Rails: checkbox list across classes

Question

If in a form I have resources loaded like so:

def custom_articles
  @user.custom_articles + @user.edited_articles || []
end

And they're outputted into a checkbox list, how can I differentiate between what is an EditedArticle and what is a CustomArticle? custom_articles are added to a collection of Components too.

Answer 1

If you need to keep the context, then keep the context! Instead of passing back an array, why can't you pass back a hash that won't step on the type?

def custom_articles
  {custom: @user.custom_articles, edited: @user.edited_articles}
end

edited:

  custom_articles[:edited]

custom:

  custom_articles[:custom]

all articles:

  custom_articles.values.flatten