Module: Saint::Inflector

Extended by:
Inflector
Included in:
Assoc, ClassApi, Filter, FilterInstance, FmExtender, Inflector, ORMUtils
Defined in:
lib/saint/inflector/inflections.rb,
lib/saint/inflector/inflections.rb

Overview

The Inflector transforms words from singular to plural, class names to table names, modularized class names to ones without, and class names to foreign keys. The default inflections for pluralization, singularization, and uncountable words are kept in inflections.rb.

The Rails core team has stated patches for the inflections library will not be accepted in order to avoid breaking legacy applications which may be relying on errant inflections. If you discover an incorrect inflection and require it for your application, you'll need to correct it yourself (explained below).

Defined Under Namespace

Classes: Inflections

Instance Method Summary (collapse)

Instance Method Details

- (Object) camelize(lower_case_and_underscored_word, first_letter_in_uppercase = true)

By default, +camelize+ converts strings to UpperCamelCase. If the argument to +camelize+ is set to :lower then +camelize+ produces lowerCamelCase.

+camelize+ will also convert '/' to '::' which is useful for converting paths to namespaces.

Examples: "active_record".camelize # => "ActiveRecord" "active_record".camelize(:lower) # => "activeRecord" "active_record/errors".camelize # => "ActiveRecord::Errors" "active_record/errors".camelize(:lower) # => "activeRecord::Errors"

As a rule of thumb you can think of +camelize+ as the inverse of +underscore+, though there are cases where that does not hold:

"SSLError".underscore.camelize # => "SslError"



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# File 'lib/saint/inflector/inflections.rb', line 241

def camelize(lower_case_and_underscored_word, first_letter_in_uppercase = true)
  if first_letter_in_uppercase
    lower_case_and_underscored_word.to_s.gsub(/\/(.?)/) { "::#{$1.upcase}" }.gsub(/(?:^|_)(.)/) { $1.upcase }
  else
    lower_case_and_underscored_word.to_s[0].chr.downcase + camelize(lower_case_and_underscored_word)[1..-1]
  end
end

- (Object) classify(table_name)

Create a class name from a plural table name like Rails does for table names to models. Note that this returns a string and not a Class. (To convert to an actual class follow +classify+ with +constantize+.)

Examples: "egg_and_hams".classify # => "EggAndHam" "posts".classify # => "Post"

Singular names are not handled correctly: "business".classify # => "Busines"



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# File 'lib/saint/inflector/inflections.rb', line 209

def classify(table_name)
  # strip out any leading schema name
  camelize(singularize(table_name.to_s.sub(/.*\./, '')))
end

- (Object) constantize(camel_cased_word) 



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# File 'lib/saint/inflector/inflections.rb', line 320

def constantize(camel_cased_word)
  names = camel_cased_word.split('::')
  names.shift if names.empty? || names.first.empty?

  constant = Object
  names.each do |name|
    constant = constant.const_defined?(name) ? constant.const_get(name) : constant.const_missing(name)
  end
  constant
end

- (Object) dasherize(underscored_word)

Replaces underscores with dashes in the string.

Example: "puni_puni" # => "puni-puni"



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# File 'lib/saint/inflector/inflections.rb', line 275

def dasherize(underscored_word)
  underscored_word.gsub(/_/, '-')
end

- (Object) demodulize(class_name_in_module)

Removes the module part from the expression in the string.

Examples: "ActiveRecord::CoreExtensions::String::Inflections".demodulize # => "Inflections" "Inflections".demodulize # => "Inflections"



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# File 'lib/saint/inflector/inflections.rb', line 284

def demodulize(class_name_in_module)
  class_name_in_module.to_s.gsub(/^.*::/, '')
end

- (Object) foreign_key(class_name, separate_class_name_and_id_with_underscore = true)

Creates a foreign key name from a class name. +separateclass_name_and_id_with_underscore+ sets whether the method should put '' between the name and 'id'.

Examples: "Message".foreign_key # => "message_id" "Message".foreign_key(false) # => "messageid" "Admin::Post".foreign_key # => "post_id"



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# File 'lib/saint/inflector/inflections.rb', line 296

def foreign_key(class_name, separate_class_name_and_id_with_underscore = true)
  underscore(demodulize(class_name)) + (separate_class_name_and_id_with_underscore ? "_id" : "id")
end

- (Object) humanize(lower_case_and_underscored_word)

Capitalizes the first word and turns underscores into spaces and strips a trailing "_id", if any. Like +titleize+, this is meant for creating pretty output.

