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Diffstat (limited to 'activerecord/lib')
| -rw-r--r-- | activerecord/lib/active_record/properties.rb | 15 |
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/properties.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/properties.rb index 7fe59ccce4..21ff906fec 100644 --- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/properties.rb +++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/properties.rb @@ -14,6 +14,17 @@ module ActiveRecord # Active Record's type casting behavior, as well as adding support for user defined # types. # + # +name+ The name of the methods to define attribute methods for, and the column which + # this will persist to. + # + # +cast_type+ A type object that contains information about how to type cast the value. + # See the examples section for more information. + # + # ==== Options + # The options hash accepts the following options: + # + # +default+ is the default value that the column should use on a new record. + # # ==== Examples # # The type detected by Active Record can be overriden. @@ -62,11 +73,11 @@ module ActiveRecord # # store_listing = StoreListing.new(price_in_cents: '$10.00') # store_listing.price_in_cents # => 1000 - def property(name, cast_type) + def property(name, cast_type, options = {}) name = name.to_s clear_properties_cache # Assign a new hash to ensure that subclasses do not share a hash - self.user_provided_columns = user_provided_columns.merge(name => connection.new_column(name, nil, cast_type)) + self.user_provided_columns = user_provided_columns.merge(name => connection.new_column(name, options[:default], cast_type)) end # Returns an array of column objects for the table associated with this class. |