B.S. i.e. Before StateMachine

gistfile1.rb

class Document

  property :name, Text
  ....   # all the other properties
  ....
  

  property :scanned_on, Date
  property :tagged_on, Date
  property :approved_on, Date
  ...
  ...
  ...
  
  belongs_to :scanned_by, User
  belongs_to :approved_by, User
  ...
  ...


  def state
    return "applied" if applied_by and !approved_on and !disbursed_on 
    ...  # rest of code to check the state of the document.
    ... 
  end

end