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Our main shop floor controller
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Source code: controller_floor_controller.rb Module: R202
class FloorController < ApplicationController
def internal # A method that does things that all views need @departments = Aisle.all @flogit = Product.all.sort_by(&:unitprice).reverse end def index # Bring in the common stuff internal # which is all this example needs on its basic stuff! end def stock # Bring in the common stuff internal # Because we are within a class / on an object, we # can just refer to @based (object) variables from our # internal method as they are quasi-global @flogit = @flogit.reverse # Code up stuff for the stock table display # Leave a "protected" [wrong word!] copy of base data # Note - don't really need clone - we could let sort # produce the cloned copy because we happen to be sorting @catalog = @flogit.clone @catalog = @catalog.sort_by(&:aisle_id) # In this example, show is just an array of strings # in a more complex example, it would be an array of # objects of potenially different types which the viewer # would format as appropriate using the polymorphic # capabilities of each of those types @show = [] old_aisle = -1 counter = 0 @catalog.each do |thing| if old_aisle != thing.aisle_id if counter > 0 @show.push("Total of #{counter}\n") end @show.push("Into a new aisle #{thing.aisle.aname}") old_aisle = thing.aisle_id counter = 0 end counter += 1 @show.push("... #{counter} - selling #{thing.pname}") end # Duplicate summary line / should be a function/method call # if it's any more complex, as it is duplicating @show.push("Total of #{counter}\n") end def addaisle # Put up the form to add in a new aisle internal @newrange = Aisle.new end def addproduct # Put up the form to add in a new product internal @newprod = Product.new internal_aisles end def internal_aisles @avail_aisles = [] @departments.each do |store_area| if store_area.id == params[:id].to_i @avail_aisles.unshift(["#{store_area.aname} [def]", store_area.id]) else @avail_aisles.push([store_area.aname, store_area.id]) end end end def saveproduct # Pick up the values for a new product @newprod = Product.new(params[:product]) # Does the aisle it will be on exist? matches = Aisle.exists?(@newprod.aisle_id) # Create a new product record if on an aisle # Note - making use of lazy "and" operator if matches and @newprod.save # If it worked # send them back to the basic display # NOT USING EXISTING OBJECT VARS redirect_to :action => "index" else # If it failed # reshow this display WITH EXISTING OBJECT VARS internal internal_aisles render :action => "addproduct" end end def saveaisle # Pick up the values for a new aisle @newrange = Aisle.new(params[:aisle]) # Create a new aisle record if @newrange.save # And send them back to the basic display redirect_to :action => "index" else internal render :action => "addaisle" end end end Learn about this subject
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