class Map < ActiveRecord::Base belongs_to :user has_many :itemmappings, :class_name => 'Mapping', :conditions => {:category => 'Item'} has_many :synapsemappings, :class_name => 'Mapping', :conditions => {:category => 'Synapse'} has_many :items, :through => :itemmappings has_many :synapses, :through => :synapsemappings def mappings itemmappings + synapsemappings end #build a json object of a map def self_as_json Jbuilder.encode do |json| @items = self.items @synapses = self.synapses json.array!(@items) do |item| json.adjacencies item.synapses2.delete_if{|synapse| not @synapses.include?(synapse)} do |json, synapse| json.nodeTo synapse.node1_id json.nodeFrom synapse.node2_id @synapsedata = Hash.new @synapsedata['$desc'] = synapse.desc @synapsedata['$category'] = synapse.category @synapsedata['$userid'] = synapse.user.id @synapsedata['$username'] = synapse.user.name json.data @synapsedata end @itemdata = Hash.new @itemdata['$desc'] = item.desc @itemdata['$link'] = item.link @itemdata['$itemcatname'] = item.item_category.name @itemdata['$userid'] = item.user.id @itemdata['$username'] = item.user.name json.data @itemdata json.id item.id json.name item.name end end end end