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A cleaner alternative to accepts_nested_attributes_for

Posted by elight on November 06, 2012 — 3 comments
Redtape provides an alternative to ActiveRecord::NestedAttributes#accepts_nested_attributes_for in the form of, well, a Form! The initial implementation was heavily inspired by "7 Ways to Decompose Fat Activerecord Models" by Bryan Helmkamp.

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“” Really like the look of this. It is similar to something I have been thinking about for a while. Could this object do more than just assist in nested objects? A few thoughts:

Would love for it to have a default implementation of populate for simple non-nested objects. This would just create an instance of the object being saved/validated and assign each accessor. Kind of an alternative to attr_protected or the new strong attributes.

Would be nice if validation could also be placed at this form level. This way validations at the object level could apply site-wide, but you could layer additional validation on a per-form basis. Would be nice for multi-page forms or having stricter requirements in certain setups (maybe admin screens have less validation than end user screens).eric - November 06, 2012 23:05
“” Eric: I've considered this. My concern is that, quickly, redtape begins to overlap with other gems such as Inherited Resources.

I didn't document it but validations can be placed in the form. However, I'd strenuously recommend against using them for anything but fields that do not map directly onto a model's field. Otherwise, the form validation begins to overlap responsibilities with the model's validations.

Good thoughts, though. I've barked up similar trees already.elight - November 07, 2012 15:14
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