after_commit_queue

Rails plugin which allows to run callbacks after database transaction is committed.

What problem does it solve ?

When using state_machine it's hard to run a callback on event after the transaction is committed.

after_commit_queue plugin addresses this problem.

Installation

Add this to your Gemfile and run bundle install

gem 'after_commit_queue'

Usage

Include AfterCommitQueue module in your ActiveRecord model and you're ready to go. When registering a hook with run_after_commit you can supply either a method symbol or a block. No parameter is supplied when using the block form.

class Server < ActiveRecord::Base
  attr_accessor :started, :stopped

  # include plugin
  include AfterCommitQueue

  state_machine :state, :initial => :pending do
    after_transition :pending => :running, :do => :schedule_start
    after_transition :running => :turned_off, :do => :schedule_stop
    event(:start) { transition :pending => :running }
    event(:stop) { transition :running => :turned_off }
  end

  def schedule_start
    # Adds method to be run after transaction is committed
    run_after_commit(:start_server)
  end

  def schedule_stop
    run_after_commit do
      stop_server
    end
  end

  def start_server; @started = true end
  def stop_server; @stopped = true end
end

Contributions

To fetch & test the library for development, do:

$ git clone https://github.com/Ragnarson/after_commit_queue
$ cd after_commit_queue
$ bundle

Running tests

# Before each test run, the database will be created and migrated automatically
$ bundle exec rake test

If you want to contribute, please:

* Fork the project.
* Make your feature addition or bug fix.
* Add tests for it. This is important so I don't break it in a future version unintentionally.
* Send me a pull request on Github.

This project rocks and uses MIT-LICENSE.