Class: MagicField

Inherits:
ActiveRecord::Base
  • Object
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Defined in:
lib/app/models/magic_field.rb

Instance Method Summary collapse

Instance Method Details

#pretty_name ⇒ Object

Display a nicer (possibly user-defined) name for the column or use a fancified default.



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# File 'lib/app/models/magic_field.rb', line 29

def pretty_name
  super || name.humanize
end

#type_cast(value) ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/app/models/magic_field.rb', line 9

def type_cast(value)
  begin
    case datatype.to_sym
      when :check_box_boolean
        (value.to_int == 1) ? true : false 
      when :date
        Date.parse(value)
      when :datetime
        Time.parse(value)
      when :integer
        value.to_int
    else
      value
    end
  rescue
    value
  end
end