'Semantic' improvement on own objects about the_role

[the-teacher]

Hello! In fact this gem is just prototype of my idea. Yes, it's works, but there is many ways for improvements. Unfortunately, I haven't time to work with it now.

I think I need few month to finish current projects, (for example, my new gem - TheComments), and I promise - I'll be back to this gem and I'll try to use this offer

Thank you!

[the-teacher]

Just one comment, maybe an other option to add (apart for enable/disable an action), is the possibility to specify from whom the object could be; i.e. "edit or destroy objects created by me (current_user) only, or by my group (group users functionality)"

Thank you for your opinion!

The Role use extremely simple way to find access state for user. I think it's should stay as main feature of this project.

Group policies should be implemented with another gem or with plugin for TheRole.

In the past I was developer of big authorization system - you should to believe me - big authorization system is dead end for many projects. Nobody needs it, in fact.

That is why I want to keep this project extremely simple.

By the way, is any option to avoid coding in every view link the "if permmission", making that automaticaly based on the actions would be awesome too (some gems use a view:helper...but is not the best approach)

Do you mean something like this?

= roled_link_to "Edit", edit_page(@page)

instead

if current_user.has_role(:pages, :edit)
  = link_to "Edit", edit_page(@page)
end

Unfortunatly, I can't see elegant way to solve this situation.