require 'active_support/core_ext/hash/except' require 'active_support/core_ext/hash/slice' module ActiveModel # Provides a basic serialization to a serializable_hash for your object. # # A minimal implementation could be: # # class Person # # include ActiveModel::Serialization # # attr_accessor :name # # def attributes # @attributes ||= {'name' => 'nil'} # end # # end # # Which would provide you with: # # person = Person.new # person.serializable_hash # => {"name"=>nil} # person.name = "Bob" # person.serializable_hash # => {"name"=>"Bob"} # # You need to declare some sort of attributes hash which contains the attributes # you want to serialize and their current value. # # Most of the time though, you will want to include the JSON or XML # serializations. Both of these modules automatically include the # ActiveModel::Serialization module, so there is no need to explicitly # include it. # # So a minimal implementation including XML and JSON would be: # # class Person # # include ActiveModel::Serializers::JSON # include ActiveModel::Serializers::Xml # # attr_accessor :name # # def attributes # @attributes ||= {'name' => 'nil'} # end # # end # # Which would provide you with: # # person = Person.new # person.serializable_hash # => {"name"=>nil} # person.to_json # => "{\"name\":null}" # person.to_xml # => "\n {"name"=>"Bob"} # person.to_json # => "{\"name\":\"Bob\"}" # person.to_xml # => "\n