class Snippet include Mongoid::Document include Mongoid::Timestamps field :name, :index => true field :full_name, :index => true field :parent_id, :index => true field :parent_name field :content before_validation :setup_default_value validates_presence_of :name, :full_name, :parent_id validates_uniqueness_of :name, :scope => :parent_id referenced_in :parent, :class_name => "Item", :foreign_key => :parent_id # Get an array of ancestors def ancestors node, nodes = self, [] nodes << node = node.parent while !node.parent.blank? rescue nil nodes.reverse end def setup_default_value # Set the parent value self.parent_name = Item.find( self.parent_id ).name rescue nil # Build the full_name from the ancestors array full_node = self.ancestors.map{ |a| a.name }.push( self.name ) # Remove root node if not root full_node.shift if full_node.size >= 2 self.full_name = full_node.join("/") end end