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diff --git a/activemodel/lib/active_model/serialization.rb b/activemodel/lib/active_model/serialization.rb
index a4b58ab456..4403ef060b 100644
--- a/activemodel/lib/active_model/serialization.rb
+++ b/activemodel/lib/active_model/serialization.rb
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
require 'active_support/core_ext/hash/except'
require 'active_support/core_ext/hash/slice'
-require 'active_support/core_ext/array/wrap'
-
module ActiveModel
# == Active Model Serialization
@@ -11,15 +9,13 @@ module ActiveModel
# A minimal implementation could be:
#
# class Person
- #
# include ActiveModel::Serialization
#
# attr_accessor :name
#
# def attributes
- # {'name' => name}
+ # {'name' => nil}
# end
- #
# end
#
# Which would provide you with:
@@ -29,27 +25,29 @@ module ActiveModel
# person.name = "Bob"
# person.serializable_hash # => {"name"=>"Bob"}
#
- # You need to declare some sort of attributes hash which contains the attributes
- # you want to serialize and their current value.
+ # You need to declare an attributes hash which contains the attributes
+ # you want to serialize. 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+.
#
# Most of the time though, you will want to include the JSON or XML
# serializations. Both of these modules automatically include the
- # ActiveModel::Serialization module, so there is no need to explicitly
+ # <tt>ActiveModel::Serialization</tt> module, so there is no need to explicitly
# include it.
#
- # So a minimal implementation including XML and JSON would be:
+ # A minimal implementation including XML and JSON would be:
#
# class Person
- #
# include ActiveModel::Serializers::JSON
# include ActiveModel::Serializers::Xml
#
# attr_accessor :name
#
# def attributes
- # {'name' => name}
+ # {'name' => nil}
# end
- #
# end
#
# Which would provide you with:
@@ -66,26 +64,30 @@ module ActiveModel
# person.to_json # => "{\"name\":\"Bob\"}"
# person.to_xml # => "<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\"?>\n<serial-person...
#
- # Valid options are <tt>:only</tt>, <tt>:except</tt> and <tt>:methods</tt> .
+ # 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
def serializable_hash(options = nil)
options ||= {}
attribute_names = attributes.keys.sort
if only = options[:only]
- attribute_names &= Array.wrap(only).map(&:to_s)
+ attribute_names &= Array(only).map(&:to_s)
elsif except = options[:except]
- attribute_names -= Array.wrap(except).map(&:to_s)
+ attribute_names -= Array(except).map(&:to_s)
end
hash = {}
attribute_names.each { |n| hash[n] = read_attribute_for_serialization(n) }
- method_names = Array.wrap(options[:methods]).select { |n| respond_to?(n) }
- method_names.each { |n| hash[n] = send(n) }
+ Array(options[:methods]).each { |m| hash[m.to_s] = send(m) if respond_to?(m) }
serializable_add_includes(options) do |association, records, opts|
- hash[association] = if records.is_a?(Enumerable)
+ hash[association.to_s] = if records.is_a?(Enumerable)
records.map { |a| a.serializable_hash(opts) }
else
records.serializable_hash(opts)
@@ -123,13 +125,13 @@ module ActiveModel
# +records+ - the association record(s) to be serialized
# +opts+ - options for the association records
def serializable_add_includes(options = {}) #:nodoc:
- return unless include = options[:include]
+ return unless includes = options[:include]
- unless include.is_a?(Hash)
- include = Hash[Array.wrap(include).map { |n| n.is_a?(Hash) ? n.to_a.first : [n, {}] }]
+ unless includes.is_a?(Hash)
+ includes = Hash[Array(includes).map { |n| n.is_a?(Hash) ? n.to_a.first : [n, {}] }]
end
- include.each do |association, opts|
+ includes.each do |association, opts|
if records = send(association)
yield association, records, opts
end