How to pass arguments to functions in callbacks in model?

Rails
1

I need to pass attributes to the function called in callback in rails
model. For example,

after_save :update_something
after_destroy :update_something, true #true is the argument that I need
to
pass

private
def update_something(value = false)
#…
end

I found a way to do it like this

after_save :update_something
after_destroy {|record| record.update_something(true)}

But in this case, I need to make the function update_something public,
which
I don’t want to do.

Any help ?

–
Arpit J.

2

What about …

def update_something(value=false)

…

end

def after_save
update_something(true)
end

Or use instance variable as conditional state instead of passing
variable to a function called from macro (i.e after_save)

3

You can use ActiveRecord::Observer. For details please go to
http://blog.invisible.ch/files/rails-reference-1.1.html

However theres another funny work around for this problem
as your desired syntax is
after_destroy :update_something, true

Just tweak little bit:
after_destroy “update_something(true)”

declare the update_something method privately like:
def update_something(param = value)
#operations based on #{param}
end

I dont know your actual scenario. But i think

  • If u need to perform same action on :after_save and :after_destroy
    call-back then why do you need parameter
  • Secondly, if update_something performs differently based on the
    parameter then why don’t you create two separate methods

Anyway looking for the real picture from you and hope to get the best
architectural suggestion from anyone for this kind of problem :slight_smile:

Thank you
Samiron Paul

On May 24, 9:52 pm, Erdwin L. [email protected]