stored_attribute

A simple extension to ActiveRecord for type casting serialized stored attributes using the store (introduced in Rails 3.2.0) method.

Usage

Add to your Gemfile:

gem 'stored_attribute'

Example code

class Post < ActiveRecord::Base
  store :data, :accessors => [:show_date, :show_author, :background_color]

  attribute :show_date,         :type => :boolean,  :default => false
  attribute :show_author,       :type => :boolean,  :default => true
  attribute :background_color,  :type => :string,   :default => '#FFFFFF'
end

post = Post.create
post.show_date # => false

post.update_attributes({ :show_date => true })
post.show_date # => true

Supported Ruby Versions

This library is tested against Travis and aims to support the following Ruby implementations:

• Ruby 1.9.2
• Ruby 1.9.3
• Ruby 2.0.0
• Ruby 2.1.1

Contributing

1. Fork it
2. Create your feature branch (git checkout -b my-new-feature)
3. Commit your changes (git commit -am 'Add some feature')
4. Push to the branch (git push origin my-new-feature)
5. Create new Pull Request

Copyright

Copyright (c) 2012-2014 Arjen Oosterkamp. See LICENSE for details.