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@@ -90,9 +90,10 @@ It also changes the behavior of values passed to `ActiveRecord::Base.where`, whi
without having to rely on implementation details or monkey patching.
Some things that you can achieve with this:
-* The type detected by Active Record can be overridden.
-* A default can also be provided.
-* Attributes do not need to be backed by a database column.
+
+- The type detected by Active Record can be overridden.
+- A default can also be provided.
+- Attributes do not need to be backed by a database column.
```ruby
@@ -124,14 +125,14 @@ store_listing.price_in_cents # => 10
StoreListing.new.my_string # => "new default"
StoreListing.new.my_default_proc # => 2015-05-30 11:04:48 -0600
model = StoreListing.new(field_without_db_column: ["1", "2", "3"])
-model.attributes #=> {field_without_db_column: [1, 2, 3]}
+model.attributes # => {field_without_db_column: [1, 2, 3]}
```
**Creating Custom Types:**
You can define your own custom types, as long as they respond
-to the methods defined on the value type. The method +deserialize+ or
-+cast+ will be called on your type object, with raw input from the
+to the methods defined on the value type. The method `deserialize` or
+`cast` will be called on your type object, with raw input from the
database or from your controllers. This is useful, for example, when doing custom conversion,
like Money data.
@@ -139,7 +140,7 @@ like Money data.
When `ActiveRecord::Base.where` is called, it will
use the type defined by the model class to convert the value to SQL,
-calling +serialize+ on your type object.
+calling `serialize` on your type object.
This gives the objects ability to specify, how to convert values when performing SQL queries.
@@ -170,7 +171,7 @@ instead of waiting for the suite to complete.
- Complete exception backtrace output using `-b` option.
- Integration with `Minitest` to allow options like `-s` for test seed data,
`-n` for running specific test by name, `-v` for better verbose output and so forth.
-- Colored test output
+- Colored test output.
Railties
--------
@@ -205,13 +206,13 @@ Please refer to the [Changelog][railties] for detailed changes.
* Deprecated `config.static_cache_control` in favor of
`config.public_file_server.headers`.
- ([Pull Request](https://github.com/rails/rails/pull/22173))
+ ([Pull Request](https://github.com/rails/rails/pull/19135))
* Deprecated `config.serve_static_files` in favor of `config.public_file_server.enabled`.
([Pull Request](https://github.com/rails/rails/pull/22173))
* Deprecated the tasks in the `rails` task namespace in favor of the `app` namespace.
- (e.g. `rails:update` and `rails:template` tasks is renamed to `app:update` and `app:template`.)
+ (e.g. `rails:update` and `rails:template` tasks are renamed to `app:update` and `app:template`.)
([Pull Request](https://github.com/rails/rails/pull/23439))
### Notable changes
@@ -416,7 +417,7 @@ Please refer to the [Changelog][action-pack] for detailed changes.
`ActionDispatch::IntegrationTest` instead.
([commit](https://github.com/rails/rails/commit/4414c5d1795e815b102571425974a8b1d46d932d))
-* Rails will only generate "weak", instead of strong ETags.
+* Rails generates weak ETags by default.
([Pull Request](https://github.com/rails/rails/pull/17573))
* Controller actions without an explicit `render` call and with no
@@ -431,11 +432,6 @@ Please refer to the [Changelog][action-pack] for detailed changes.
* Added request encoding and response parsing to integration tests.
([Pull Request](https://github.com/rails/rails/pull/21671))
-* Update default rendering policies when the controller action did
- not explicitly indicate a response.
- ([Pull Request](https://github.com/rails/rails/pull/23827))
-
-
* Add `ActionController#helpers` to get access to the view context
at the controller level.
([Pull Request](https://github.com/rails/rails/pull/24866))
@@ -457,6 +453,9 @@ Please refer to the [Changelog][action-pack] for detailed changes.
`ActionController::Live`.
([More details in this issue](https://github.com/rails/rails/issues/25581))
+* Introduce `Response#strong_etag=` and `#weak_etag=` and analogous
+ options for `fresh_when` and `stale?`.
+ ([Pull Request](https://github.com/rails/rails/pull/24387))
Action View
-------------
@@ -586,8 +585,8 @@ Please refer to the [Changelog][active-record] for detailed changes.
gem. ([Pull Request](https://github.com/rails/rails/pull/21161))
* Removed support for the legacy `mysql` database adapter from core. Most users should
- be able to use `mysql2`. It will be converted to a separate gem when when we find someone
- to maintain it. ([Pull Request 1](https://github.com/rails/rails/pull/22642)],
+ be able to use `mysql2`. It will be converted to a separate gem when we find someone
+ to maintain it. ([Pull Request 1](https://github.com/rails/rails/pull/22642),
[Pull Request 2](https://github.com/rails/rails/pull/22715))
* Removed support for the `protected_attributes` gem.
