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-rw-r--r--activemodel/README.rdoc19
-rw-r--r--activemodel/lib/active_model/model.rb56
-rw-r--r--activemodel/test/cases/model_test.rb7
3 files changed, 81 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/activemodel/README.rdoc b/activemodel/README.rdoc
index a7ba27ba73..9b121510a9 100644
--- a/activemodel/README.rdoc
+++ b/activemodel/README.rdoc
@@ -13,6 +13,25 @@ in code duplication and fragile applications that broke on upgrades. Active
Model solves this by defining an explicit API. You can read more about the
API in ActiveModel::Lint::Tests.
+Active Model provides a default module that implements the basic API required
+to integrate with Action Pack out of the box: +ActiveModel::Model+.
+
+ class Person
+ include ActiveModel::Model
+
+ attr_accessor :name, :age
+ validates_presence_of :name
+ end
+
+ person = Person.new(:name => 'bob', :age => '18')
+ person.name # => 'bob'
+ person.age # => 18
+ person.valid? # => false
+
+It includes model name instrospection, conversions, translations and
+validations, resulting in a class suitable to be used with ActionPack.
+See +ActiveModel::Model+ for more examples.
+
Active Model also provides the following functionality to have ORM-like
behavior out of the box:
diff --git a/activemodel/lib/active_model/model.rb b/activemodel/lib/active_model/model.rb
index 9228d54015..811332163b 100644
--- a/activemodel/lib/active_model/model.rb
+++ b/activemodel/lib/active_model/model.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,58 @@
module ActiveModel
+
+ # == Active Model Basic Model
+ #
+ # Includes the required interface for an object to interact with +ActionPack+,
+ # using different +ActiveModel+ modules. It includes model name instrospection,
+ # conversions, translations and validations . Besides that, it allows you to
+ # initialize the object with a hash of attributes, pretty much like
+ # +ActiveRecord+ does.
+ #
+ # A minimal implementation could be:
+ #
+ # class Person
+ # include ActiveModel::Model
+ # attr_accessor :name, :age
+ # end
+ #
+ # person = Person.new(:name => 'bob', :age => '18')
+ # person.name # => 'bob'
+ # person.age # => 18
+ #
+ # Note that, by default, +ActiveModel::Model+ implements +persisted?+ to
+ # return +false+, which is the most common case. You may want to override it
+ # in your class to simulate a different scenario:
+ #
+ # class Person
+ # include ActiveModel::Model
+ # attr_accessor :id, :name
+ #
+ # def persisted?
+ # self.id == 1
+ # end
+ # end
+ #
+ # person = Person.new(:id => 1, :name => 'bob')
+ # person.persisted? # => true
+ #
+ # Also, if for some reason you need to run code on +initialize+, make sure you
+ # call super if you want the attributes hash initialization to happen.
+ #
+ # class Person
+ # include ActiveModel::Model
+ # attr_accessor :id, :name, :omg
+ #
+ # def initialize(attributes)
+ # super
+ # @omg ||= true
+ # end
+ # end
+ #
+ # person = Person.new(:id => 1, :name => 'bob')
+ # person.omg # => true
+ #
+ # For more detailed information on other functionality available, please refer
+ # to the specific modules included in +ActiveModel::Model+ (see below).
module Model
def self.included(base)
base.class_eval do
@@ -11,7 +65,7 @@ module ActiveModel
def initialize(params={})
params.each do |attr, value|
- self.send(:"#{attr}=", value)
+ self.send("#{attr}=", value)
end if params
end
diff --git a/activemodel/test/cases/model_test.rb b/activemodel/test/cases/model_test.rb
index d3e00b044f..d93fd96b88 100644
--- a/activemodel/test/cases/model_test.rb
+++ b/activemodel/test/cases/model_test.rb
@@ -16,4 +16,11 @@ class ModelTest < ActiveModel::TestCase
object = BasicModel.new(:attr => "value")
assert_equal object.attr, "value"
end
+
+ def test_initialize_with_nil_or_empty_hash_params_does_not_explode
+ assert_nothing_raised do
+ BasicModel.new()
+ BasicModel.new({})
+ end
+ end
end