#119 Session Based Model

If you have a lot of logic associated with the data inside a session, you'll need some central location to put this logic. See how to create a session based model in this episode.

# models/user_session.rb
class UserSession
  def initialize(session)
    @session = session
    @session[:comment_ids] ||= []
  end

  def add_comment(comment)
    @session[:comment_ids] << comment.id
  end

  def can_edit_comment?(comment)
    @session[:comment_ids].include?(comment.id) && comment.created_at > 15.minutes.ago
  end
end

# controllers/application.rb
def user_session
  @user_session ||= UserSession.new(session)
end
helper_method :user_session

# comments_controller.rb
before_filter :authorize, :only => [:edit, :update]

def create
  @comment = Comment.new(params[:comment])
  if @comment.save
    user_session.add_comment(@comment)
    flash[:notice] = "Successfully created comment."
    redirect_to article_url(@comment.article_id)
  else
    render :action => 'new'
  end
end

private

def authorize
  unless user_session.can_edit_comment? Comment.find(params[:id])
    flash[:error] = "You are no longer able to edit this comment."
    redirect_to root_url
  end
end

<% if user_session.can_edit_comment? comment %>
  <p><%= link_to "Edit", edit_comment_path(comment) %></p>
<% end %>