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-rw-r--r--activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/module.rb1
-rw-r--r--activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/module/attr_accessor_with_default.rb31
2 files changed, 32 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/module.rb b/activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/module.rb
index 8d48de53dd..26c9bdf778 100644
--- a/activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/module.rb
+++ b/activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/module.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
require File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/module/inclusion'
require File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/module/attribute_accessors'
require File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/module/attr_internal'
+require File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/module/attr_accessor_with_default'
require File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/module/delegation'
require File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/module/introspection'
require File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/module/loading'
diff --git a/activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/module/attr_accessor_with_default.rb b/activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/module/attr_accessor_with_default.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..31f14be344
--- /dev/null
+++ b/activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/module/attr_accessor_with_default.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+class Module
+ # Declare an attribute accessor with an initial default return value.
+ #
+ # To give attribute <tt>:age</tt> the initial value <tt>25</tt>:
+ #
+ # class Person
+ # attr_accessor_with_default :age, 25
+ # end
+ #
+ # some_person.age
+ # => 25
+ # some_person.age = 26
+ # some_person.age
+ # => 26
+ #
+ # To give attribute <tt>:element_name</tt> a dynamic default value, evaluated
+ # in scope of self:
+ #
+ # attr_accessor_with_default(:element_name) { name.underscore }
+ #
+ def attr_accessor_with_default(sym, default = nil, &block)
+ raise 'Default value or block required' unless default || block
+ define_method(sym, block_given? ? block : Proc.new { default })
+ module_eval(<<-EVAL, __FILE__, __LINE__)
+ def #{sym}=(value)
+ class << self; attr_reader :#{sym} end
+ @#{sym} = value
+ end
+ EVAL
+ end
+end