Module: Assignment::Attributes

Defined in:
lib/assignment/attributes.rb

Instance Method Summary collapse

Instance Method Details

#assign_attributes(new_attributes) ⇒ Object

Allows you to set all the attributes by passing in a hash of attributes with keys matching the attribute names.

class Cat
  include Assignment::Attributes
  attr_accessor :name, :status
end

cat = Cat.new
cat.assign_attributes(name: "Gorby", status: "yawning")
cat.name # => 'Gorby'
cat.status => 'yawning'
cat.assign_attributes(status: "sleeping")
cat.name # => 'Gorby'
cat.status => 'sleeping'



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# File 'lib/assignment/attributes.rb', line 21

def assign_attributes(new_attributes)
  if !new_attributes.respond_to?(:stringify_keys)
    raise ArgumentError, "When assigning attributes, you must pass a hash as an argument."
  end
  return if new_attributes.nil? || new_attributes.empty?

  attributes = new_attributes.stringify_keys
  _assign_attributes(attributes)
end