metamaps--metamaps/app/policies/mapping_policy.rb

class MappingPolicy < ApplicationPolicy
  class Scope < Scope
    def resolve
      # TODO base this on the map policy
      # it would be nice if we could also base this on the mappable, but that
      # gets really complicated. Devin thinks it's OK to SHOW a mapping for
      # a private topic, since you can't see the private topic anyways
      visible = ['public', 'commons']
      permission = 'maps.permission IN (?)'
      if user
        scope.joins(:maps).where(permission + ' OR maps.user_id = ?', visible, user.id)
      else
        scope.where(permission, visible)
      end 
    end
  end

  def show?
    map_policy.show? && mappable_policy.show?
  end

  def create?
    map_policy.update?
  end

  def update?
    record.mappable_type == 'Topic' && map_policy.update?
  end

  def destroy?
    map_policy.update? || admin_override
  end

  # Helpers

  def map_policy
    @map_policy ||= Pundit.policy(user, record.map)
  end

  def mappable_policy
    @mappable_policy ||= Pundit.policy(user, record.mappable)
  end
end