+# 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. Please see the COPYING file for
+# details.
+
class Vote < ActiveRecord::Base
# relationships to other classes
belongs_to :voter
if rankings.empty?
@votes = Array.new
else
- @votes = rankings.sort.collect { |ranking| ranking.candidate.id }
+ @votes = self.rankings.sort.collect { |ranking| ranking.candidate.id }
end
end
end
def save_rankings
+ self.votes # i need to initalize this before destroying rankings
+ # or else the ranks themselves show up as nil
+
destroy_rankings
self.votes.each_with_index do |candidate_id, index|
ranking = Ranking.new
rankings.each { |ranking| ranking.destroy }
end
- def settime
- self.time = Time.now
- self.save
- end
-
def confirm!
- self.confirmed = 1
- self.save
-
- unless self.voter.election.quickvote?
- token.destroy and token.reload if token
- self.token = Token.new
+ if self.voter.election.candidates.length == self.rankings.length
+ self.confirmed = 1
+ self.time = Time.now
self.save
+
+ unless self.voter.election.quickvote?
+ token.destroy and token.reload if token
+ self.token = Token.new
+ self.save
+ end
+ return false
+ else
+ return true
end
end
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
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, 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
+ # based on alphabetical order. Meant to be manipulated and then confirmed
def set_defaults!
- self.votes = voter.election.candidates.sort.collect {|c| c.id }
+ self.votes = self.voter.election.candidates.sort_by { rand }.collect {|c| c.id }
self.save
end