I've got a bunch of tables that will act_as_tree. I don't see a method (maybe I'm missing it) to "get myself and my children"? So I wanted to add it to my model, but I have so many acts_as_tree models I was trying to figure out a way to write my self_and_children method once, but I'm unfamiliar with extending the existing code in this way. Can somebody point me in the right direction? Thanks! (This code is for a rapid prototype, so scale and performance are not crucial issues, I'm just can't bring myself to cut and paste the same method over and over again.)
I've just realized that if an object's parent_id is set equal to itself, then it will include itself among it's children. Perhaps that's all I need, at least for my purposes right now. Sorry for the interruption.
Duane Morin wrote:
If you want the object and it’s children all in a 1D array:
def self_and_children [self] + children end