gistfile1.rb

class Category
  
  # name is book, movie
  attr_accessor :name, :path
  
  def initialize(n, path)
    self.name = n.to_s # movie, book
    self.path = path
  end
  
  # Movies, Livres, Places
  # translated
  def to_s
    I18n.t("categories.#{plural}")
  end
  
  # movies, books
  def plural
    name.pluralize
  end
  
  # movies
  def to_query
    name
  end
  
  def self.all
    categories = []
    order = [:movie, :book, :place, :event, :video, :link]
    order.each { |category| categories << get(category)  }
    categories
  end
  
  def self.get(category)
    # category = category.to_s.downcase
    hash[category]
  end
  
  # TODO: add this to an .yml
  def self.hash
    @hash ||= {:movie => Category.new(:movie, '/movies'), :book => Category.new(:book, '/books'), :place => Category.new(:place, '/places'), :event => Category.new(:event, '/events'), :video => Category.new(:video, '/videos'), :link => Category.new(:link, '/links')}
  end
    
end