Introduction
Generator of accessor methods for models using Globalize. Use globalize-accessors
with a list of translated fields you want easily access to and extra locales
array listing locales for which you want the accessors to be generated.
This way a single form can be used to edit given model fields with all anticipated translations.
globalize-accessors
is compatible with both Rails 3.x and Rails 4.
Installation
gem install globalize-accessors
Example
Definition like this:
class Product
translates :title, :description
globalize_accessors :locales => [:en, :pl], :attributes => [:title]
end
Gives you access to methods: title_pl
, title_en
, title_pl=
, title_en=
. These work seamlessly with Globalize (not even touching the "core" title
, title=
methods used by Globalize itself).
The :locales
and :attributes
options are optional. Their default values are:
:locales => I18n.available_locales
:attributes => translated_attribute_names
Calling globalize_accessors
with no options will therefore generate accessor methods for all translated fields and available languages.
You can also get the accessor locales for a class with the globalize_locales
method:
Product.globalize_locales # => [:en, :pl]
You can also get modified attribute names -- ideal for use with strong parameters -- with the globalize_attribute_names
method:
Product.globalize_attribute_names # => [:title_en, :title_pl]
Example with strong parameters:
params.require(:product).permit(*Product.globalize_attribute_names)
If you need to permit non-translatable attributes as well, you could include them with:
permitted = Product.globalize_attribute_names + [:position]
params.require(:product).permit(*permitted)
Always define accessors
If you wish to always define accessors and don't want to call the globalize_accessors
method in every class, you can extend ActiveRecord::Base
with a module:
module TranslatesWithAccessors
def translates(*params)
options = params.extract_options!
options.reverse_merge!(:globalize_accessors => true)
accessors = options.delete(:globalize_accessors)
super
globalize_accessors if accessors
end
end
Licence
Copyright (c) 2009-2013 Tomek "Tomash" Stachewicz (http://tomash.wrug.eu), Robert Pankowecki (http://robert.pankowecki.pl), Chris Salzberg (http://dejimata.com) released under the MIT license