module ActiveRecord # Track unsaved attribute changes. # # A newly instantiated object is unchanged: # person = Person.find_by_name('uncle bob') # person.changed? # => false # # Change the name: # person.name = 'Bob' # person.changed? # => true # person.name_changed? # => true # person.name_was # => 'uncle bob' # person.name_change # => ['uncle bob', 'Bob'] # person.name = 'Bill' # person.name_change # => ['uncle bob', 'Bill'] # # Save the changes: # person.save # person.changed? # => false # person.name_changed? # => false # # Assigning the same value leaves the attribute unchanged: # person.name = 'Bill' # person.name_changed? # => false # person.name_change # => nil # # Which attributes have changed? # person.name = 'bob' # person.changed # => ['name'] # person.changes # => { 'name' => ['Bill', 'bob'] } module Dirty def self.included(base) base.attribute_method_suffix '_changed?', '_change', '_was' base.alias_method_chain :write_attribute, :dirty base.alias_method_chain :save, :dirty base.alias_method_chain :save!, :dirty end # Do any attributes have unsaved changes? # person.changed? # => false # person.name = 'bob' # person.changed? # => true def changed? !changed_attributes.empty? end # List of attributes with unsaved changes. # person.changed # => [] # person.name = 'bob' # person.changed # => ['name'] def changed changed_attributes.keys end # Map of changed attrs => [original value, new value] # person.changes # => {} # person.name = 'bob' # person.changes # => { 'name' => ['bill', 'bob'] } def changes changed.inject({}) { |h, attr| h[attr] = attribute_change(attr); h } end # Clear changed attributes after they are saved. def save_with_dirty(*args) #:nodoc: save_without_dirty(*args) ensure changed_attributes.clear end # Clear changed attributes after they are saved. def save_with_dirty!(*args) #:nodoc: save_without_dirty!(*args) ensure changed_attributes.clear end private # Map of change attr => original value. def changed_attributes @changed_attributes ||= {} end # Wrap write_attribute to remember original attribute value. def write_attribute_with_dirty(attr, value) attr = attr.to_s # The attribute already has an unsaved change. unless changed_attributes.include?(attr) old = read_attribute(attr) # Remember the original value if it's different. changed_attributes[attr] = old unless old == value end # Carry on. write_attribute_without_dirty(attr, value) end # Handle *_changed? for method_missing. def attribute_changed?(attr) changed_attributes.include?(attr) end # Handle *_change for method_missing. def attribute_change(attr) [changed_attributes[attr], __send__(attr)] if attribute_changed?(attr) end # Handle *_was for method_missing. def attribute_was(attr) attribute_changed?(attr) ? changed_attributes[attr] : __send__(attr) end end end