Active Resource basics

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Assuming I have models that look like these:

class Job < ActiveRecord::Base   has_many :locations end

class Location < ActiveRecord::Base   belongs_to :job end

I have routes that look like this:

map.resources :job do |job|   job.resources :location end

I'm exposing these model using ActiveResource like this:

class Job < MyLocalResource end

class Location < MyLocalResource   site += '/job/:job_id' end

How would I run a method on job, (like submitting the job to queue of some sort) after I create location? Am I approaching this from the wrong direction? Should I create an observer on the job model?

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Active Resource doesn’t reflect the associations in your models, but you can, for example:

Location

def job @job ||= Job.find(job_id) end

Job

def enqueue

connection.post("#{element_path(id)};enqueue")

end

Then location.job.enqueue! to submit the location’s job to a queue.

jeremy