Class: Virtus::Attributes::Date

Inherits:

Object

• Object
• Attribute
• Object
• Virtus::Attributes::Date

Includes:

Typecast::Time

Defined in:

lib/virtus/attributes/date.rb

Constant Summary

Constants inherited from Attribute

Attribute::DEFAULT_ACCESSOR, Attribute::OPTIONS

Instance Attribute Summary

Attributes inherited from Attribute

#instance_variable_name, #model, #name, #options, #reader_visibility, #writer_visibility

Instance Method Summary

• #typecast_hash_to_date(value) ⇒ Date private

  Creates a Date instance from a Hash with keys :year, :month, :day.

• #typecast_to_primitive(value) ⇒ Date private

  Typecasts an arbitrary value to a Date Handles both Hashes and Date instances.

Methods included from Typecast::Time

#extract_time

Methods included from Typecast::Numeric

#typecast_to_numeric

Methods inherited from Attribute

#_create_reader, #_create_writer, accept_options, accepted_options, #complex?, descendants, #get, #get!, inherited, #initialize, options, #primitive?, #set, #set!, #typecast

Constructor Details

This class inherits a constructor from Virtus::Attributes::Attribute

Instance Method Details

#typecast_hash_to_date(value) ⇒ Date

This method is part of a private API. You should avoid using this method if possible, as it may be removed or be changed in the future.

Creates a Date instance from a Hash with keys :year, :month, :day

Parameters:

• value (Hash, #to_mash) —

  value to be typecast

Returns:

• (Date) —

  Date constructed from hash

# File 'lib/virtus/attributes/date.rb', line 39

def typecast_hash_to_date(value)
  ::Date.new(*extract_time(value)[0, 3])
end

#typecast_to_primitive(value) ⇒ Date

This method is part of a private API. You should avoid using this method if possible, as it may be removed or be changed in the future.

Typecasts an arbitrary value to a Date Handles both Hashes and Date instances.

Parameters:

• value (Hash, #to_mash, #to_s) —

  value to be typecast

Returns:

• (Date) —

  Date constructed from value

# File 'lib/virtus/attributes/date.rb', line 18

def typecast_to_primitive(value)
  if value.respond_to?(:to_date)
    value.to_date
  elsif value.is_a?(::Hash)
    typecast_hash_to_date(value)
  else
    ::Date.parse(value.to_s)
  end
rescue ArgumentError
  value
end