Created a partial to DRY the aja voting method. Modified the voter class to

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

diff --git a/app/models/vote.rb b/app/models/vote.rb
index 33927cd16db995528e15da3aa6ab943353d5bc09..dcadcac91d5db2bcd4158825b9098ab7e788e708 100644 (file)
--- a/app/models/vote.rb
+++ b/app/models/vote.rb
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ class Vote < ActiveRecord::Base
   # callbacks
   after_update :save_rankings
   before_destroy :destroy_rankings
-
+  
   def to_s
     votes.join("")
   end
@@ -51,6 +51,11 @@ 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.save
@@ -69,7 +74,7 @@ class Vote < ActiveRecord::Base
   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
@@ -77,14 +82,23 @@ class Vote < ActiveRecord::Base
   end
 
   def votestring
-    self.votes.join("")
+    # create a mapping of candidates ids and the relative order of the
+    # candidates as they appear when sorted alphabetically
+    cand_relnums = {}
+    self.voter.election.candidates.sort.each_with_index do |c, i|
+      cand_relnums[c.id] = i + 1
+    end
+
+    # assemble the votestring
+    self.votes.collect {|v| cand_relnums[v]}.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. It is meant to be manipulated and then confirmed
+  def set_defaults!  
+    self.votes = voter.election.candidates.sort.collect {|c| c.id }
     self.save
   end
+         
 end