Enhance Customer model with redmine's built in searchable and event capabilities

app/models/customer.rb

@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@
 
 class Customer < ActiveRecord::Base
 
+  include Redmine::Acts::Searchable
+  include Redmine::Acts::Event
+  
   has_many :issues
   has_many :invoices
   has_many :estimates
@@ -18,6 +21,16 @@ class Customer < ActiveRecord::Base
   
   self.primary_key = :id
 
+  acts_as_searchable columns: %w[name phone_number mobile_phone_number ],
+                     scope: ->(_context) { left_joins(:project) },
+                     date_column: :updated_at
+
+  acts_as_event :title => Proc.new {|o| "#{o}"},
+                :url => Proc.new {|o| { :controller => 'customers', :action => 'show', :id => o.id} },
+                :type => :to_s,
+                :description => Proc.new {|o| "#{I18n.t :label_primary_phone}: #{o.phone_number} #{I18n.t:label_mobile_phone}: #{o.mobile_phone_number}"},
+                :datetime => Proc.new {|o| o.updated_at || o.created_at}
+  
   # Convenience Method
   # returns the customer's email
   def email
@@ -41,22 +54,6 @@ class Customer < ActiveRecord::Base
     :customer
   end
 
-  def event_title
-    to_s
-  end
-
-  def event_description
-    "#{I18n.t :label_primary_phone}: #{primary_phone} #{I18n.t:label_mobile_phone}: #{mobile_phone}"
-  end
-
-  def event_url
-    Rails.application.routes.url_helpers.customer_path(self)
-  end
-
-  def event_datetime
-    updated_at || created_at
-  end
-
   # Convenience Method
   # returns the customer's primary phone
   def primary_phone
@@ -79,7 +76,8 @@ class Customer < ActiveRecord::Base
     update_phone_number
   end
 
-  # Customers are not bound by a project.
+  # Customers are not bound by a project
+  # but we need to implement this method for the Redmine::Acts::Searchable interface
   def project
     nil
   end
@@ -188,32 +186,7 @@ class Customer < ActiveRecord::Base
     end
   end
 
-  # Searchs the database for a customer by name or phone number with out special chars
-  def self.search(search)
-    search = sanitize_sql_like(search)
-    customers = where("name LIKE ? OR phone_number LIKE ? OR mobile_phone_number LIKE ?", "%#{search}%", "%#{search}%", "%#{search}%")
-    return customers.order(:name)
-  end
-
-  def self.searchable_columns
-    ['name', 'phone_number', 'mobile_phone_number']
-  end
-
-  def self.searchable_options
-    {
-      columns: searchable_columns,
-      scope: self.all
-    }
-  end
-
-  def self.search_results_from_ids(ids, *args)
-    return [] if ids.blank?
-
-    ids = ids.map(&:to_i)
-    records = where(id: ids).index_by(&:id)
-    ids.map { |id| records[id] }.compact
-  end
-
+  # Override the defult redmine seach method to rank results by id
   def self.search_result_ranks_and_ids(tokens, user, project = nil, options = {})
     return {} if tokens.blank?