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= AASM - Ruby state machines
This package contains AASM, a library for adding finite state machines to Ruby classes.
AASM started as the acts_as_state_machine plugin but has evolved into a more generic library that no longer targets only ActiveRecord models.
AASM has the following features:
* States
* Machines
* Events
* Transitions
== New Callbacks
The only changes I've made are creating more callbacks with slightly more obvious semantics ;).
The callback chain & order on a successful event looks like:
oldstate:exit*
event:before
__find transition, if possible__
transition:on_transition*
newstate:enter*
oldstate:before_exit
newstate:before_enter
__update state__
oldstate:after_exit
oldstate:after_enter
event:after
event:success*
obj:aasm_event_fired*
(*) marks old callbacks
Note that the old callbacks haven't been removed and still have their same semantics. All of this behavior was added without removing any old behavior.
== Download
The latest AASM can currently be pulled from the git repository on github.
* http://github.com/dunedain289/aasm/tree/master
== Installation
=== From GitHub hosted gems
% sudo gem sources -a http://gems.github.com # (you only need to do this once)
% sudo gem install dunedain289-aasm
=== Building your own gems
% rake gem
% sudo gem install pkg/aasm-2.1.gem
== Simple Example
Here's a quick example highlighting some of the features.
class Conversation
include AASM
aasm_initial_state :unread
aasm_state :unread
aasm_state :read
aasm_state :closed
aasm_event :view do
transitions :to => :read, :from => [:unread]
end
aasm_event :close do
transitions :to => :closed, :from => [:read, :unread]
end
end
== A Slightly More Complex Example
This example uses a few of the more complex features available.
class Relationship
include AASM
aasm_initial_state Proc.new { |relationship| relationship.strictly_for_fun? ? :intimate : :dating }
aasm_state :dating, :enter => :make_happy, :exit => :make_depressed
aasm_state :intimate, :enter => :make_very_happy, :exit => :never_speak_again
aasm_state :married, :enter => :give_up_intimacy, :exit => :buy_exotic_car_and_wear_a_combover
aasm_event :get_intimate do
transitions :to => :intimate, :from => [:dating], :guard => :drunk?
end
aasm_event :get_married do
transitions :to => :married, :from => [:dating, :intimate], :guard => :willing_to_give_up_manhood?
end
def strictly_for_fun?; end
def drunk?; end
def willing_to_give_up_manhood?; end
def make_happy; end
def make_depressed; end
def make_very_happy; end
def never_speak_again; end
def give_up_intimacy; end
def buy_exotic_car_and_wear_a_combover; end
end
= Other Stuff
Author:: Scott Barron <scott at elitists dot net>
License:: Original code Copyright 2006, 2007, 2008 by Scott Barron.
New changes Copyright 2009 by Scott Petersen.
Released under an MIT-style license. See the LICENSE file
included in the distribution.
== Warranty
This software is provided "as is" and without any express or
implied warranties, including, without limitation, the implied
warranties of merchantibility and fitness for a particular
purpose.