class ActiveFacts::Metamodel::Fact

Public Instance Methods

verbalise(context = nil) click to toggle source
# File lib/activefacts/metamodel/extensions.rb, line 1530
def verbalise(context = nil)
  reading = fact_type.preferred_reading
  reading_roles = reading.role_sequence.all_role_ref.sort_by{|rr| rr.ordinal}.map{|rr| rr.role }
  role_values_in_reading_order = all_role_value.sort_by{|rv| reading_roles.index(rv.role) }
  instance_verbalisations = role_values_in_reading_order.map do |rv|
    if rv.instance.value
      v = rv.instance.verbalise
    else
      if (c = rv.instance.object_type).is_a?(EntityType)
        if !c.preferred_identifier.role_sequence.all_role_ref.detect{|rr| rr.role.fact_type == fact_type}
          v = rv.instance.verbalise
        end
      end
    end
    next nil unless v
    v.to_s.sub(/(#{rv.instance.object_type.name}|\S*)\s/,'')
  end
  reading.expand([], false, instance_verbalisations)
end