Module: SerializeVirtualAttributes::ClassMethods

Defined in:
lib/serialize_virtual_attributes.rb

Instance Method Summary collapse

Instance Method Details

#serialize_virtual_attrs(*attrs, opts) ⇒ Object



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# File 'lib/serialize_virtual_attributes.rb', line 10

def serialize_virtual_attrs(*attrs, opts)
  if attrs.nil? or (attrs.compact! and attrs.empty?)
    raise ArgumentError.new("No virtual attributes provided")
  end

  to = HashWithIndifferentAccess.new(opts).fetch(:to) rescue nil

  if to.blank?
    raise ArgumentError.new("No serialized column provided")
  end

  if self.column_names.index(to.to_s).nil?
    raise ArgumentError.new("`#{to}` is not a valid column of table `#{self.table_name}`")
  end

  attrs.each do |attr|
    if self.column_names.index(attr.to_s).present?
      raise ArgumentError.new("`#{attr}` is not supposed to be a virtual attribute")
    end

    if !self.accessible_attributes.include?(attr)
      self.accessible_attributes << attr
    end

    define_method "#{attr}=" do |val|
      original_val = self.public_send(to).send('[]', attr)

      self.public_send(to).send('[]=', attr, val)

      if !self.new_record? && original_val != val
        self.send("#{to}_will_change!")
      end
    end

    define_method attr do
      self.public_send(to).send('[]', attr)
    end
  end
end