SuperSerialize

A super, simple way to serialize anything from Fixnums and Floats to Arrays, Hashes, Times and Dates.

Installation

Add this line to your application's Gemfile:

gem 'super_serialize'

And then execute:

$ bundle

Or install it yourself as:

$ gem install super_serialize

Usage

In your model

class SomeModel < ActiveRecord::Base
  super_serialize :varied_attr_type, :other_varied_attr_type

  ...
end

Examples:

>  sm = SomeModel.new
>  sm.varied_attr_type = 3
>  sm.varied_attr_type
=> 3

>  sm.varied_attr_type.class
=> Fixnum

>  sm.varied_attr_type = "3"
>  sm.varied_attr_type
=> 3

>  sm.varied_attr_type.class
=> Fixnum

>  sm.varied_attr_type = "3.0"
>  sm.varied_attr_type
=> 3.0

>  sm.varied_attr_type.class
=> Float

>  sm.varied_attr_type = "some string"
>  sm.varied_attr_type
=> "some string"

>  sm.varied_attr_type.class
=> String

>  sm.varied_attr_type = [1,2]
>  sm.varied_attr_type
=> [1,2]

>  sm.varied_attr_type.class
=> Array

>  sm.varied_attr_type = "[1,2,3]"
>  sm.varied_attr_type
=> [1,2]

>  sm.varied_attr_type.class
=> Array

>  sm.varied_attr_type = "{key: 'some value'}"
>  sm.varied_attr_type
=> {"key" => 'some value'}

>  sm.varied_attr_type.class
=> ActiveSupport::HashWithIndifferentAccess

>  sm.varied_attr_type = {key: 'some value'}
>  sm.varied_attr_type
=> {"key" => 'some value'}

>  sm.varied_attr_type.class
=> ActiveSupport::HashWithIndifferentAccess

>  sm.varied_attr_type = "2014-12-06 12:00:00 -0500"
>  sm.varied_attr_type
=> 2014-12-06 12:00:00 -0500

>  sm.varied_attr_type.class
=> Time

>  sm.varied_attr_type = Time.parse("2014-12-06 12:00:00 -0500")
>  sm.varied_attr_type
=> 2014-12-06 12:00:00 -0500

>  sm.varied_attr_type.class
=> Time

>  sm.varied_attr_type = "2014-12-06"
>  sm.varied_attr_type
=> 2014-12-06 12:00:00 -0500

>  sm.varied_attr_type.class
=> Date

>  sm.varied_attr_type = Date.parse("2014-12-06")
>  sm.varied_attr_type
=> 2014-12-06

>  sm.varied_attr_type.class
=> Date

Contributing

1. Fork it ( http://github.com/ricardo-quinones/super_serialize/fork )
2. Create your feature branch (git checkout -b my-new-feature)
3. Commit your changes (git commit -am 'Add some feature')
4. Push to the branch (git push origin my-new-feature)
5. Create new Pull Request

This project rocks and uses MIT-LICENSE.