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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 | 21 |
1 files changed, 16 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/attribute_methods/serialization.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/attribute_methods/serialization.rb index a1d2242f73..53a9c874bf 100644 --- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/attribute_methods/serialization.rb +++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/attribute_methods/serialization.rb @@ -30,7 +30,8 @@ module ActiveRecord # ==== Parameters # # * +attr_name+ - The field name that should be serialized. - # * +class_name+ - Optional, class name that the object type should be equal to. + # * +class_name_or_coder+ - Optional, a coder object, which responds to `.load` / `.dump` + # or a class name that the object type should be equal to. # # ==== Example # @@ -38,13 +39,23 @@ module ActiveRecord # class User < ActiveRecord::Base # serialize :preferences # end - def serialize(attr_name, class_name = Object) + # + # # Serialize preferences using JSON as coder. + # class User < ActiveRecord::Base + # serialize :preferences, JSON + # end + # + # # Serialize preferences as Hash using YAML coder. + # class User < ActiveRecord::Base + # serialize :preferences, Hash + # end + def serialize(attr_name, class_name_or_coder = Object) include Behavior - coder = if [:load, :dump].all? { |x| class_name.respond_to?(x) } - class_name + coder = if [:load, :dump].all? { |x| class_name_or_coder.respond_to?(x) } + class_name_or_coder else - Coders::YAMLColumn.new(class_name) + Coders::YAMLColumn.new(class_name_or_coder) end # merge new serialized attribute and create new hash to ensure that each class in inheritance hierarchy |