2 files changed, 43 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/app/controllers/application_controller.rb b/app/controllers/application_controller.rb
index 35d6cb4..a4560e2 100644
--- a/app/controllers/application_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/application_controller.rb
@@ -23,16 +23,6 @@ class ApplicationController < ActionController::Base
       json: {error: "The server failed to process your request. We'll look into it."}
   end
 
-  #
-  # Allows us to pass through bold text to flash messages. See format_flash() for where this is reversed.
-  #
-  # TODO: move to core
-  #
-  def bold(str)
-    "[b]#{str}[/b]"
-  end
-  helper_method :bold
-
   ##
   ## LOCALE
   ##
diff --git a/app/controllers/controller_extension/flash.rb b/app/controllers/controller_extension/flash.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1642141
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/controllers/controller_extension/flash.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+module ControllerExtension::Flash
+  extend ActiveSupport::Concern
+
+  protected
+
+  def flash_for(resource, options = {})
+    return unless resource.changed?
+    add_flash_message_for resource
+    add_flash_errors_for resource  if options[:with_errors]
+  end
+
+  def add_flash_message_for(resource)
+    message = flash_message_for(resource)
+    type = flash_type_for(resource)
+    if message.present?
+      flash[type] = message
+    end
+  end
+
+  def flash_message_for(resource)
+    I18n.t flash_i18n_key(resource),
+      scope: :flash,
+      cascade: true,
+      resource: resource.class.model_name.human
+  end
+
+  def flash_i18n_key(resource)
+    namespace = [action_name]
+    namespace += controller_path.split('/')
+    namespace << flash_type_for(resource)
+    namespace.join(".")
+  end
+
+  def flash_type_for(resource)
+    resource.valid? ? :success : :error
+  end
+
+  def add_flash_errors_for(resource)
+    return if resource.valid?
+    flash[:error] += "<br>"
+    flash[:error] += resource.errors.full_messages.join(". <br>")
+  end
+end