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+require 'active_support/concern'
+require 'active_support/core_ext/class/attribute'
+
+module ActiveRecord
+  module ReadonlyAttributes
+    extend ActiveSupport::Concern
+
+    included do
+      config_attribute :_attr_readonly
+      self._attr_readonly = []
+    end
+
+    module ClassMethods
+      # Attributes listed as readonly will be used to create a new record but update operations will
+      # ignore these fields.
+      def attr_readonly(*attributes)
+        self._attr_readonly = Set.new(attributes.map { |a| a.to_s }) + (self._attr_readonly || [])
+      end
+
+      # Returns an array of all the attributes that have been specified as readonly.
+      def readonly_attributes
+        self._attr_readonly
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end