A simple wrapper for objects (think of Burgundy as a decorator/presenter) in less than 150 lines.

Add this line to your application's Gemfile:

gem 'burgundy'

And then execute:

$ bundle

Or install it yourself as:

$ gem install burgundy

First, define your wrapping class.

class UserPresenter < Burgundy::Item
end

Then you can instantiate it:

user = UserPresenter.new(User.first)

The Burgundy::Item has access to helper and route methods. Notice that the wrapper item is accessible through the Burgundy::Item#item method.

class UserPresenter < Burgundy::Item
  def profile_url
    routes.profile_url(item.username)
  end
end

You don't have to expose attributes; everything is delegated to the wrapped item.

To wrap an entire collection, just use the Burgundy::Collection class.

class WorkshopsController < ApplicationController
  def index
    @workshops = Burgundy::Collection.new(
      Workshop.sorted_by_name,
      WorkshopPresenter
    )
  end
end

or just call WorkshopPresenter.wrap(Workshop.sorted_by_name). Both ways return a Burgundy::Collection instance.

You may need to provide additional arguments to the item class. On your collection, all additional arguments will be delegated to the item classe, like the following example:

WorkshopPresenter.wrap(Workshop.all, current_user)
Burgundy::Collection.new(Workshop.all, WorkshopPresenter, current_user)

class WorkshopPresenter < Burgundy::Item
  def initialize(workshop, current_user)
    super(workshop)
    @current_user = current_user
  end
end

The query will be performed only when needed, usually on the view (easier to cache). The collection is an enumerable object and can be passed directly to the render method. Each item will be wrapped by the provided class.

<%= render @workshops %>

Route URLs may require the default url options. Burgundy try to get them from the following objects:

• Rails.configuration.action_mailer.default_url_options
• Rails.application.routes.default_url_options

So you can just put this on your environment file

config.action_controller.default_url_options = {
  host: "example.org"
}

You can map attributes into a hash; I use this strategy for using presenters on API responses (so I can skip adding yet another dependency to my project).

class UserPresenter < Burgundy::Item
  attributes :username, :name, :email

  def profile_url
    routes.profile_url(item.username)
  end
end

UserPresenter.new(User.first).attributes
#=> {:username=>'johndoe', :name=>'John Doe', :email=>'[email protected]'}

UserPresenter.new(User.first).to_hash
#=> {:username=>'johndoe', :name=>'John Doe', :email=>'[email protected]'}

UserPresenter.new(User.first).to_h
#=> {:username=>'johndoe', :name=>'John Doe', :email=>'[email protected]'}

If you want to remap an attribute, provide a hash.

class UserPresenter < Burgundy::Item
  attributes :name, :email, :username => :login

  def profile_url
    routes.profile_url(item.username)
  end
end

UserPresenter.new(User.first).attributes
#=> {:login=>'johndoe', :name=>'John Doe', :email=>'[email protected]'}

1. Fork it
2. Create your feature branch (git checkout -b my-new-feature)
3. Commit your changes (git commit -am 'Add some feature')
4. Push to the branch (git push origin my-new-feature)
5. Create new Pull Request