Module: CouchPotato::Persistence::Properties::ClassMethods

Defined in:
lib/couch_potato/persistence/properties.rb

Instance Method Summary collapse

Instance Method Details

#json_create(json) ⇒ Object

:nodoc:



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# File 'lib/couch_potato/persistence/properties.rb', line 58

def json_create(json) #:nodoc:
  return if json.nil?
  instance = super
  instance.send(:assign_attribute_copies_for_dirty_tracking)
  instance
end

#property(name, options = {}) ⇒ Object

Declare a proprty on a model class. properties are not typed by default. You can use any of the basic types by JSON (String, Integer, Fixnum, Array, Hash). If you want a property to be of a custom class you have to define it using the :class option.

example:

class Book
  property :title
  property :year
  property :publisher, :class => Publisher
end



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# File 'lib/couch_potato/persistence/properties.rb', line 73

def property(name, options = {})
  clazz = options.delete(:class)
  properties << (clazz || SimpleProperty).new(self, name, options)
end

#property_names ⇒ Object

returns all the property names of a model class that have been defined using the #property method

example:

class Book
  property :title
  property :year
end
Book.property_names # => [:title, :year]



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# File 'lib/couch_potato/persistence/properties.rb', line 54

def property_names
  properties.map(&:name)
end