path: root/activemodel/lib/active_model/serialization.rb

require 'active_support/core_ext/hash/except'
require 'active_support/core_ext/hash/slice'

module ActiveModel
  # == Active \Model \Serialization
  #
  # Provides a basic serialization to a serializable_hash for your objects.
  #
  # A minimal implementation could be:
  #
  #   class Person
  #     include ActiveModel::Serialization
  #
  #     attr_accessor :name
  #
  #     def attributes
  #       {'name' => nil}
  #     end
  #   end
  #
  # Which would provide you with:
  #
  #   person = Person.new
  #   person.serializable_hash   # => {"name"=>nil}
  #   person.name = "Bob"
  #   person.serializable_hash   # => {"name"=>"Bob"}
  #
  # An +attributes+ hash must be defined and should contain any attributes you
  # need to be serialized. Attributes must be strings, not symbols.
  # When called, serializable hash will use instance methods that match the name
  # of the attributes hash's keys. In order to override this behavior, take a look
  # at the private method +read_attribute_for_serialization+.
  #
  # ActiveModel::Serializers::JSON module automatically includes
  # the <tt>ActiveModel::Serialization</tt> module, so there is no need to
  # explicitly include <tt>ActiveModel::Serialization</tt>.
  #
  # A minimal implementation including JSON would be:
  #
  #   class Person
  #     include ActiveModel::Serializers::JSON
  #
  #     attr_accessor :name
  #
  #     def attributes
  #       {'name' => nil}
  #     end
  #   end
  #
  # Which would provide you with:
  #
  #   person = Person.new
  #   person.serializable_hash   # => {"name"=>nil}
  #   person.as_json             # => {"name"=>nil}
  #   person.to_json             # => "{\"name\":null}"
  #
  #   person.name = "Bob"
  #   person.serializable_hash   # => {"name"=>"Bob"}
  #   person.as_json             # => {"name"=>"Bob"}
  #   person.to_json             # => "{\"name\":\"Bob\"}"
  #
  # Valid options are <tt>:only</tt>, <tt>:except</tt>, <tt>:methods</tt> and
  # <tt>:include</tt>. The following are all valid examples:
  #
  #   person.serializable_hash(only: 'name')
  #   person.serializable_hash(include: :address)
  #   person.serializable_hash(include: { address: { only: 'city' }})
  module Serialization
    # Returns a serialized hash of your object.
    #
    #   class Person
    #     include ActiveModel::Serialization
    #
    #     attr_accessor :name, :age
    #
    #     def attributes
    #       {'name' => nil, 'age' => nil}
    #     end
    #
    #     def capitalized_name
    #       name.capitalize
    #     end
    #   end
    #
    #   person = Person.new
    #   person.name = 'bob'
    #   person.age  = 22
    #   person.serializable_hash                # => {"name"=>"bob", "age"=>22}
    #   person.serializable_hash(only: :name)   # => {"name"=>"bob"}
    #   person.serializable_hash(except: :name) # => {"age"=>22}
    #   person.serializable_hash(methods: :capitalized_name)
    #   # => {"name"=>"bob", "age"=>22, "capitalized_name"=>"Bob"}
    #
    # Example with <tt>:include</tt> option
    #
    #   class User
    #     include ActiveModel::Serializers::JSON
    #     attr_accessor :name, :notes # Emulate has_many :notes
    #     def attributes
    #       {'name' => nil}
    #     end
    #   end
    #
    #   class Note
    #     include ActiveModel::Serializers::JSON
    #     attr_accessor :title, :text
    #     def attributes
    #       {'title' => nil, 'text' => nil}
    #     end
    #   end
    #
    #   note = Note.new
    #   note.title = 'Battle of Austerlitz'
    #   note.text = 'Some text here'
    #
    #   user = User.new
    #   user.name = 'Napoleon'
    #   user.notes = [note]
    #
    #   user.serializable_hash
    #   # => {"name" => "Napoleon"}
    #   user.serializable_hash(include: { notes: { only: 'title' }})
    #   # => {"name" => "Napoleon", "notes" => [{"title"=>"Battle of Austerlitz"}]}
    def serializable_hash(options = nil)
      options ||= {}

      attribute_names = attributes.keys
      if only = options[:only]
        attribute_names &= Array(only).map(&:to_s)
      elsif except = options[:except]
        attribute_names -= Array(except).map(&:to_s)
      end

      hash = {}
      attribute_names.each { |n| hash[n] = read_attribute_for_serialization(n) }

      Array(options[:methods]).each { |m| hash[m.to_s] = send(m) }

      serializable_add_includes(options) do |association, records, opts|
        hash[association.to_s] = if records.respond_to?(:to_ary)
          records.to_ary.map { |a| a.serializable_hash(opts) }
        else
          records.serializable_hash(opts)
        end
      end

      hash
    end

    private

      # Hook method defining how an attribute value should be retrieved for
      # serialization. By default this is assumed to be an instance named after
      # the attribute. Override this method in subclasses should you need to
      # retrieve the value for a given attribute differently:
      #
      #   class MyClass
      #     include ActiveModel::Serialization
      #
      #     def initialize(data = {})
      #       @data = data
      #     end
      #
      #     def read_attribute_for_serialization(key)
      #       @data[key]
      #     end
      #   end
      alias :read_attribute_for_serialization :send

      # Add associations specified via the <tt>:include</tt> option.
      #
      # Expects a block that takes as arguments:
      #   +association+ - name of the association
      #   +records+     - the association record(s) to be serialized
      #   +opts+        - options for the association records
      def serializable_add_includes(options = {}) #:nodoc:
        return unless includes = options[:include]

        unless includes.is_a?(Hash)
          includes = Hash[Array(includes).map { |n| n.is_a?(Hash) ? n.to_a.first : [n, {}] }]
        end

        includes.each do |association, opts|
          if records = send(association)
            yield association, records, opts
          end
        end
      end
  end
end