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Created August 27, 2009 14:38
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class User < ActiveRecord::Base
def email
# Make REST call, parse response, extract email address and return it.
# Probably not the most concise and expressive code.
end
end
# Is more or less equal to:
class RemoteUser < ActiveResource::Base
self.site = "..."
end
class User < ActiveRecord::Base
def email
RemoteUser.find(remote_user_id).email
end
end
# Is equal to:
class User < ActiveRecord::Base
has_remote :site => "..."
def email
User::Remote.find(remote_user_id).email
end
end
# Is equal to:
class User < ActiveRecord::Base
has_remote :site => "..."
def email
remote.email
end
end
# Is equal to:
class User < ActiveRecord::Base
has_remote :site => "..." do |r|
r.attribute :email
end
end
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