Return ingredients value if element asked for ingredient

app/helpers/alchemy/elements_block_helper.rb

@@ -51,21 +51,23 @@ def content(name)
       # If the element uses +ingredients+ it returns the +value+ of the ingredient record.
       #
       def ingredient(name)
-        element.ingredient(name).presence || element.ingredient_by_role(name)&.value
+        element.ingredient(name)
       end
 
-      deprecate ingredient: :value, deprecator: Alchemy::Deprecation
-
       # Returns the value of one of the element's ingredients.
       #
       def value(name)
-        element.ingredient_by_role(name)&.value
+        element.value_for(name)
       end
 
-      # Returns true if the given content or ingredient has been filled by the user.
+      # Returns true if the given content or ingredient has a value.
       #
       def has?(name)
-        element.has_ingredient?(name) || element.has_value_for?(name)
+        if element.ingredient_definitions.any?
+          element.has_value_for?(name)
+        else
+          element.has_ingredient?(name)
+        end
       end
 
       # Return's the given content's essence.

app/models/alchemy/element/element_essences.rb

@@ -5,17 +5,28 @@ class Element < BaseRecord
     module ElementEssences
       # Returns the contents essence value (aka. ingredient) for passed content name.
       def ingredient(name)
-        content = content_by_name(name)
-        return nil if content.blank?
+        ing = ingredient_by_role(name)
+        if ing
+          Alchemy::Deprecation.warn <<~WARN
+            Using `element.ingredient` to get the value of an ingredient is deprecated and will change in Alchemy 6.1
+            If you want to read the value of an elements ingredient please use `element.value_for(:ingredient_role)` instead.
+            The next version of Alchemy will return a `Alchemy::Ingredient` record instead.
+          WARN
+          ing.value
+        else
+          content = content_by_name(name)
+          return nil if content.blank?
 
-        content.ingredient
+          content.ingredient
+        end
       end
 
       # True if the element has a content for given name,
       # that has an essence value (aka. ingredient) that is not blank.
       def has_ingredient?(name)
         ingredient(name).present?
       end
+      deprecate has_ingredient?: :has_value_for?, deprecator: Alchemy::Deprecation
 
       # Returns all essence errors in the format of:
       #

app/models/alchemy/element/element_ingredients.rb

@@ -22,6 +22,11 @@ module ElementIngredients
         validates_associated :ingredients, on: :update
       end
 
+      # The value of an ingredient of the element by role
+      def value_for(role)
+        ingredient_by_role(role)&.value
+      end
+
       # Find first ingredient from element by given role.
       def ingredient_by_role(role)
         ingredients.detect { |ingredient| ingredient.role == role.to_s }
@@ -87,7 +92,7 @@ def ingredients_with_errors
       # True if the element has a ingredient for given name
       # that has a non blank value.
       def has_value_for?(role)
-        ingredient_by_role(role)&.value.present?
+        value_for(role).present?
       end
 
       # Ingredient validation error messages

spec/helpers/alchemy/elements_block_helper_spec.rb

@@ -119,12 +119,24 @@ module Alchemy
           let(:ingredient) { element.ingredients.first }
 
           it "should return the ingredients value" do
-            expect(ingredient).to receive(:value).and_call_original
-            subject.ingredient(:headline)
+            Alchemy::Deprecation.silenced do
+              expect(ingredient).to receive(:value).and_call_original
+              subject.ingredient(:headline)
+            end
           end
         end
       end
 
+      describe "#value" do
+        let(:element) { create(:alchemy_element, :with_ingredients) }
+        let(:ingredient) { element.ingredients.first }
+
+        it "should return the ingredients value" do
+          expect(element).to receive(:value_for).and_call_original
+          subject.value(:headline)
+        end
+      end
+
       describe "#has?" do
         context "with element having contents" do
           it "should delegate to the element's #has_ingredient? method" do

spec/models/alchemy/element_ingredients_spec.rb

@@ -66,6 +66,36 @@
     end
   end
 
+  describe "#value_for" do
+    let!(:element) { create(:alchemy_element, :with_ingredients) }
+
+    context "with role existing" do
+      let(:ingredient) { element.ingredients.first }
+
+      context "with blank value" do
+        before do
+          expect(ingredient).to receive(:value) { nil }
+        end
+
+        it { expect(element.value_for(:headline)).to be_nil }
+      end
+
+      context "with value present" do
+        before do
+          expect(ingredient).to receive(:value) { "Headline" }
+        end
+
+        it "should return value" do
+          expect(element.value_for(:headline)).to eq("Headline")
+        end
+      end
+    end
+
+    context "role not existing" do
+      it { expect(element.value_for(:foo)).to be_nil }
+    end
+  end
+
   describe "#has_value_for?" do
     let!(:element) { create(:alchemy_element, :with_ingredients) }
 

spec/models/alchemy/element_spec.rb

@@ -721,8 +721,27 @@ module Alchemy
     context "retrieving contents, essences and ingredients" do
       let(:element) { create(:alchemy_element, :with_contents, name: "news") }
 
-      it "should return an ingredient by name" do
-        expect(element.ingredient("news_headline")).to eq(EssenceText.first.ingredient)
+      describe "#ingredient" do
+        context "with contents" do
+          let(:essence) { element.content_by_name(:news_headline) }
+
+          it "returns a contents value by name" do
+            expect(essence).to receive(:ingredient).and_call_original
+            element.ingredient("news_headline")
+          end
+        end
+
+        context "with ingredients" do
+          let(:element) { create(:alchemy_element, :with_ingredients) }
+          let(:ingredient) { element.ingredient_by_role(:headline) }
+
+          it "returns a ingredients value by name" do
+            Alchemy::Deprecation.silenced do
+              expect(ingredient).to receive(:value).and_call_original
+              element.ingredient("headline")
+            end
+          end
+        end
       end
 
       it "should return the content for rss title" do