Mongoid field extension simplifying path parsing.

Add this line to your application's Gemfile:

gem 'mongoid-path_extension'

And then execute:

$ bundle

Or install it yourself as:

$ gem install mongoid-path_extension

class MyDoc
  include Mongoid::Document
  field :path, type: Mongoid::PathExtension
end

my_doc = MyDoc.new(path: 'LevelOne/LevelTwo/LevelThree')

my_doc.path # => 'LevelOne/LevelTwo/LevelThree'
my_doc.path.components # => %w(LevelOne LevelTwo LevelThree)
my_doc.path.absolute # => '/LevelOne/LevelTwo/LevelThree'
my_doc.path.root # => 'LevelOne'
my_doc.path.permalink # => 'LevelThree'
my_doc.path.parent_path # => 'LevelOne/LevelTwo'
my_doc.path.parent_permalink # => 'LevelTwo'
my_doc.path.has_parent? # => true

my_doc.path.permalink = 'NewPermalink'
puts my_doc.path.permalink # => 'NewPermalink'

After checking out the repo, run bin/setup to install dependencies. Then, run rake test to run the tests. You can also run bin/console for an interactive prompt that will allow you to experiment.

To install this gem onto your local machine, run bundle exec rake install. To release a new version, update the version number in version.rb, and then run bundle exec rake release, which will create a git tag for the version, push git commits and tags, and push the .gem file to rubygems.org.

Bug reports and pull requests are welcome on GitHub at https://github.com/tomasc/mongoid-path_extension.

The gem is available as open source under the terms of the MIT License.