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copied!<p>Ok, here's what I've ended up with. By no means am I a Ruby/Rails guru, but it works for me, so hopefully it might point someone in the right direction if they're trying something similar:</p> <pre><code>module Filtered module Controller module InstanceMethods def process_filters # Filter hash we're going to pass to the model filter_to_use = {} # To process filters, we first query the model to find out what filters # we should be looking for, as the model knows what we can filter. Kernel.const_get( self.controller_name.singularize.camelize ).available_filters.each do |filter| # We should have our array with our filter listing. # Check the purchase order model for a description filter_name = filter[0][:filter_name] # Filters are stored in a session variable, this way filters survive # page reloads, etc. First thing we do, is set the session if new filters # have been set for the filter. session_name = session_filter_name( filter_name ) if params[session_name] if params[session_name] == 'All' session[session_name] = nil else session[session_name] = params[session_name] filter_to_use[filter_name] = params[session_name] end elsif session[session_name] # If params aren't read, we still need to filter based off the users # session filter_to_use[filter_name] = session[session_name] end end # Just using this variable for now until I can refactor the helper code # so that this is passed in. self.instance_variable_set( '@current_filter_values', filter_to_use ) filter_to_use[:page] = self.instance_variable_get( '@current_page' ) self.instance_variable_set( "@#{self.controller_name}", Kernel.const_get( self.controller_name.singularize.camelize ).find_filtered( filter_to_use ) ) if self.instance_variable_get( "@#{self.controller_name}" ).out_of_bounds? filter_to_use[:page] = session[:previous_page] = 1 self.instance_variable_set( "@#{self.controller_name}", Kernel.const_get( self.controller_name.singularize.camelize ).find_filtered( filter_to_use ) ) end end private # Quick helper function for generating session variable names def session_filter_name( name ) "#{self.controller_name}_#{name}_filter".to_sym end end end end </code></pre> <p>I'm including it in all my controllers via a plugin, init.rb file like so:</p> <pre><code># Include hook for controllers ActionController::Base.class_eval do include Filtered::Controller::InstanceMethods end </code></pre>

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