WIP: cancan permissions; it breaks stuff!

app/components/app_tab_panel.rb

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ class AppTabPanel < Netzke::Basepack::TabPanel
                               ]
 
     #for users
-    if controller.current_user.user?
+    if controller.current_user.role?(:user)
       # (had to use hash for borders to get the title to display properly)
       @@app_tab_panel_items.concat [{ layout: :fit,
                                       wrappedComponent: :user_profile_border,
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ class AppTabPanel < Netzke::Basepack::TabPanel
                                     ]
     end
     #for admins
-    if controller.current_user.admin?
+    if controller.current_user.role?(:admin)
       # (had to use hash for borders to get the title to display properly)
       @@app_tab_panel_items.concat [{ layout: :fit,
                                       wrappedComponent: :users_and_profiles_border,

app/components/bike_logs.rb

@@ -30,11 +30,12 @@ class BikeLogs < Netzke::Basepack::Grid
                                               }
       }
     ]
-    
-    if controller.current_user.user?
-      c.prohibit_update = true
-      c.prohibit_create = true
-      c.prohibit_delete = true
+
+    #TODO: fix GUI so it actually respects this
+    current_bike = Bike.find_by_id(session[:selected_bike_id]) 
+    if cannot? :update, current_bike
+      # if you can't update the bike, you can't do anything to the log
+      c.prohibit_update = c.prohibit_create = c.prohibit_delete = true
     end
 
   end

app/models/user.rb

@@ -24,16 +24,12 @@ class User < ActiveRecord::Base
     "#{first_name} #{last_name}"
   end
 
-  def user?
-    user_role.to_s == "user"
+  def role
+    user_role.role
   end
 
-  def staff?
-    user_role.to_s == "staff"
-  end
-
-  def admin?
-    user_role.to_s == "admin"
+  def role?(role)
+    user_role.to_s == role.to_s
   end
 
   def total_hours