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I have a model named "clothing" which I want to be the singlular (one piece of clothing). By default, rails says the plural is clothings. Right or wrong, I think it will be more readable if the plural is "clothes".
How do I override the plural naming convention? Can I do it right in the model so I don't have to do it over and over? How will this change how routes are handled (I am using restful architecture)?
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Naming conventions in Active Record model Rails is capable of pluralizing (and singularizing) both regular and irregular words. Model class names must use the CamelCase form when composed of two or more words, while the database table names must use the snake_case form.
Controller names are either singular or plural : Using “rails g resource” names the controllers plural, which makes sense because I think about them controlling many routes. Resource names are singular : They create a lot of mvc framework, the name you pass will become the model name, and let rails pluralize the rest.
Using descriptive, consistent naming conventions is important and should not go overlooked. Variability and inconsistencies often lead to confusion, error and loss of time.
Methods should be verbs, in mixed case with the first letter lowercase, with the first letter of each internal word capitalized. Except for variables, all instance, class, and class constants are in mixed case with a lowercase first letter. Internal words start with capital letters.
I'm no RoR expert, but did find a possible approach. From the referenced site you can add inflection rule inside the config/initializers/inflections.rb file:
# Add new inflection rules using the following format ActiveSupport::Inflector.inflections do |inflect| inflect.irregular 'clothing', 'clothes' end For rails 2.3.2 and maybe 2+, you need to do it a little different:
ActiveSupport::Inflector.inflections do |inflect| inflect.plural /^(ox)$/i, '\1\2en' inflect.singular /^(ox)en/i, '\1' inflect.irregular 'octopus', 'octopi' inflect.uncountable "equipment" end If you love us? You can donate to us via Paypal or buy me a coffee so we can maintain and grow! Thank you!
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