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authorMike Gunderloy <MikeG1@larkfarm.com>2009-02-14 05:30:32 -0600
committerMike Gunderloy <MikeG1@larkfarm.com>2009-02-14 05:30:32 -0600
commitdedb9d85d8dc404020d5fcb17e6d0faac5d4b5f0 (patch)
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Fix AR callbacks sample code to actually make sense
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-rw-r--r--activerecord/lib/active_record/callbacks.rb38
1 files changed, 33 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/callbacks.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/callbacks.rb
index 88958f4583..e375037b5b 100644
--- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/callbacks.rb
+++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/callbacks.rb
@@ -104,6 +104,37 @@ module ActiveRecord
# The callback objects have methods named after the callback called with the record as the only parameter, such as:
#
# class BankAccount < ActiveRecord::Base
+ # before_save EncryptionWrapper.new
+ # after_save EncryptionWrapper.new
+ # after_initialize EncryptionWrapper.new
+ # end
+ #
+ # class EncryptionWrapper
+ # def before_save(record)
+ # record.credit_card_number = encrypt(record.credit_card_number)
+ # end
+ #
+ # def after_save(record)
+ # record.credit_card_number = decrypt(record.credit_card_number)
+ # end
+ #
+ # alias_method :after_find, :after_save
+ #
+ # private
+ # def encrypt(value)
+ # # Secrecy is committed
+ # end
+ #
+ # def decrypt(value)
+ # # Secrecy is unveiled
+ # end
+ # end
+ #
+ # So you specify the object you want messaged on a given callback. When that callback is triggered, the object has
+ # a method by the name of the callback messaged. You can make these callbacks more flexible by passing in other
+ # initialization data such as the name of the attribute to work with:
+ #
+ # class BankAccount < ActiveRecord::Base
# before_save EncryptionWrapper.new("credit_card_number")
# after_save EncryptionWrapper.new("credit_card_number")
# after_initialize EncryptionWrapper.new("credit_card_number")
@@ -115,11 +146,11 @@ module ActiveRecord
# end
#
# def before_save(record)
- # record.credit_card_number = encrypt(record.credit_card_number)
+ # record.send("#{@attribute}=", encrypt(record.send("#{@attribute}")))
# end
#
# def after_save(record)
- # record.credit_card_number = decrypt(record.credit_card_number)
+ # record.send("#{@attribute}=", decrypt(record.send("#{@attribute}")))
# end
#
# alias_method :after_find, :after_save
@@ -134,9 +165,6 @@ module ActiveRecord
# end
# end
#
- # So you specify the object you want messaged on a given callback. When that callback is triggered, the object has
- # a method by the name of the callback messaged.
- #
# The callback macros usually accept a symbol for the method they're supposed to run, but you can also pass a "method string",
# which will then be evaluated within the binding of the callback. Example:
#