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+# 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
   has_many :rankings
+  has_one :token
   
-  def initialize
-    super
-    @votes = []
-  end
+  # callbacks
+  after_update :save_rankings
+  before_destroy :destroy_rankings
   
-  def votestring=(string="")
-    rel_votes = string.split("").collect { |vote| vote.to_i }
-    
-    # covert relative orders to absolute candidate ids
-    candidate_ids = voter.election.candidates.sort
-    candidate_ids.collect! { |candidate| candidate.id.to_i }
-   
-    rel_votes.collect! { |vote| candidate_ids[ vote - 1 ] }
-    @votes = rel_votes
+  def to_s
+    votes.join("")
   end
 
-  def save 
-    rankings.each { destroy } unless rankings.empty?
-    @votes.each_with_index do |candidate, index| 
+  def each
+    self.votes.each {|vote| yield vote}
+  end
+
+  def votes
+    unless @votes
+      if rankings.empty?
+        @votes = Array.new
+      else
+        @votes = self.rankings.sort.collect { |ranking| ranking.candidate.id }
+      end
+    end
+
+    @votes
+  end
+
+  def votes=(array)
+    @votes = array
+  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
-      ranking.rank = index + 1
-      ranking.candidate =  Candidate.find(candidate)
+      ranking.rank = index
+      ranking.candidate =  Candidate.find(candidate_id)
       self.rankings << ranking
     end
-      
-    super
   end
-
+  
   def destroy
-    rankings.each { destroy }
+    self.destroy_rankings
     super
   end
 
+  def destroy_rankings 
+    rankings.each { |ranking| ranking.destroy }
+  end
+
+  def confirm!
+    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
+  end
+
+  def confirm?
+    confirmed == 1
+  end
+  
+  def votestring
+    # 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] + 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. 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

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