Serializer

Serializer is a Ruby on Rails tool for adding accessor to serialized attributes with support for types and defaults.

Requirements

The gem is tested with:

  • Ruby (MRI) 2.0.0

  • Ruby (MRI) 1.9.3

  • JRuby 1.7.6

  • Rubinius 2.1.1

Installation

gem install serializer

Examples

Migration:

rails g model user name:string email:string settings:text

Model:

class User < ActiveRecord::Base

  has_serialized :settings do |settings|
    settings.define :tw_share, type: :boolean, default: true
    settings.define :fb_share, type: :boolean, default: true
    settings.define :completion, type: :float, default: 50.0
  end

end

Form:

<%= form_for @user do |form| %>
  <%= form.text_field :name %>
  <%= form.email_field :email %>
  <%= form.checkbox_box :tw_share %>
  <%= form.checkbox_box :fb_share %>
<% end %>

iew:

<%- if @user.tw_share? -%>
  ...
<%- end -%>
 <%- if @user.fb_share? -%>
  ...
<%- end -%>

Status

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Copyright © 2010 - 2013 Kevin Sylvestre. See LICENSE for details.