module Inflector # A singleton instance of this class is yielded by Inflector.inflections, which can then be used to specify additional # inflection rules. Examples: # # Inflector.inflections do |inflect| # inflect.plural /^(ox)$/i, '\1\2en' # inflect.singular /^(ox)en/i, '\1' # # inflect.irregular 'octopus', 'octopi' # # inflect.uncountable "equipment" # end # # New rules are added at the top. So in the example above, the irregular rule for octopus will now be the first of the # pluralization and singularization rules that is runs. This guarantees that your rules run before any of the rules that may # already have been loaded. class Inflections def self.instance @__instance__ ||= new end attr_reader :plurals, :singulars, :uncountables, :humans def initialize @plurals, @singulars, @uncountables, @humans = [], [], [], [] end # Specifies a new pluralization rule and its replacement. The rule can either be a string or a regular expression. # The replacement should always be a string that may include references to the matched data from the rule. def plural(rule, replacement) @uncountables.delete(rule) if rule.is_a?(String) @uncountables.delete(replacement) @plurals.insert(0, [rule, replacement]) end # Specifies a new singularization rule and its replacement. The rule can either be a string or a regular expression. # The replacement should always be a string that may include references to the matched data from the rule. def singular(rule, replacement) @uncountables.delete(rule) if rule.is_a?(String) @uncountables.delete(replacement) @singulars.insert(0, [rule, replacement]) end # Specifies a new irregular that applies to both pluralization and singularization at the same time. This can only be used # for strings, not regular expressions. You simply pass the irregular in singular and plural form. # # Examples: # irregular 'octopus', 'octopi' # irregular 'person', 'people' def irregular(singular, plural) @uncountables.delete(singular) @uncountables.delete(plural) if singular[0,1].upcase == plural[0,1].upcase plural(Regexp.new("(#{singular[0,1]})#{singular[1..-1]}$", "i"), '\1' + plural[1..-1]) plural(Regexp.new("(#{plural[0,1]})#{plural[1..-1]}$", "i"), '\1' + plural[1..-1]) singular(Regexp.new("(#{plural[0,1]})#{plural[1..-1]}$", "i"), '\1' + singular[1..-1]) else plural(Regexp.new("#{singular[0,1].upcase}(?i)#{singular[1..-1]}$"), plural[0,1].upcase + plural[1..-1]) plural(Regexp.new("#{singular[0,1].downcase}(?i)#{singular[1..-1]}$"), plural[0,1].downcase + plural[1..-1]) plural(Regexp.new("#{plural[0,1].upcase}(?i)#{plural[1..-1]}$"), plural[0,1].upcase + plural[1..-1]) plural(Regexp.new("#{plural[0,1].downcase}(?i)#{plural[1..-1]}$"), plural[0,1].downcase + plural[1..-1]) singular(Regexp.new("#{plural[0,1].upcase}(?i)#{plural[1..-1]}$"), singular[0,1].upcase + singular[1..-1]) singular(Regexp.new("#{plural[0,1].downcase}(?i)#{plural[1..-1]}$"), singular[0,1].downcase + singular[1..-1]) end end # Add uncountable words that shouldn't be attempted inflected. # # Examples: # uncountable "money" # uncountable "money", "information" # uncountable %w( money information rice ) def uncountable(*words) (@uncountables << words).flatten! end # Specifies a humanized form of a string by a regular expression rule or by a string mapping. # When using a regular expression based replacement, the normal humanize formatting is called after the replacement. # When a string is used, the human form should be specified as desired (example: 'The name', not 'the_name') # # Examples: # human /_cnt$/i, '\1_count' # human "legacy_col_person_name", "Name" def human(rule, replacement) @humans.insert(0, [rule, replacement]) end # Clears the loaded inflections within a given scope (default is :all). # Give the scope as a symbol of the inflection type, the options are: :plurals, # :singulars, :uncountables, :humans. # # Examples: # clear :all # clear :plurals def clear(scope = :all) case scope when :all @plurals, @singulars, @uncountables = [], [], [] else instance_variable_set "@#{scope}", [] end end end # Yields a singleton instance of Inflector::Inflections so you can specify additional # inflector rules. # # Example: # Inflector.inflections do |inflect| # inflect.uncountable "rails" # end def inflections if block_given? yield Inflections.instance else Inflections.instance end end # Returns the plural form of the word in the string. # # Examples: # "post".pluralize # => "posts" # "octopus".pluralize # => "octopi" # "sheep".pluralize # => "sheep" # "words".pluralize # => "words" # "CamelOctopus".pluralize # => "CamelOctopi" def pluralize(word) result = word.to_s.dup if word.empty? || inflections.uncountables.include?(result.downcase) result else inflections.plurals.each { |(rule, replacement)| break if result.gsub!(rule, replacement) } result end end # The reverse of +pluralize+, returns the singular form of a word in a string. # # Examples: # "posts".singularize # => "post" # "octopi".singularize # => "octopus" # "sheep".singularize # => "sheep" # "word".singularize # => "word" # "CamelOctopi".singularize # => "CamelOctopus" def singularize(word) result = word.to_s.dup if inflections.uncountables.any? { |inflection| result =~ /\b(#{inflection})\Z/i } result else inflections.singulars.each { |(rule, replacement)| break if result.gsub!(rule, replacement) } result end end # Capitalizes the first word and turns underscores into spaces and strips a # trailing "_id", if any. Like +titleize+, this is meant for creating pretty output. # # Examples: # "employee_salary" # => "Employee salary" # "author_id" # => "Author" def humanize(lower_case_and_underscored_word) result = lower_case_and_underscored_word.to_s.dup inflections.humans.each { |(rule, replacement)| break if result.gsub!(rule, replacement) } result.gsub(/_id$/, "").gsub(/_/, " ").capitalize end # Capitalizes all the words and replaces some characters in the string to create # a nicer looking title. +titleize+ is meant for creating pretty output. It is not # used in the Rails internals. # # +titleize+ is also aliased as as +titlecase+. # # Examples: # "man from the boondocks".titleize # => "Man From The Boondocks" # "x-men: the last stand".titleize # => "X Men: The Last Stand" def titleize(word) humanize(underscore(word)).gsub(/\b('?[a-z])/) { $1.capitalize } end # Create the name of a table like Rails does for models to table names. This method # uses the +pluralize+ method on the last word in the string. # # Examples # "RawScaledScorer".tableize # => "raw_scaled_scorers" # "egg_and_ham".tableize # => "egg_and_hams" # "fancyCategory".tableize # => "fancy_categories" def tableize(class_name) pluralize(underscore(class_name)) end # Create a class name from a plural table name like Rails does for table names to models. # Note that this returns a string and not a Class. (To convert to an actual class # follow +classify+ with +constantize+.) # # Examples: # "egg_and_hams".classify # => "EggAndHam" # "posts".classify # => "Post" # # Singular names are not handled correctly: # "business".classify # => "Busines" def classify(table_name) # strip out any leading schema name camelize(singularize(table_name.to_s.sub(/.*\./, ''))) end end