Marshaled Attributes

Save marshaled objects using ActiveRecord.

Instalation

gem install marshaled_attributes

Usage

Considering the following schema:

create_table :pages do |t|
  t.string 	:name
  t.text 	:body
  t.binary 	:meta
end

Add the method call marshaled_attributes to your model.

class Page < ActiveRecord::Base
  marshaled :meta
end

@page = Page.new(:meta => {:last_comment_id => 100})
@page.meta
#=> {:last_comment_id => 100}

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