ActiveConductor

This plugin uses the conductor pattern to wrap multiple models as one object. It's basically like the Presenter pattern, but for saving and creating multiple models. For more information, please read the blog post Presenters & Conductors on Rails.

This plugin is built on top of Rails 3 ActiveModel. For a Rails 2 compatible version, see the Conductor plugin.

Install the gem:

gem install active_conductor

Add it to your Gemfile:

 gem "active_conductor"

Install as a Rails plugin:

rails plugin install git://github.com/smtlaissezfaire/active_conductor.git

You can browse the API documentation directly on rdoc.info.

class SignupConductor < ActiveConductor
  def models
    [user, profile]
  end

  def user
    @user ||= User.new
  end

  def profile
    @profile ||= Profile.new
  end

  conduct :user, :first_name, :last_name
  conduct :profile, :image
end

conductor = SignupConductor.new
conductor.first_name = "Scott"
conductor.last_name = "Taylor"

conductor.first_name #=> "Scott"
conductor.user.first_name #=> "Scott"

conductor.save
conductor.valid? #=> false

conductor.errors #=> [["photo", "is not valid"]]

• Michael Kessler (netzpirat)

(The MIT License)

Copyright (c) 2011 Scott Taylor

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