Demonstrating opening a mongomapper class and extending

extending_user.rb

# Run this in mmconsole

class User
  include MongoMapper::Document
  key :name
  key :role

  def admin?
    role.index(/admin/i)
  end
 
  def to_s
    "#{name} #{role} #{admin? ? '#' : ''}"
  end
end

admin = User.create(:name => "George Washington", :role => "admin")
regular = User.create(:name => "Ben Franklin", :role => "inventor")
puts admin
#George Washington admin #

puts regular
#Ben Franklin inventor 

# Extend core User
class User
  #devise :timeoutable uses this sort of method call
  def timeout_in
    if self.admin?
      puts "timeout for ADMIN"
      120.minutes
    else
      puts "configatron timeout"
      # This needs to come from a dynamic table lookup
      20.minutes
    end
  end
end
[admin, regular].each {|u| puts "#{u} will timeout in: #{u.timeout_in}"}
=begin
timeout for ADMIN
George Washington admin # will timeout in: 7200
configatron timeout
Ben Franklin inventor  will timeout in: 1200
=end