SerializeVirtualAttributes

Dump/Reload the specified virtual attributes into/from serialized column

Installation

Add this line to your application's Gemfile:

gem 'serialize_virtual_attributes'

And then execute:

$ bundle

Or install it yourself as:

$ gem install serialize_virtual_attributes

Usage

class Person < ActiveRecord::Base
  serialize :fullname, Hash

  serialize_virtual_attrs :first_name, :last_name, to: fullname
end

person = Person.create(first_name: "Hao", last_name: "Liu")

person.reload

person.first_name # "Hao"
person.last_name # "Liu"

Contributing

  1. Fork it
  2. Create your feature branch (git checkout -b my-new-feature)
  3. Commit your changes (git commit -am 'Add some feature')
  4. Push to the branch (git push origin my-new-feature)
  5. Create new Pull Request