require "active_support/core_ext/hash/keys" module ActiveModel module AttributeAssignment include ActiveModel::ForbiddenAttributesProtection # Allows you to set all the attributes by passing in a hash of attributes with # keys matching the attribute names. # # If the passed hash responds to permitted? method and the return value # of this method is +false+ an ActiveModel::ForbiddenAttributesError # exception is raised. # # class Cat # include ActiveModel::AttributeAssignment # attr_accessor :name, :status # end # # cat = Cat.new # cat.assign_attributes(name: "Gorby", status: "yawning") # cat.name # => 'Gorby' # cat.status # => 'yawning' # cat.assign_attributes(status: "sleeping") # cat.name # => 'Gorby' # cat.status # => 'sleeping' def assign_attributes(new_attributes) if !new_attributes.respond_to?(:stringify_keys) raise ArgumentError, "When assigning attributes, you must pass a hash as an argument." end return if new_attributes.empty? attributes = new_attributes.stringify_keys _assign_attributes(sanitize_for_mass_assignment(attributes)) end private def _assign_attributes(attributes) attributes.each do |k, v| _assign_attribute(k, v) end end def _assign_attribute(k, v) if respond_to?("#{k}=") public_send("#{k}=", v) else raise UnknownAttributeError.new(self, k) end end end end