I'm looking for an easy way to convert decorated model into json to use in my client-side templates. I'd like to find a solution where all allowed attributes and public methods of the decorated model will persist in json.
Currently I have backbone RIA with rails backend. I'm using haml_coffee_assets gem for client-side templating. Draper is there to provide decoration for my User model
class ContactDecorator < Draper::Base
include Draper::LazyHelpers
decorates :user
allows :login, :id, :total_unread, :total_messages
def for_json
{
:new_messages => new_messages,
:avatar_link => avatar_link,
:login_name_link => login_name_link,
:id => model.id,
:name => model.login,
:avatar => model.avatar.url(:small),
:humanized_messages_number =>
}
end
def humanized_messages_number
pluralize(user['total_messages'], t("share_my_trip.messages.Message"), t("share_my_trip.messages.Messages")) + " #{new_messages}"
end
def new_messages
model['total_unread'].to_i > 0 ? "(#{model['total_unread'].to_i} #{t("share_my_trip.messages.new")})" : ''
end
def avatar_link
link_to(image_tag(model.avatar.url(:small), :size => "32x32", :onerror => "this.src='/avatars/original/missing.png'"), share_my_trip_user_path(:id => model.login), :id => "user-nick-#{model.id}", :class => "author")
end
def login_name_link
link_to(model.login, share_my_trip_user_path(:id => model.login), :id => "user-nick-#{model.id}", :class => "author")
end
end
my controller code looks like:
def index
@dialogs = ContactDecorator.decorate(current_user.contacts).collect{|c| c.for_json}
end
and than in my view I'm just initializing backbone app:
:javascript
App.init({dialogs: #{@dialogs.to_json}})
Is there a way to delete ugly #for_json decorator method?