ruby objects, get outta my face. (conversationscontroller new)

app/controllers/conversations_controller.rb

@@ -58,7 +58,10 @@ class ConversationsController < ApplicationController
   end
 
   def new
-    @all_contacts_and_ids = current_user.contacts.map { |c| {:value => c.id, :name => c.person.name} }
+    @all_contacts_and_ids = Contact.connection.execute(current_user.contacts.joins(:person => :profile).select("contacts.id, profiles.first_name, profiles.last_name, profiles.diaspora_handle").to_sql).map do |r|
+      {:value => r[0], :name => Person.name_from_attrs(r[1], r[2], r[3])}
+    end
+
     @contact = current_user.contacts.find(params[:contact_id]) if params[:contact_id]
     render :layout => false
   end

app/models/person.rb

@@ -84,11 +84,12 @@ class Person < ActiveRecord::Base
   end
 
   def name(opts = {})
-    @name ||= if profile.nil? || profile.first_name.nil? || profile.first_name.blank?
-                self.diaspora_handle
-              else
-                "#{profile.first_name.to_s} #{profile.last_name.to_s}"
-              end
+    @name ||= Person.name_from_attrs(self.profile.first_name, self.profile.last_name, self.diaspora_handle)
+  
+  end
+
+  def self.name_from_attrs(first_name, last_name, diaspora_handle)
+    first_name.blank? ? diaspora_handle : "#{first_name.to_s} #{last_name.to_s}"
   end
 
   def first_name

spec/models/person_spec.rb

@@ -64,27 +64,33 @@ describe Person do
     end
   end
 
-  context '#name' do
-    let!(:user) { Factory(:user) }
-    let!(:person) { user.person }
-    let!(:profile) { person.profile }
+  context '.name_from_attrs' do
+    before do
+      @person = alice.person
+      @profile = @person.profile
+    end
 
     context 'with first name' do
       it 'should return their name for name' do
-        person.name.should match /#{profile.first_name}|#{profile.last_name}/
+        Person.name_from_attrs(@profile.first_name, @profile.last_name, @profile.diaspora_handle).should match /#{@profile.first_name}|#{@profile.last_name}/
       end
     end
 
     context 'without first name' do
       it 'should display their diaspora handle' do
-        person.profile.first_name = nil
-        person.profile.last_name = nil
-        person.save!
-        person.name.should == person.diaspora_handle
+        Person.name_from_attrs(nil, nil, @profile.diaspora_handle).should == @profile.diaspora_handle
       end
     end
   end
 
+  context '#name' do
+    it 'calls Person.name_from_attrs' do
+      profile = alice.person.profile
+      Person.should_receive(:name_from_attrs).with(profile.first_name, profile.last_name, profile.person.diaspora_handle)
+      alice.name
+    end
+  end
+
   describe 'xml' do
     before do
       @xml = @person.to_xml.to_s