class AvatarLookup def initialize(user_ids=[]) @user_ids = user_ids.tap(&:compact!).tap(&:uniq!).tap(&:flatten!) end # Lookup a user by id def [](user_id) users[user_id] end private def self.lookup_columns @lookup_columns ||= [:id, :email, :username, :use_uploaded_avatar, :uploaded_avatar_template, :uploaded_avatar_id] end def users @users ||= user_lookup_hash end def user_lookup_hash # adding tap here is a personal taste thing hash = {} User .where(:id => @user_ids) .select(AvatarLookup.lookup_columns) .each{|user| hash[user.id] = user } hash end end