Class: Person

Inherits:
ActiveRecord::Base
  • Object
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Defined in:
app/models/person.rb

Overview

Model for handling people

Class Method Summary (collapse)

Instance Method Summary (collapse)

Class Method Details

+ (Hash{String => String}) new_person(name, position, institution_name)

Note:

We have not decided how to handle people with same names

Creates a new person.

Parameters:

  • name (String) —

    name of the person

  • position (String) —

    current position of the person

  • institution_name (String) —

    current institution of the person

Returns:

  • (Hash{String => String}) —

    created person



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# File 'app/models/person.rb', line 18

def Person.new_person(name, position, institution_name)
  name = name.downcase

  unless position.nil?
    position = position.downcase
  end

  unless institution_name.nil?
    institution_id = FindId.institution(institution_name)
  end

  person = Person.create_with(position: position,
                              institution_id: institution_id,
                              approved: false)
                  .find_or_create_by(name: name)
  return person
end

Instance Method Details

- (Object) as_json(options = {})

Handles rendering a person in a JSON format.



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# File 'app/models/person.rb', line 73

def as_json(options={})
  super(:except => [:created_at, :updated_at])
end

- (Hash{String => String, Array<Hash{String => String, Number}>}) serializer_for_person(person_object)

Makes a serializable hash for a person to be sent to the frontend in a JSON format.

Parameters:

  • person_object (Hash{String => String}) —

    a person's basic information

Returns:

  • (Hash{String => String, Array<Hash{String => String, Number}>}) —

    a person's information in JSON format



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# File 'app/models/person.rb', line 40

def serializer_for_person(person_object)
  unless person_object.institution_id.nil?
    institution_object = Institution.find(person_object.institution_id)
    institution_name = institution_object.name
  end

  result = Api::PersonSerializer.new(self).serializable_hash
  result[:currentInstitutionName] = institution_name
  result[:currentPositionTitle] = person_object.position

  person_id = person_object.id

  postdoc_array = Array.new
  postdoc_list = Mentorship.where(:person_id => person_id)
  postdoc_list.each do |single|
    postdoc = single.serializer_for_mentorship(single)
    postdoc_array.push(postdoc)
  end
  result[:postDocInformation] = postdoc_array

  supervision_array = Array.new
  supervision_list = Supervision.where(:person_id => person_id)

  supervision_list.each do |single|
    supervision = single.serializer_for_supervision(single)
    supervision_array.push(supervision)
  end
  result[:degreeInformation] = supervision_array

  return result.to_json
end