class Comment < ActiveRecord::Base acts_as_nested_set scope: [:commentable_id, :commentable_type] validates_presence_of :body validates_presence_of :user after_create :send_notification # NOTE: install the acts_as_votable plugin if you # want user to vote on the quality of comments. #acts_as_votable belongs_to :commentable, polymorphic: true # NOTE: Comments belong to a user belongs_to :user # Helper class method that allows you to build a comment # by passing a commentable object, a user_id, and comment text # example in readme def self.build_from(obj, user_id, comment) new \ commentable: obj, body: comment, user_id: user_id end #helper method to check if a comment has children def has_children? self.children.any? end # Helper class method to lookup all comments assigned # to all commentable types for a given user. scope :find_comments_by_user, lambda { |user| where(user_id: user.id).order('created_at DESC') } # Helper class method to look up all comments for # commentable class name and commentable id. scope :find_comments_for_commentable, lambda { |commentable_str, commentable_id| where(commentable_type: commentable_str.to_s, commentable_id: commentable_id).order('created_at DESC') } scope :find_since_last_login, lambda { |user| if user.last_sign_in_at where(created_at: (user.last_sign_in_at..Time.now)).order(created_at: :desc) else none end } # Helper class method to look up a commentable object # given the commentable class name and id def self.find_commentable(commentable_str, commentable_id) commentable_str.constantize.find(commentable_id) end private def send_notification Mailbot.send_notification_email_for_comment(self).deliver_later end end