#--- # Excerpted from "Agile Web Development with Rails", # published by The Pragmatic Bookshelf. # Copyrights apply to this code. It may not be used to create training material, # courses, books, articles, and the like. Contact us if you are in doubt. # We make no guarantees that this code is fit for any purpose. # Visit http://www.pragmaticprogrammer.com/titles/rails4 for more book information. #--- class Product < ActiveRecord::Base has_many :line_items has_many :orders, through: :line_items #... before_destroy :ensure_not_referenced_by_any_line_item attr_accessible :description, :image_url, :price, :title validates :title, :description, :image_url, presence: true validates :price, numericality: {greater_than_or_equal_to: 0.01} # validates :title, uniqueness: true validates :image_url, allow_blank: true, format: { with: %r{\.(gif|jpg|png)\Z}i, message: 'must be a URL for GIF, JPG or PNG image.' } validates :title, length: {minimum: 10} def self.latest Product.order('updated_at desc').limit(1).first end private # ensure that there are no line items referencing this product def ensure_not_referenced_by_any_line_item if line_items.empty? return true else errors.add(:base, 'Line Items present') return false end end end