Module: LiveFixtures::Export::Fixture

Defined in:
lib/live_fixtures/export/fixture.rb

Overview

Exposes functionality to serialize an ActiveRecord record (a model) into a YAML fixture.

Class Method Summary collapse

Class Method Details

.to_yaml(model, references = [], more_attributes = {}) ⇒ String

YAML-Serializes the provided model, including any references and additional attribtues.

Parameters:

  • model (ActiveRecord::Base) —

    an ActiveRecord record to serialize

  • references (Symbol, Array<Symbol>) (defaults to: []) —

    the names of associations whose foreign_keys should be replaced with references

  • more_attributes (Hash{String => Time, DateTime, Date, Hash, String, LiveFixtures::Export::Template, LiveFixtures::Export::Reference, #to_s}) (defaults to: {}) —

    a hash of additional attributes to serialize with each record.

Returns:

  • (String) —

    the model serialized in YAML, with specified foreign_keys replaced by references, including additional attributes.



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# File 'lib/live_fixtures/export/fixture.rb', line 11

def to_yaml(model, references = [], more_attributes = {})
  table_name = model.class.table_name

  more_attributes.merge! attributes_from_references(model, references)

  <<-YML
#{table_name}_#{model.id || SecureRandom.uuid.underscore}:
#{yml_attributes(model, more_attributes)}

  YML
end