wip welcome post, publisher object

app/controllers/application_controller.rb

@@ -22,7 +22,8 @@ class ApplicationController < ActionController::Base
                 :my_contacts_count,
                 :only_sharing_count,
                 :tag_followings,
-                :tags
+                :tags,
+                :open_publisher
 
   def ensure_http_referer_is_set
     request.env['HTTP_REFERER'] ||= '/aspects'

app/controllers/tag_followings_controller.rb

@@ -61,6 +61,6 @@ class TagFollowingsController < ApplicationController
       @tag_following = current_user.tag_followings.create(:tag_id => @tag.id)
     end
 
-    redirect_to aspects_path
+    redirect_to aspects_path(:welcome => true)
   end
 end

lib/publisher.rb

@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+class Publisher
+  attr_accessor :user, :open, :prefill_text, :public
+
+  def initialize(user, opts={})
+    self.user = user
+    self.open = (opts[:open] == true)? true : false
+    self.prefill_text = opts[:prefill_text]
+    self.public = (opts[:public] == true)? true : false
+  end
+
+  def open?
+    self.open
+  end
+
+  def public?
+    self.public
+  end
+end

lib/stream/base.rb

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+require File.join(Rails.root, "lib", "publisher")
 class Stream::Base
   TYPES_OF_POST_IN_STREAM = ['StatusMessage', 'Reshare', 'ActivityStreams::Photo']
   attr_accessor :max_time, :order, :user
@@ -106,6 +107,10 @@ class Stream::Base
     @order ||= 'created_at'
   end
 
+  def publisher
+    @publisher ||= Publisher.new(self.user)
+  end
+
   private
 
   # Memoizes all Contacts present in the Stream

spec/lib/publisher_spec.rb

@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+
+require 'spec_helper'
+
+#NOTE;why is it not auto loadeded?
+require File.join(Rails.root, 'lib', 'publisher')
+
+describe Publisher do
+  before do
+    @publisher = Publisher.new(alice)
+  end
+
+  describe '#open?' do
+    it 'defaults to closed' do
+      @publisher.open?.should be_false
+    end
+
+    it 'listens to the opts' do
+      Publisher.new(alice, :open => true).open?.should be_true
+    end
+  end
+
+  describe "#prefill" do
+    it 'defaults to nothing' do
+      @publisher.prefill_text.should be_blank
+    end
+
+    it 'is settable' do
+      Publisher.new(alice, :prefill_text => "party!").prefill_text.should == "party!"
+    end
+  end
+
+  describe "#public?" do
+    it 'defaults to false' do
+      @publisher.public?.should be_false
+    end
+
+    it 'listens to the opts' do
+      Publisher.new(alice, :public => true).public?.should be_true
+    end
+  end
+end

spec/shared_behaviors/stream.rb

@@ -40,6 +40,10 @@ describe 'Streams' do
         @stream.order=nil
         @stream.order.should == 'created_at'
       end
+
+      it 'initializes a publisher' do
+        @stream.publisher.should be_a(Publisher)
+      end
     end
   end
 end