module ActiveRecord #:nodoc:
module Serialization
class Serializer #:nodoc:
attr_reader :options
def initialize(record, options = {})
@record, @options = record, options.dup
end
# To replicate the behavior in ActiveRecord#attributes,
# :except takes precedence over :only. If :only is not set
# for a N level model but is set for the N+1 level models,
# then because :except is set to a default value, the second
# level model can have both :except and :only set. So if
# :only is set, always delete :except.
def serializable_attribute_names
attribute_names = @record.attribute_names
if options[:only]
options.delete(:except)
attribute_names = attribute_names & Array.wrap(options[:only]).collect { |n| n.to_s }
else
options[:except] = Array.wrap(options[:except]) | Array.wrap(@record.class.inheritance_column)
attribute_names = attribute_names - options[:except].collect { |n| n.to_s }
end
attribute_names
end
def serializable_method_names
Array.wrap(options[:methods]).inject([]) do |method_attributes, name|
method_attributes << name if @record.respond_to?(name.to_s)
method_attributes
end
end
def serializable_names
serializable_attribute_names + serializable_method_names
end
# Add associations specified via the :includes option.
# Expects a block that takes as arguments:
# +association+ - name of the association
# +records+ - the association record(s) to be serialized
# +opts+ - options for the association records
def add_includes(&block)
if include_associations = options.delete(:include)
base_only_or_except = { :except => options[:except],
:only => options[:only] }
include_has_options = include_associations.is_a?(Hash)
associations = include_has_options ? include_associations.keys : Array.wrap(include_associations)
for association in associations
records = case @record.class.reflect_on_association(association).macro
when :has_many, :has_and_belongs_to_many
@record.send(association).to_a
when :has_one, :belongs_to
@record.send(association)
end
unless records.nil?
association_options = include_has_options ? include_associations[association] : base_only_or_except
opts = options.merge(association_options)
yield(association, records, opts)
end
end
options[:include] = include_associations
end
end
def serializable_record
record = {}
serializable_names.each { |name| record[name] = @record.send(name) }
add_includes do |association, records, opts|
record[association] =
if records.is_a?(Enumerable)
records.collect { |r| self.class.new(r, opts).serializable_record }
else
self.class.new(records, opts).serializable_record
end
end
record
end
def serialize
# overwrite to implement
end
def to_s(&block)
serialize(&block)
end
end
end
end
require 'active_record/serializers/xml_serializer'
require 'active_record/serializers/json_serializer'