* permission api on user model

1 files changed, 52 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/app/models/user.rb b/app/models/user.rb
index 2bb4879..365fa8a 100644
--- a/app/models/user.rb
+++ b/app/models/user.rb
@@ -38,4 +38,56 @@ class User < ActiveRecord::Base
   def email=(value)
     write_attribute :email, (value ? value.downcase : nil)
   end
+  
+  # Permission stuff
+  
+  def grant(node)
+    set_permission(true, node)
+  end
+  
+  def revoke(node)
+    set_permission(false, node)
+  end
+
+  def inherit(node)    
+    permission = self.permissions.for_node(node).first
+    permission.destroy if permission
+  end
+  
+  def get_permission_for(node)
+    permissions = {}
+    self.permissions.for_node(node).each do |permission|
+      permissions[permission.identifier.to_sym] = permission.granted
+    end
+    permissions
+  end
+  
+  # Checks for permission on the node and if necessary ascends the
+  # nodetree until permission is found or returns false if it is not found 
+  # at all.
+  def has_permission?(node)
+    node_permission = self.permissions.for_node(node)
+    return node_permission unless node_permission.nil?
+
+    node.ancestors.reverse.each do |p|
+      local_permission = self.get_permissions_for(p)[identifier]
+      unless local_permission.nil?
+        return local_permission
+      end
+    end
+    
+    return false
+  end
+  
+    private
+    
+    def set_permission(granted, node)    
+      permission = self.permissions.for_node(node).first
+      if permission
+        permission.granted = granted
+      else
+        self.permissions.create!( :node       => node, 
+                                  :granted    => granted )
+      end
+    end
 end