Rails - Oct 2006 - How to refactor to use 'acts_as_tree'?

I am trying to refactor my code to use ''acts_as_tree''.

I have a self-referencing model called Property (<ActiveRecord) which
currently has the usual belongs_to and has_many declarations:

belongs_to :collection,
             :class_name => "Property",
             :foreign_key => "collection_id"
  has_many   :collected_properties,
             :class_name => "Property",
             :foreign_key => "collection_id"

I''d like to replace these with an ''acts_as_tree''.

In my controller ''create'' method currently I have the
following code:

   # create a new Property of the correct sub class
   @property = Property.factory(params[:which_type], params[:property])
    # if adding a child to a root - not always the case!
    if @flash[:is_collection] then
      # this finds the immediate root (root id stored in flash)
      root=PropertyCollection.find(@flash[:collection_id])
      # this updates the foreign key collection_id in my new child row
      @property.collection = root
    end
    # save the new row
    if @property.save
      flash[:notice] = ''Property was successfully created.''
      redirect_to :action => ''list''
    else
      render(:partial =>
params[:controller]+"/"+params[:picklist][:pick])
    end
  end

How would I refactor the @propery.collection = root and @property.save
lines to make use of ''acts_as_tree''. I note that in the Agile
Web Dev
with Rails book that you can write:

root.children.create(...) but not sure how to change this to make use
of the save() and my instance variable @property

Thanks,
Lee.


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fyi, I added ''acts_as_tree'' and just changed
''@property.collection root'' to ''@property.parent =
root''  - works fine I expect benefits when
writing the code to render the list as I can use
''children''/''parent''
etc methods now :)

Suggestions for improvement still welcome of course.


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