, cls)
196:         end
197:       end

[Validate]