Embeddable elctions now scale based on how many candidates in the election there...

[selectricity-live] / app / models / vote.rb

diff --git a/app/models/vote.rb b/app/models/vote.rb
old mode 100755 (executable)
new mode 100644 (file)
index 62944e3..bef3502
--- a/app/models/vote.rb
+++ b/app/models/vote.rb
@@ -1,3 +1,21 @@
+# Selectricity: Voting Machinery for the Masses
+# Copyright (C) 2007, 2008 Benjamin Mako Hill <mako@atdot.cc>
+# Copyright (C) 2007 Massachusetts Institute of Technology
+#
+# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as
+# published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the
+# License, or (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+# WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+# Affero General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public
+# License along with this program.  If not, see
+# <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
 class Vote < ActiveRecord::Base
   # relationships to other classes
   belongs_to :voter
@@ -7,9 +25,7 @@ class Vote < ActiveRecord::Base
   # callbacks
   after_update :save_rankings
   before_destroy :destroy_rankings
-
   
-
   def to_s
     votes.join("")
   end
@@ -53,13 +69,9 @@ class Vote < ActiveRecord::Base
     rankings.each { |ranking| ranking.destroy }
   end
 
-  def settime
-    self.time = Time.now
-    self.save
-  end
-
   def confirm!
     self.confirmed = 1
+    self.time = Time.now
     self.save
     
     unless self.voter.election.quickvote?
@@ -73,16 +85,6 @@ class Vote < ActiveRecord::Base
     confirmed == 1
   end
   
-  def votestring=(string="")
-    candidate_ids = voter.election.candidates.sort.collect \
-      { |candidate| candidate.id.to_i }
-
-    rel_votes = string.split("").collect { |vote| vote.to_i }
-    
-    # covert relative orders to absolute candidate ids
-    self.votes = rel_votes.collect { |vote| candidate_ids[ vote - 1 ] }
-  end
-
   def votestring
     # create a mapping of candidates ids and the relative order of the
     # candidates as they appear when sorted alphabetically
@@ -92,14 +94,15 @@ class Vote < ActiveRecord::Base
     end
 
     # assemble the votestring
-    self.votes.collect {|v| cand_relnums[v]}.join("")
+    self.votes.collect {|v| (cand_relnums[v] + 64).chr}.join("")
   end
 
-  # the following subroutine is used for quickvotes. it creates a vote
-  # with the candidates listed in order of preference based on
-  # alphabetical order. it is meant to be manipulated and then confirmed
-  def set_defaults!
-    self.votes =  voter.election.candidates.sort.collect {|c| c.id }
+  # the following subroutine is used for quickvotes, but need for elections now
+  # too. It creates a vote with the candidates listed in order of preference 
+  # based on alphabetical order. Meant to be manipulated and then confirmed
+  def set_defaults!  
+    self.votes = self.voter.election.candidates.sort_by { rand }.collect {|c| c.id }
     self.save
   end
+         
 end