1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/app/models/application_record.rb b/app/models/application_record.rb
index 5e5bc00458e..4c869e9c6ea 100644
--- a/app/models/application_record.rb
+++ b/app/models/application_record.rb
@@ -84,6 +84,14 @@ class ApplicationRecord < ActiveRecord::Base
     values = enum_mod.definition.transform_values { |v| v[:value] }
     enum(enum_mod.key => values)
   end
+
+  def readable_by?(user)
+    Ability.allowed?(user, "read_#{to_ability_name}".to_sym, self)
+  end
+
+  def to_ability_name
+    model_name.element
+  end
 end
 
 ApplicationRecord.prepend_mod_with('ApplicationRecordHelpers')