class Audited::Audit

Audit saves the changes to ActiveRecord models. It has the following attributes:

Public Class Methods

as_user(user) { || ... } click to toggle source

All audits made during the block called will be recorded as made by user. This method is hopefully threadsafe, making it ideal for background operations that require audit information.

# File lib/audited/audit.rb, line 97
def self.as_user(user, &block)
  Thread.current[:audited_user] = user
  yield
ensure
  Thread.current[:audited_user] = nil
end
assign_revision_attributes(record, attributes) click to toggle source

@private

# File lib/audited/audit.rb, line 115
def self.assign_revision_attributes(record, attributes)
  attributes.each do |attr, val|
    record = record.dup if record.frozen?

    if record.respond_to?("#{attr}=")
      record.attributes.key?(attr.to_s) ?
        record[attr] = val :
        record.send("#{attr}=", val)
    end
  end
  record
end
audited_classes() click to toggle source

Returns the list of classes that are being audited

# File lib/audited/audit.rb, line 90
def self.audited_classes
  audited_class_names.map(&:constantize)
end
reconstruct_attributes(audits) { |attributes| ... } click to toggle source

@private

# File lib/audited/audit.rb, line 105
def self.reconstruct_attributes(audits)
  attributes = {}
  result = audits.collect do |audit|
    attributes.merge!(audit.new_attributes)[:version] = audit.version
    yield attributes if block_given?
  end
  block_given? ? result : attributes
end

Public Instance Methods

ancestors() click to toggle source

Return all audits older than the current one.

# File lib/audited/audit.rb, line 40
def ancestors
  self.class.ascending.auditable_finder(auditable_id, auditable_type).to_version(version)
end
new_attributes() click to toggle source

Returns a hash of the changed attributes with the new values

# File lib/audited/audit.rb, line 54
def new_attributes
  (audited_changes || {}).inject({}.with_indifferent_access) do |attrs, (attr, values)|
    attrs[attr] = values.is_a?(Array) ? values.last : values
    attrs
  end
end
old_attributes() click to toggle source

Returns a hash of the changed attributes with the old values

# File lib/audited/audit.rb, line 62
def old_attributes
  (audited_changes || {}).inject({}.with_indifferent_access) do |attrs, (attr, values)|
    attrs[attr] = Array(values).first

    attrs
  end
end
revision() click to toggle source

Return an instance of what the object looked like at this revision. If the object has been destroyed, this will be a new record.

# File lib/audited/audit.rb, line 46
def revision
  clazz = auditable_type.constantize
  (clazz.find_by_id(auditable_id) || clazz.new).tap do |m|
    self.class.assign_revision_attributes(m, self.class.reconstruct_attributes(ancestors).merge(version: version))
  end
end
user()
Also aliased as: user_as_model
Alias for: user_as_string
user=(user)
Also aliased as: user_as_model=
Alias for: user_as_string=
user_as_model()
Alias for: user
user_as_model=(user)
Alias for: user=
user_as_string() click to toggle source

@private

# File lib/audited/audit.rb, line 83
def user_as_string
  user_as_model || username
end
Also aliased as: user
user_as_string=(user) click to toggle source

Allows user to be set to either a string or an ActiveRecord object @private

# File lib/audited/audit.rb, line 72
def user_as_string=(user)
  # reset both either way
  self.user_as_model = self.username = nil
  user.is_a?(::ActiveRecord::Base) ?
    self.user_as_model = user :
    self.username = user
end
Also aliased as: user=

Private Instance Methods

set_audit_user() click to toggle source
# File lib/audited/audit.rb, line 135
def set_audit_user
  self.user = Thread.current[:audited_user] if Thread.current[:audited_user]
  nil # prevent stopping callback chains
end
set_request_uuid() click to toggle source
# File lib/audited/audit.rb, line 140
def set_request_uuid
  self.request_uuid ||= SecureRandom.uuid
end
set_version_number() click to toggle source
# File lib/audited/audit.rb, line 130
def set_version_number
  max = self.class.auditable_finder(auditable_id, auditable_type).descending.first.try(:version) || 0
  self.version = max + 1
end