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diff --git a/activemodel/lib/active_model/serializers/json.rb b/activemodel/lib/active_model/serializers/json.rb
index e4c7553cb8..a4252b995d 100644
--- a/activemodel/lib/active_model/serializers/json.rb
+++ b/activemodel/lib/active_model/serializers/json.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
require 'active_support/json'
-require 'active_support/core_ext/class/attribute'
module ActiveModel
# == Active Model JSON Serializer
@@ -19,8 +18,8 @@ module ActiveModel
# passed through +options+.
#
# The option <tt>include_root_in_json</tt> controls the top-level behavior
- # of +as_json+. If true +as_json+ will emit a single root node named after
- # the object's type. The default value for <tt>include_root_in_json</tt>
+ # of +as_json+. If +true+, +as_json+ will emit a single root node named
+ # after the object's type. The default value for <tt>include_root_in_json</tt>
# option is +false+.
#
# user = User.find(1)
@@ -101,6 +100,40 @@ module ActiveModel
end
end
+ # Sets the model +attributes+ from a JSON string. Returns +self+.
+ #
+ # class Person
+ # include ActiveModel::Serializers::JSON
+ #
+ # attr_accessor :name, :age, :awesome
+ #
+ # def attributes=(hash)
+ # hash.each do |key, value|
+ # instance_variable_set("@#{key}", value)
+ # end
+ # end
+ #
+ # def attributes
+ # instance_values
+ # end
+ # end
+ #
+ # json = { name: 'bob', age: 22, awesome:true }.to_json
+ # person = Person.new
+ # person.from_json(json) # => #<Person:0x007fec5e7a0088 @age=22, @awesome=true, @name="bob">
+ # person.name # => "bob"
+ # person.age # => 22
+ # person.awesome # => true
+ #
+ # The default value for +include_root+ is +false+. You can change it to
+ # +true+ if the given JSON string includes a single root node.
+ #
+ # json = { person: { name: 'bob', age: 22, awesome:true } }.to_json
+ # person = Person.new
+ # person.from_json(json) # => #<Person:0x007fec5e7a0088 @age=22, @awesome=true, @name="bob">
+ # person.name # => "bob"
+ # person.age # => 22
+ # person.awesome # => true
def from_json(json, include_root=include_root_in_json)
hash = ActiveSupport::JSON.decode(json)
hash = hash.values.first if include_root