@@ -599,6 +598,9 @@ Please refer to the [Changelog][active-record] for detailed changes.
* Removed support for `activerecord-deprecated_finders` gem.
([commit](https://github.com/rails/rails/commit/78dab2a8569408658542e462a957ea5a35aa4679))
+* Removed `ActiveRecord::ConnectionAdapters::Column::TRUE_VALUES` constant.
+ ([commit](https://github.com/rails/rails/commit/a502703c3d2151d4d3b421b29fefdac5ad05df61))
+
### Deprecations
* Deprecated passing a class as a value in a query. Users should pass strings
@@ -702,9 +704,6 @@ Please refer to the [Changelog][active-record] for detailed changes.
operator to combine WHERE or HAVING clauses.
([commit](https://github.com/rails/rails/commit/b0b37942d729b6bdcd2e3178eda7fa1de203b3d0))
-* Added `:time` option added for `#touch`.
- ([Pull Request](https://github.com/rails/rails/pull/18956))
-
* Added `ActiveRecord::Base.suppress` to prevent the receiver from being saved
during the given block.
([Pull Request](https://github.com/rails/rails/pull/18910))
@@ -804,6 +803,15 @@ Please refer to the [Changelog][active-record] for detailed changes.
than the current time.
([Pull Request](https://github.com/rails/rails/pull/18956))
+* Change transaction callbacks to not swallow errors.
+ Before this change any errors raised inside a transaction callback
+ were getting rescued and printed in the logs, unless you used
+ the (newly deprecated) `raise_in_transactional_callbacks = true` option.
+
+ Now these errors are not rescued anymore and just bubble up, matching the
+ behavior of other callbacks.
+ ([commit](https://github.com/rails/rails/commit/07d3d402341e81ada0214f2cb2be1da69eadfe72))
+
Active Model
------------
@@ -961,8 +969,10 @@ Please refer to the [Changelog][active-support] for detailed changes.
`ActiveSupport::Cache::MemCachedStore#escape_key`, and
`ActiveSupport::Cache::FileStore#key_file_path`.
Use `normalize_key` instead.
+ ([Pull Request](https://github.com/rails/rails/pull/22215),
+ [commit](https://github.com/rails/rails/commit/a8f773b0))
- Deprecated `ActiveSupport::Cache::LocaleCache#set_cache_value` in favor of `write_cache_value`.
+* Deprecated `ActiveSupport::Cache::LocaleCache#set_cache_value` in favor of `write_cache_value`.
([Pull Request](https://github.com/rails/rails/pull/22215))
* Deprecated passing arguments to `assert_nothing_raised`.
@@ -993,7 +1003,8 @@ Please refer to the [Changelog][active-support] for detailed changes.
* Added `#on_weekend?`, `#on_weekday?`, `#next_weekday`, `#prev_weekday` methods to `Date`,
`Time`, and `DateTime`.
- ([Pull Request](https://github.com/rails/rails/pull/18335))
+ ([Pull Request](https://github.com/rails/rails/pull/18335),
+ [Pull Request](https://github.com/rails/rails/pull/23687))
* Added `same_time` option to `#next_week` and `#prev_week` for `Date`, `Time`,
and `DateTime`.
@@ -1001,7 +1012,7 @@ Please refer to the [Changelog][active-support] for detailed changes.
* Added `#prev_day` and `#next_day` counterparts to `#yesterday` and
`#tomorrow` for `Date`, `Time`, and `DateTime`.
- ([Pull Request](httpshttps://github.com/rails/rails/pull/18335))
+ ([Pull Request](https://github.com/rails/rails/pull/18335))
* Added `SecureRandom.base58` for generation of random base58 strings.
([commit](https://github.com/rails/rails/commit/b1093977110f18ae0cafe56c3d99fc22a7d54d1b))
@@ -1044,9 +1055,6 @@ Please refer to the [Changelog][active-support] for detailed changes.
* Added `Array#second_to_last` and `Array#third_to_last` methods.
([Pull Request](https://github.com/rails/rails/pull/23583))
-* Added `#on_weekday?` method to `Date`, `Time`, and `DateTime`.
- ([Pull Request](https://github.com/rails/rails/pull/23687))
-
* Publish `ActiveSupport::Executor` and `ActiveSupport::Reloader` APIs to allow
components and libraries to manage, and participate in, the execution of
application code, and the application reloading process.