Rails - Mar 2007 - association extensions - has_one

Hi,

I''m struggling with something that must be very common pattern, and
want to do it the correct rails/ruby way but am a bit dense !

I have users - an admin user, registered users and a guest user (using
ModelSecurity)

For many of linked associations I want the admin to be able to list or
edit all instances, the registered user only their own one and guest
none at all.

So somehow I want to over ride or extend the associations, or find, so
that the condition is captured in one place and my controller/view
code isn''t littered with these  same if, else blocks...e.g something
like...

       if(User.current.admin?)
          Theme.find(:all)
        elsif(User.current.registered?)
          User.current.theme
        else
          nil
        end


I''ve tried using the Association extensions so I can simply call
something like

@theme = User.current.theme.find_theme

e.g

class User < ActiveRecord::Base

  has_one :theme do
    def find_theme()
       if(admin?)
          Theme.find(:all)
        elsif(registered?)
          User.current.theme
        else
          []
        end
    end
  end

But no joy, this gives method missing. If I change the association to
has_many however, it does work - but this is obviously not then
correct with the model.

Do extensions only work for has_many ?

Any advice on best place or pattern to encapsulate this kind of
situation much appreciated.

Many thanks
tom


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