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Diffstat (limited to 'activerecord/lib/active_record/attribute_methods/serialization.rb')
-rw-r--r-- | activerecord/lib/active_record/attribute_methods/serialization.rb | 12 |
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diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/attribute_methods/serialization.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/attribute_methods/serialization.rb index d0d8a968c5..60eecab0d0 100644 --- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/attribute_methods/serialization.rb +++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/attribute_methods/serialization.rb @@ -11,6 +11,18 @@ module ActiveRecord # serialized object must be of that class on assignment and retrieval. # Otherwise <tt>SerializationTypeMismatch</tt> will be raised. # + # Empty objects as <tt>{}</tt>, in the case of +Hash+, or <tt>[]</tt>, in the case of + # +Array+, will always be persisted as null. + # + # Keep in mind that database adapters handle certain serialization tasks + # for you. For instance: +json+ and +jsonb+ types in PostgreSQL will be + # converted between JSON object/array syntax and Ruby +Hash+ or +Array+ + # objects transparently. There is no need to use +serialize+ in this + # case. + # + # For more complex cases, such as conversion to or from your application + # domain objects, consider using the ActiveRecord::Attributes API. + # # ==== Parameters # # * +attr_name+ - The field name that should be serialized. |