[LRUG] Setting default roles in a user record

[John Winters]

James Adam wrote:
> Oops - you probably want to have that user saved and returned from the
> method, but you get the idea :)
> 
> On 8/7/07, James Adam <james.adam at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Or, sidestep the whole "initialization" issue:
>>
>>   class User < ActiveRecord::Base
>>     def self.create_with_default_roles(*attributes)
>>       new_user = new(*attributes)
>>       Roles.find_all_default_roles.each do |role| # or whatever
>>         new_user.roles << role
>>       end
>>     end
>>     # etc...
>>   end
>>
>> My point is, you don't need this to happen *automagically*. Just
>> define a new method that does what you want, and call it wherever you
>> want this default user created.

This sounds a promising approach.  Could I just override the default 
"new" method with my own which sets default values if no parameters are 
passed in?

I don't think I want it saved before the method returns, because apart 
from anything else it would fail validation at that point.

Thanks for your help.

John