I want to give more options to people using error_messages_for
I suggest:
module ActionView
module Helpers
module ActiveRecordHelper
def error_messages_for(*params)
options = params.last.is_a?(Hash) ? params.pop.symbolize_keys : {}
objects = params.collect {|object_name| instance_variable_get("@#{object_name}") }.compact
count = objects.inject(0) {|sum, object| sum + object.errors.count }
unless count.zero?
html = {}
[:id, :class].each do |key|
if options.include?(key)
value = options[key]
html[key] = value unless value.blank?
else
html[key] = 'errorExplanation'
end
end
header_message = "#{pluralize(count, 'error')} prohibited this #{(options[:object_name] || params.first).to_s.gsub('_', ' ')} from being saved"
error_messages = objects.map {|object| object.errors.full_messages.map {|msg| content_tag(:li, msg) } }
content_tag(:div,
content_tag(options[:header_tag] || :h2, options[:header_message] || header_message) <<
content_tag(:p, options[:explanation] || 'There were problems with the following fields:') <<
content_tag(:ul, error_messages),
html
)
else
''
end
end
end
...
}}
