module ActiveRecord
module Type
class Value
attr_reader :precision, :scale, :limit
def initialize(precision: nil, limit: nil, scale: nil)
@precision = precision
@scale = scale
@limit = limit
end
def type; end # :nodoc:
# Convert a value from database input to the appropriate ruby type. The
# return value of this method will be returned from
# +ActiveRecord::AttributeMethods::Read#read_attribute+. See also
# +type_cast+ and +cast_value+
#
# +value+ The raw input, as provided from the database
def type_cast_from_database(value)
type_cast(value)
end
# Type casts a value from user input (e.g. from a setter). This value may
# be a string from the form builder, or a ruby object passed to a setter.
# There is currently no way to differentiate between which source it came
# from.
#
# The return value of this method will be returned from
# +ActiveRecord::AttributeMethods::Read#read_attribute+. See also:
# +type_cast+ and +cast_value+
#
# +value+ The raw input, as provided to the attribute setter.
def type_cast_from_user(value)
type_cast(value)
end
# Cast a value from the ruby type to a type that the database knows how
# to understand. The returned value from this method should be a
# +String+, +Numeric+, +Date+, +Time+, +Symbol+, +true+, +false+, or
# +nil+
def type_cast_for_database(value)
value
end
# Type cast a value for schema dumping. This method is private, as we are
# hoping to remove it entirely.
def type_cast_for_schema(value) # :nodoc:
value.inspect
end
# These predicates are not documented, as I need to look further into
# their use, and see if they can be removed entirely.
def text? # :nodoc:
false
end
def number? # :nodoc:
false
end
def binary? # :nodoc:
false
end
def klass # :nodoc:
end
# Determines whether a value has changed for dirty checking. +old_value+
# and +new_value+ will always be type-cast. Types should not need to
# override this method.
def changed?(old_value, new_value, _new_value_before_type_cast)
old_value != new_value
end
# Determines whether the mutable value has been modified since it was
# read. Returns +false+ by default. If your type returns an object
# which could be mutated, you should override this method. You will need
# to either:
#
# - pass +new_value+ to +type_cast_for_database+ and compare it to
# +raw_old_value+
#
# or
#
# - pass +raw_old_value+ to +type_cast_from_database+ and compare it to
# +new_value+
#
# +raw_old_value+ The original value, before being passed to
# +type_cast_from_database+.
#
# +new_value+ The current value, after type casting.
def changed_in_place?(raw_old_value, new_value)
false
end
def ==(other)
self.class == other.class &&
precision == other.precision &&
scale == other.scale &&
limit == other.limit
end
private
# Convenience method. If you don't need separate behavior for
# +type_cast_from_database+ and +type_cast_from_user+, you can override
# this method instead. The default behavior of both methods is to call
# this one. See also +cast_value+
def type_cast(value) # :doc:
cast_value(value) unless value.nil?
end
# Convenience method for types which do not need separate type casting
# behavior for user and database inputs. Called by
# +type_cast_from_database+ and +type_cast_from_user+ for all values
# except +nil+.
def cast_value(value) # :doc:
value
end
end
end
end