renamed module DateHelper to InstanceTag

lib/validates_timeliness/date_helper.rb

@@ -1,46 +0,0 @@
-# This module intercepts the date and time select helpers to allow the 
-# attribute value before type cast to be used as in the select helpers.
-# This means that an invalid date or time will be redisplayed rather than the
-# implicitly converted value which occurs by default with Rails.
-module ValidatesTimeliness
-  module DateHelper
-    
-    class InstanceTag      
-      TimelinessDateTime = Struct.new(:year, :day, :month, :hour, :min, :sec)      
-            
-      def to_date_select_tag_with_timeliness(options = {}, html_options = {})
-        @timeliness_date_or_time_tag = true
-        date_or_time_select_without_timeliness(options.merge(:discard_hour => true), html_options)
-      end
-      alias_method_chain :to_date_select_tag, :timeliness
-
-      def to_time_select_tag_with_timeliness(options = {}, html_options = {})
-        @timeliness_date_or_time_tag = true
-        date_or_time_select_without_timeliness(options.merge(:discard_year => true, :discard_month => true), html_options)
-      end
-      alias_method_chain :to_time_select_tag, :timeliness
-
-      def to_datetime_select_tag_with_timeliness(options = {}, html_options = {})
-        @timeliness_date_or_time_tag = true
-        date_or_time_select_without_timeliness(options, html_options)
-      end
-      alias_method_chain :to_date_select_tag, :timeliness
-    
-      def value_with_timeliness(object)
-        return value_without_timeliness(object) unless @timeliness_date_or_time_tag
-        
-        raw_value = value_before_type_case(object)
-        
-        if raw_value.acts_as?(:time) || raw_value.is_a?(Date)
-          return value_without_timeliness(object)
-        end
-        
-        time_array = ParseDate.parsedate(raw_value)
-        
-        TimelinessDateTime.new(time_array)        
-      end      
-      alias_method_chain :value, :timeliness
-      
-    end   
-  end
-end

lib/validates_timeliness/instance_tag.rb

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+module ValidatesTimeliness
+
+  # Intercepts the date and time select helpers to allow the 
+  # attribute value before type cast to be used as in the select helpers.
+  # This means that an invalid date or time will be redisplayed rather than the
+  # type cast value which would be nil if invalid.
+  module InstanceTag    
+  
+    def self.included(base)
+      base.alias_method_chain :date_or_time_select, :timeliness
+      base.alias_method_chain :value, :timeliness      
+    end
+    
+    TimelinessDateTime = Struct.new(:year, :day, :month, :hour, :min, :sec)      
+      
+    def date_or_time_select_with_timeliness(*args)
+      @timeliness_date_or_time_tag = true
+      date_or_time_select_without_timeliness(*args)
+    end
+  
+    def value_with_timeliness(object)
+      return value_without_timeliness(object) unless @timeliness_date_or_time_tag
+      
+      raw_value = value_before_type_cast(object)
+      
+      if raw_value.acts_as?(:time) || raw_value.is_a?(Date)
+        return value_without_timeliness(object)
+      end
+      
+      time_array = ParseDate.parsedate(raw_value)
+      
+      TimelinessDateTime.new(time_array)        
+    end      
+     
+  end
+end

spec/date_helper_spec.rb

@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-#require File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/spec_helper'
-
-#describe ValidatesTimeliness::DateHelper::InstanceTag do
-
-#  it "should return struct for time string" do
-#    object = mock("Model", :birth_date_and_time_before_type_cast => "2008-01-01 12:00:00")
-#    struct = value_with_timeliness(object)    
-#    struct.should be_kind_of(DateTimeStruct)
-#  end
-
-#end

spec/instance_tag_spec.rb

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+require File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/spec_helper'
+
+describe ValidatesTimeliness::InstanceTag, :type => :helper do
+  
+  before do
+    @person = Person.new
+  end
+  
+  it "should return struct for time string" do
+    @person.birth_date_and_time = "2008-02-30 12:00:00"
+    output = date_select(:person, :birth_date_and_time, :include_blank => true)
+    puts output
+    output.should have_tag('select') do
+      with_tag('input[type=text]', 3)
+    end
+  end
+
+end