From 233a8d6e3ed4bb7cd828e21150a4141a93ae9534 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Matthias Viehweger <kronn@kronn.de>
Date: Mon, 6 Jun 2011 01:08:28 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] some integration work with form-helpers

apparently, form.checkbox :foo wants form.object.foo to return 0 or 1 to determine "checked"-state. the return-value of foo? is not taken into account.
---
 lib/date_checkbox/has_date_checkbox.rb | 22 +++++++++++++++-------
 test/has_date_checkbox_test.rb         |  6 ++++--
 2 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lib/date_checkbox/has_date_checkbox.rb b/lib/date_checkbox/has_date_checkbox.rb
index 617eb1d..a8e8da3 100644
--- a/lib/date_checkbox/has_date_checkbox.rb
+++ b/lib/date_checkbox/has_date_checkbox.rb
@@ -6,26 +6,34 @@ def self.included(base)
 
     module ClassMethods
       def has_date_checkbox(db_field)
-        method_name = db_field.to_s.sub(/_at$/, '')
+        # if db_field.to_s =~ /_at$/ #&& has_attribute?(db_field)
+          column_name = db_field
+          method_name = db_field.to_s.sub(/_at$/, '')
+        # elsif has_attribute?(:"#{db_field}_at")
+        # else
+        #   column_name = :"#{db_field}_at"
+        #   method_name = db_field.to_s
+        # end
+
         # send :include, InstanceMethods
         class_eval do
           define_method("#{method_name}") do
-            if attribute_present?(db_field)
-              I18n.t(:"is_#{method_name}")
+            if attribute_present?(column_name)
+              "1" # I18n.t(:"is_#{method_name}")
             else
-              I18n.t(:"not_#{method_name}")
+              "0" # I18n.t(:"not_#{method_name}")
             end
           end
 
           define_method("#{method_name}?") do
-            attribute_present?(db_field)
+            attribute_present?(column_name)
           end
 
           define_method("#{method_name}=") do |value|
             if value.to_s == "0"
-              write_attribute(db_field, nil)
+              write_attribute(column_name, nil)
             else
-              write_attribute(db_field, Time.now)
+              write_attribute(column_name, Time.now)
             end
           end
         end
diff --git a/test/has_date_checkbox_test.rb b/test/has_date_checkbox_test.rb
index acdb047..51246ae 100644
--- a/test/has_date_checkbox_test.rb
+++ b/test/has_date_checkbox_test.rb
@@ -19,13 +19,15 @@ def teardown
   test "returns something falsish when attribute is not set" do
     instance.published_at = nil
     assert_equal false, instance.published?
-    assert_equal I18n.t(:not_published), instance.published
+    assert_equal '0', instance.published
+    # assert_equal I18n.t(:not_published), instance.published
   end
 
   test "returns something trueish when attribute is set" do
     instance.published_at = 1.minute.ago
     assert_equal true,  instance.published?
-    assert_equal I18n.t(:is_published), instance.published
+    assert_equal '1', instance.published
+    # assert_equal I18n.t(:is_published), instance.published
   end
 
   test "has_date_checkbox defines a custom writer for the given attribute" do