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-rw-r--r-- | activerecord/lib/active_record/base.rb | 16 |
1 files changed, 16 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/base.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/base.rb index 0a2e436ecc..d3a739b98b 100644 --- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/base.rb +++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/base.rb @@ -1386,6 +1386,22 @@ MSG result end + # Populate +coder+ with attributes about this record that should be + # serialized. The structure of +coder+ defined in this method is + # guaranteed to match the structure of +coder+ passed to the +init_with+ + # method. + # + # Example: + # + # class Post < ActiveRecord::Base + # end + # coder = {} + # Post.new.encode_with(coder) + # coder # => { 'id' => nil, ... } + def encode_with(coder) + coder['attributes'] = attributes + end + # Initialize an empty model object from +coder+. +coder+ must contain # the attributes necessary for initializing an empty model object. For # example: |