Examples: "employee_salary" # => "Employee salary" "author_id" # => "Author"



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# File 'lib/saint/inflector/inflections.rb', line 168

def humanize(lower_case_and_underscored_word)
  result = lower_case_and_underscored_word.to_s.dup

  inflections.humans.each { |(rule, replacement)| break if result.gsub!(rule, replacement) }
  result.gsub(/_id$/, "").gsub(/_/, " ").capitalize
end

- (Object) inflections

Yields a singleton instance of Inflector::Inflections so you can specify additional inflector rules.

Example: ActiveSupport::Inflector.inflections do |inflect| inflect.uncountable "rails" end



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# File 'lib/saint/inflector/inflections.rb', line 116

def inflections
  if block_given?
    yield Inflections.instance
  else
    Inflections.instance
  end
end

- (Object) ordinalize(number)

Turns a number into an ordinal string used to denote the position in an ordered sequence such as 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th.

Examples: ordinalize(1) # => "1st" ordinalize(2) # => "2nd" ordinalize(1002) # => "1002nd" ordinalize(1003) # => "1003rd" ordinalize(-11) # => "-11th" ordinalize(-1021) # => "-1021st"



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# File 'lib/saint/inflector/inflections.rb', line 353

def ordinalize(number)
  if (11..13).include?(number.to_i.abs % 100)
    "#{number}th"
  else
    case number.to_i.abs % 10
      when 1;
        "#{number}st"
      when 2;
        "#{number}nd"
      when 3;
        "#{number}rd"
      else
        "#{number}th"
    end
  end
end

- (Object) pluralize(word)

Returns the plural form of the word in the string.

Examples: "post".pluralize # => "posts" "octopus".pluralize # => "octopi" "sheep".pluralize # => "sheep" "words".pluralize # => "words" "CamelOctopus".pluralize # => "CamelOctopi"



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# File 'lib/saint/inflector/inflections.rb', line 132

def pluralize(word)
  result = word.to_s.dup

  if word.empty? || inflections.uncountables.include?(result.downcase)
    result
  else
    inflections.plurals.each { |(rule, replacement)| break if result.gsub!(rule, replacement) }
    result
  end
end

- (Object) singularize(word)

The reverse of +pluralize+, returns the singular form of a word in a string.

Examples: "posts".singularize # => "post" "octopi".singularize # => "octopus" "sheep".singularize # => "sheep" "word".singularize # => "word" "CamelOctopi".singularize # => "CamelOctopus"



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# File 'lib/saint/inflector/inflections.rb', line 151

def singularize(word)
  result = word.to_s.dup

  if inflections.uncountables.any? { |inflection| result =~ /\b(#{inflection})\Z/i }
    result
  else
    inflections.singulars.each { |(rule, replacement)| break if result.gsub!(rule, replacement) }
    result
  end
end

- (Object) tableize(class_name)

Create the name of a table like Rails does for models to table names. This method uses the +pluralize+ method on the last word in the string.

Examples "RawScaledScorer".tableize # => "raw_scaled_scorers" "egg_and_ham".tableize # => "egg_and_hams" "fancyCategory".tableize # => "fancy_categories"



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# File 'lib/saint/inflector/inflections.rb', line 195

def tableize(class_name)
  pluralize(underscore(class_name))
end

- (Object) titleize(word)

Capitalizes all the words and replaces some characters in the string to create a nicer looking title. +titleize+ is meant for creating pretty output. It is not used in the Rails internals.

+titleize+ is also aliased as as +titlecase+.

Examples: "man from the boondocks".titleize # => "Man From The Boondocks" "x-men: the last stand".titleize # => "X Men: The Last Stand"



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# File 'lib/saint/inflector/inflections.rb', line 184

def titleize(word)
  humanize(underscore(word)).gsub(/\b('?[a-z])/) { $1.capitalize }
end

- (Object) underscore(camel_cased_word)

Makes an underscored, lowercase form from the expression in the string.

Changes '::' to '/' to convert namespaces to paths.

Examples: "ActiveRecord".underscore # => "active_record" "ActiveRecord::Errors".underscore # => active_record/errors

As a rule of thumb you can think of +underscore+ as the inverse of +camelize+, though there are cases where that does not hold:

"SSLError".underscore.camelize # => "SslError"



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# File 'lib/saint/inflector/inflections.rb', line 261

def underscore(camel_cased_word)
  word = camel_cased_word.to_s.dup
  word.gsub!(/::/, '/')
  word.gsub!(/([A-Z]+)([A-Z][a-z])/, '\1_\2')
  word.gsub!(/([a-z\d])([A-Z])/, '\1_\2')
  word.tr!("-", "_")
  word.downcase!
  word
end