+require 'validators'
+
class Message < ActiveRecord::Base
belongs_to :sender, :class_name => "User", :foreign_key => :from_user_id
belongs_to :recipient, :class_name => "User", :foreign_key => :to_user_id
- validates_presence_of :title, :body, :sent_on
+ validates_presence_of :title, :body, :sent_on, :sender, :recipient
+ validates_length_of :title, :within => 1..255
validates_inclusion_of :message_read, :in => [ true, false ]
validates_associated :sender, :recipient
+ validates_as_utf8 :title
+
+ def digest
+ md5 = Digest::MD5.new
+ md5 << from_user_id.to_s
+ md5 << to_user_id.to_s
+ md5 << sent_on.xmlschema
+ md5 << title
+ md5 << body
+ md5.hexdigest
+ end
end