view vendor/plugins/redmine_bibliography/app/models/authorship.rb @ 546:7c4b96efa402 feature_36

Closes Feature #240 (adding a new publication from the project's main page).

class Authorship < ActiveRecord::Base
  belongs_to :author
  belongs_to :publication
  
  accepts_nested_attributes_for :author
  accepts_nested_attributes_for :publication
  
  
  # setter and getter for virtual attribute :user_id
  def user_id    
  end 
  
  def user_id=(uid)  
    unless uid.blank?
      user = User.find(uid)                         
      if user.author.nil?      
        # TODO: should reflect the name_on_paper parameter
        author = Author.new :name => user.name
        author.save!
        user.author = author
        user.save!
     end
           
    self.author_id = user.author.id
    end    
  end
end