module TopicsHelper ## this one is for building our custom JSON autocomplete format for typeahead def autocomplete_array_json(topics) temp = [] topics.each do |t| topic = {} topic['id'] = t.id topic['label'] = t.name topic['value'] = t.name topic['description'] = t.desc.truncate(35) # make this return matched results topic['type'] = t.metacode.name topic['typeImageURL'] = t.metacode.icon topic['permission'] = t.permission topic['mapCount'] = t.maps.count topic['synapseCount'] = t.synapses.count topic['originator'] = t.user.name topic['originatorImage'] = t.user.image topic['rtype'] = "topic" temp.push topic end return temp end #find all nodes in any given nodes network def network(node, array, count) # recurse starting with a node to find all connected nodes and return an array of topics that constitutes the starting nodes network # if the array of nodes is empty initialize it if array.nil? array = Array.new end # add the node to the array array.push(node) if count == 0 return array end count = count - 1 # check if each relative is already in the array and if not, call the network function again if not node.relatives.empty? if (node.relatives-array).empty? return array else (node.relatives-array).each do |relative| array = (array | network(relative, array, count)) end return array end elsif node.relatives.empty? return array end end end