From: Dominik Krebs <dominik.krebs@...>
Date: 2009-01-05T23:35:09+09:00
Subject: Hash is not merged / recursive function

Hi,

i'm new to ruby, but i really like it.

I'm trying to extend Ruby on Rails FormHelper with a custom function
which returns a recursive tree select field for "acts_as_tree"-models.

My Problem is, that the hash is not being merged correctly and so i only
get values which are up to the root of the tree.

Thanks for all answers.

Here's my code:

module ActionView
  module Helpers
    class FormBuilder
      def tree_select_options(collection, value_method, text_method,
level = 0)
        choices = {}
        collection.map do |element|
          choices[" " * level + element.send(text_method)] =
element.send(value_method)
          if (element.children.size > 0)
            choices.merge(tree_select_options(element.children,
value_method, text_method, level+5))
          end
        end
        return choices
      end

      def tree_select(method, collection, value_method, text_method,
options = {}, html_options = {})
        choices = tree_select_options(collection, value_method,
text_method)
        @template.select(@object_name, method, choices,
options.merge(:object => @object), html_options)
      end
    end
  end
end
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