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+
+# The Tag model. This model is automatically generated and added to your app if you run the tagging generator included with has_many_polymorphs.
+
+class Tag < ActiveRecord::Base
+
+ DELIMITER = " " # Controls how to split and join tagnames from strings. You may need to change the <tt>validates_format_of parameters</tt> if you change this.
+
+ # If database speed becomes an issue, you could remove these validations and rescue the ActiveRecord database constraint errors instead.
+ validates_presence_of :name
+ validates_uniqueness_of :name, :case_sensitive => false
+
+ # Change this validation if you need more complex tag names.
+ validates_format_of :name, :with => /^[a-zA-Z0-9\_\-]+$/, :message => "can not contain special characters"
+
+ # Set up the polymorphic relationship.
+ has_many_polymorphs :taggables,
+ :from => [<%= taggable_models.join(", ") %>],
+ :through => :taggings,
+ :dependent => :destroy,
+<% if options[:self_referential] -%> :as => :<%= parent_association_name -%>,
+<% end -%>
+ :skip_duplicates => false,
+ :parent_extend => proc {
+ # Defined on the taggable models, not on Tag itself. Return the tagnames associated with this record as a string.
+ def to_s
+ self.map(&:name).sort.join(Tag::DELIMITER)
+ end
+ }
+
+ # Callback to strip extra spaces from the tagname before saving it. If you allow tags to be renamed later, you might want to use the <tt>before_save</tt> callback instead.
+ def before_create
+ self.name = name.downcase.strip.squeeze(" ")
+ end
+
+ # Tag::Error class. Raised by ActiveRecord::Base::TaggingExtensions if something goes wrong.
+ class Error < StandardError
+ end
+
+end