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    def sort

        @authorships = Authorship.find(params['authorship'])

        @authorships.each do |authorship|

            # note: auth_order is usually called position (default column name in the acts_as_list plugin )

            authorship.auth_order = params['authorship'].index(authorship.id.to_s) + 1

            authorship.save

        end

        render :nothing => true, :status => 200

    end

  before_create :associate_author_user

  before_update :delete_publication_cache

  # tod: review scope of ordering

  acts_as_list :column => 'auth_order'

  def delete_publication_cache

    publication = Publication.find(self.publication_id)

    Rails.cache.delete "publication-#{publication.id}-ieee"

    Rails.cache.delete "publication-#{publication.id}-bibtex"

  end

    when ""

      logger.debug { "Unknown Author to be added..." }

    when "User"

      author = Author.new

      author.save

      self.author_id = author.id

    when "Author"

      selected = self.search_results

      selected_classname = Kernel.const_get(self.search_author_class)

      selected_id = self.search_author_id

      object = selected_classname.find(selected_id)

      if object.respond_to? :name_on_paper

        # Authorship

        self.author_id = object.author.id

        # User

        unless object.author.nil?

          author = Author.new

          object.author = author

          object.save

          self.author_id = object.author.id

      end

<%= javascript_include_tag 'order_authorships', :plugin => 'redmine_bibliography' %>

$(document).ready(function(){

   $('#authorships').sortable({

       axis: 'y',

       dropOnEmpty: false,

       handle: '.handle',

       cursor: 'crosshair',

       items: 'li',

       opacity: 0.4,

       scroll: true,

       update: function(){

          $.ajax({

              type: 'post',

              data: $('#authorships').sortable('serialize'),

              dataType: 'script',

              complete: function(request){

                 $('#authorship').effect('highlight');

              },

                 url: '/authorships/sort'});

              }

          });

     });

    resources :authorships do

        collection do

            post 'sort', :action => 'sort'

        end

    end