module ActiveRecord module AttributeMethods module Read extend ActiveSupport::Concern ATTRIBUTE_TYPES_CACHED_BY_DEFAULT = [:datetime, :timestamp, :time, :date] included do cattr_accessor :attribute_types_cached_by_default, :instance_writer => false self.attribute_types_cached_by_default = ATTRIBUTE_TYPES_CACHED_BY_DEFAULT # Undefine id so it can be used as an attribute name undef_method(:id) if method_defined?(:id) end module ClassMethods # +cache_attributes+ allows you to declare which converted attribute values should # be cached. Usually caching only pays off for attributes with expensive conversion # methods, like time related columns (e.g. +created_at+, +updated_at+). def cache_attributes(*attribute_names) cached_attributes.merge attribute_names.map { |attr| attr.to_s } end # Returns the attributes which are cached. By default time related columns # with datatype :datetime, :timestamp, :time, :date are cached. def cached_attributes @cached_attributes ||= columns.select { |c| cacheable_column?(c) }.map { |col| col.name }.to_set end # Returns +true+ if the provided attribute is being cached. def cache_attribute?(attr_name) cached_attributes.include?(attr_name) end protected def define_method_attribute(attr_name) if serialized_attributes.include?(attr_name) define_read_method_for_serialized_attribute(attr_name) else define_read_method(attr_name, attr_name, columns_hash[attr_name]) end end private def cacheable_column?(column) serialized_attributes.include?(column.name) || attribute_types_cached_by_default.include?(column.type) end # Define read method for serialized attribute. def define_read_method_for_serialized_attribute(attr_name) access_code = "@attributes_cache['#{attr_name}'] ||= @attributes['#{attr_name}']" generated_attribute_methods.module_eval("def _#{attr_name}; #{access_code}; end; alias #{attr_name} _#{attr_name}", __FILE__, __LINE__) end # Define an attribute reader method. Cope with nil column. # method_name is the same as attr_name except when a non-standard primary key is used, # we still define #id as an accessor for the key def define_read_method(method_name, attr_name, column) cast_code = column.type_cast_code('v') access_code = "(v=@attributes['#{attr_name}']) && #{cast_code}" unless attr_name.to_s == self.primary_key.to_s access_code.insert(0, "missing_attribute('#{attr_name}', caller) unless @attributes.has_key?('#{attr_name}'); ") end if cache_attribute?(attr_name) access_code = "@attributes_cache['#{attr_name}'] ||= (#{access_code})" end # Where possible, generate the method by evalling a string, as this will result in # faster accesses because it avoids the block eval and then string eval incurred # by the second branch. # # The second, slower, branch is necessary to support instances where the database # returns columns with extra stuff in (like 'my_column(omg)'). if method_name =~ ActiveModel::AttributeMethods::NAME_COMPILABLE_REGEXP generated_attribute_methods.module_eval <<-STR, __FILE__, __LINE__ def _#{method_name} #{access_code} end alias #{method_name} _#{method_name} STR else generated_attribute_methods.module_eval do define_method("_#{method_name}") { eval(access_code) } alias_method(method_name, "_#{method_name}") end end end end # Returns the value of the attribute identified by attr_name after it has been typecast (for example, # "2004-12-12" in a data column is cast to a date object, like Date.new(2004, 12, 12)). def read_attribute(attr_name) method = "_#{attr_name}" if respond_to? method send method if @attributes.has_key?(attr_name.to_s) else _read_attribute attr_name end end def _read_attribute(attr_name) attr_name = attr_name.to_s attr_name = self.class.primary_key if attr_name == 'id' value = @attributes[attr_name] unless value.nil? if column = column_for_attribute(attr_name) if unserializable_attribute?(attr_name, column) unserialize_attribute(attr_name) else column.type_cast(value) end else value end end end # Returns true if the attribute is of a text column and marked for serialization. def unserializable_attribute?(attr_name, column) column.text? && self.class.serialized_attributes.include?(attr_name) end # Returns the unserialized object of the attribute. def unserialize_attribute(attr_name) coder = self.class.serialized_attributes[attr_name] unserialized_object = coder.load(@attributes[attr_name]) @attributes.frozen? ? unserialized_object : @attributes[attr_name] = unserialized_object end private def attribute(attribute_name) read_attribute(attribute_name) end end end end