Association extensions - has_one

Rails
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Hi,

I’m struggling with something that must be very common pattern, and
want to do it the correct rails/ruby way but am a bit dense !

I have users - an admin user, registered users and a guest user (using
ModelSecurity)

For many of linked associations I want the admin to be able to list or
edit all instances, the registered user only their own one and guest
none at all.

So somehow I want to over ride or extend the associations, or find, so
that the condition is captured in one place and my controller/view
code isn’t littered with these same if, else blocks…e.g something
like…

   if(User.current.admin?)
      Theme.find(:all)
    elsif(User.current.registered?)
      User.current.theme
    else
      nil
    end

I’ve tried using the Association extensions so I can simply call
something like

@theme = User.current.theme.find_theme

e.g

class User < ActiveRecord::Base

has_one :theme do
def find_theme()
if(admin?)
Theme.find(:all)
elsif(registered?)
User.current.theme
else
[]
end
end
end

But no joy, this gives method missing. If I change the association to
has_many however, it does work - but this is obviously not then
correct with the model.

Do extensions only work for has_many ?

Any advice on best place or pattern to encapsulate this kind of
situation much appreciated.

Many thanks
tom