class Notification < ActiveRecord::Base belongs_to :recipient, class_name: 'User' belongs_to :target, polymorphic: true class << self def for(recipient, options={}) self.where(options.merge!(recipient: recipient)).order(:updated_at).reverse_order end def notify(recipient, target) return nil unless target.respond_to? :notification_type notif_type = target.notification_type return nil unless notif_type make_notification(recipient, target, notif_type) end def denotify(recipient, target) return nil unless target.respond_to? :notification_type notif_type = target.notification_type return nil unless notif_type notif = notif_type.find_by(recipient: recipient, target: target) notif.destroy unless notif.nil? end private def make_notification(recipient, target, notification_type) n = notification_type.new(target: target, recipient: recipient, new: true) n.save! n end end end