Override destroy -- how to save it?

I would like to override the destroy method of my AR objects with something like this:

module Restorable

  alias_method :really_destroy, :destroy

  def destroy     self.destroyed = Date.today     self.save(false)     self   end

  def restore     self.destroyed = nil     self.save(false)     self   end

end

Problem is that Restorable doesn't have a destroy method to alias_method. Is there a way to get this sort of functionality? I would like to avoid adding a new method (like delete) to save confusion and so I don't have to go back and change my controllers.

Thanks, --Dean

Hi,

Problem is that Restorable doesn't have a destroy method to alias_method. Is there a way to get this sort of functionality?

everytime a module is included as a mix-in, the method "included" of the module is called, and the class including the module is passed as a parameter, so you can practice any kind of ruby dynamic black magic over the original class, in your case an AR object. I'm pasting a small template you can use for yor mix-in

def self.included(parent_class)     class << parent_class       #everything you do here will be evaluated on the parent class content, so any method aliasing and/or overwriting should be done here     end   end

regards,

javier ramirez

You might want to look at acts_as_paranoid:

http://ar-paranoid.rubyforge.org/

though I guess that doesn't give you a restore method....

b

Dean wrote:

You might want to look at acts_as_paranoid:

http://ar-paranoid.rubyforge.org/

though I guess that doesn't give you a restore method....

b

Thanks for the reply. I'll extend a_a_paranoid to include a restore method.

Thanks also to javier.

--Dean