Fixed: One can now turn off inheritUrlFromParent, and the code is now more

robust: moved from Asset->update to Asset->fixUrl.

docs/changelog/7.x.x.txt

@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
  - fixed: Thingy Data now retains File and Images if they aren't explicitly deleted
  - fixed: Rich Editor no longer makes other form controls show up as code in Safari 3
  - fixed: Shop->hasShippingAddress help grammatical error
+ - fixed: can now turn off inheritUrlFromParent and the code is now more
+   robust, moved from Asset->update to Asset->fixUrl.
 
 7.5.13
  - fixed: storage locations for some assets in packages not imported correctly

lib/WebGUI/Asset.pm

@@ -598,6 +598,16 @@ sub fixUrl {
 	}
 	$url = $self->session->url->urlize($url);
 
+    # if we're inheriting the URL from our parent, set that appropriately
+    if($self->get('inheritUrlFromParent')) {
+        my @parts = split(m{/},$url);
+
+        # don't do anything unless we need to
+        if("/$url" ne $self->getParent->getUrl . '/' . $parts[-1]) {
+            $url = $self->getParent->getUrl . '/' . $parts[-1];
+        }
+    }
+
 	# fix urls used by uploads and extras
 	# and those beginning with http
 	my @badUrls = (
@@ -2006,38 +2016,6 @@ sub update {
                 next;
             }
 
-            # similarly, if this is the new-to-7.5 inheritUrlFromParent field,
-            # do the same.
-            if($property eq 'inheritUrlFromParent') {
-                next unless $properties->{inheritUrlFromParent} == 1;
-
-                # if we're still here, we have the property in the DB. so process it.
-                # only prepend the URL once
-                my $parentUrl = $self->getParent->getUrl;
-
-                # handle either being passed a new URL or updating the current one
-                my $currentUrl;
-                if(exists $properties->{url}) {
-                    $currentUrl = $properties->{url};
-                }
-                else {
-                    $currentUrl = $self->getUrl;
-                }
-
-                # if there's only one / then leave it alone.
-                unless($currentUrl =~ tr{/}{} == 1) {
-                    $currentUrl =~ s{/[^/]+$}{};
-                }
-                
-                # prepend if it's not a match
-                my $newUrl = $currentUrl;
-                if($currentUrl ne $parentUrl) {
-                    $newUrl = $parentUrl . '/' . $currentUrl;
-                }
-
-                # replace the non-prepended value in the properties hash with this value
-                $self->{_properties}{url} = $newUrl;
-            }
 
             # use the update value
 			my $value = $properties->{$property};
@@ -2568,7 +2546,7 @@ sub outputWidgetMarkup {
     my $storage         = WebGUI::Storage->get($session, $assetId);
     my $content         = $self->view;
     WebGUI::Macro::process($session, \$content);
-    my $jsonContent     = objToJson( { "asset$assetId" => { content => $content } } );
+    my $jsonContent     = to_json( { "asset$assetId" => { content => $content } } );
     $storage->addFileFromScalar("$assetId.js", "data = $jsonContent");
     my $jsonUrl         = $storage->getUrl("$assetId.js");
 

t/Asset/Asset.t

@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ $canViewMaker->prepare(
     },
 );
 
-plan tests => 97 
+plan tests => 98 
             + scalar(@fixIdTests)
             + scalar(@fixTitleTests)
             + 2*scalar(@getTitleTests) #same tests used for getTitle and getMenuTitle
@@ -766,15 +766,19 @@ $properties2 = {
     url         => 'inheriturlfromparent02',
 };
 
-
 my $iufpAsset2 = $iufpAsset->addChild($properties2, $properties2->{id});
 $iufpAsset2->update( { inheritUrlFromParent => 1 } );
+$iufpAsset2->commit;
 is($iufpAsset2->getUrl, '/inheriturlfromparent01/inheriturlfromparent02', 'inheritUrlFromParent works');
 
 # works for setting, now try disabling. Should not change the URL.
 $iufpAsset2->update( { inheritUrlFromParent => 0 } );
+$iufpAsset2->commit;
 is($iufpAsset2->getUrl, '/inheriturlfromparent01/inheriturlfromparent02', 'setting inheritUrlFromParent to 0 works');
 
+# also make sure that it is actually disabled
+is($iufpAsset2->get('inheritUrlFromParent'), 0, "disabling inheritUrlFromParent actually works");
+
 # works for setting and disabling, now ensure it recurses
 
 my $properties3 = {
@@ -785,8 +789,11 @@ my $properties3 = {
     url         => 'inheriturlfromparent03',
 };
 my $iufpAsset3 = $iufpAsset2->addChild($properties3, $properties3->{id});
+$iufpAsset3->commit;
 $iufpAsset2->update( { inheritUrlFromParent => 1 } );
+$iufpAsset2->commit;
 $iufpAsset3->update( { inheritUrlFromParent => 1 } );
+$iufpAsset3->commit;
 is($iufpAsset3->getUrl, '/inheriturlfromparent01/inheriturlfromparent02/inheriturlfromparent03', 'inheritUrlFromParent recurses properly');