attr_symbol 0.0.1

data/.document

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+README.rdoc
+lib/**/*.rb
+bin/*
+features/**/*.feature
+LICENSE

data/.rvmrc

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+rvm use 1.8.7-p299@attr_symbol

data/LICENSE

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+Copyright (c) 2010 Justin Wienckowski
+
+Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining
+a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the
+"Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including
+without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish,
+distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to
+permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to
+the following conditions:
+
+The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be
+included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+
+THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND,
+EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF
+MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND
+NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE
+LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION
+OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION
+WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.

data/README.rdoc

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+= attr_symbol
+
+Allows certain attributes in ActiveRecord models to be handled as symbols.  These attributes are
+stored in string columns in the underlying data store.
+
+== Usage
+
+    class Thing < ActiveRecord::Base
+      attr_symbol :a
+    end
+
+    # Stores the string 'foo' in the field 'a'
+    thing = Thing.create!(:a => :foo)
+
+    thing = Thing.find(1)
+    thing.a  ### Returns :foo
+
+    thing.a = 'urk'
+    thing.a  ### Returns :urk
+
+== Copyright
+
+Copyright (c) 2010 Justin Wienckowski. See LICENSE for details.

data/Rakefile

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+require 'rubygems'
+require 'rake'
+
+begin
+  require 'jeweler'
+  Jeweler::Tasks.new do |gem|
+    gem.name = "attr_symbol"
+    gem.summary = "Declare one or more ActiveRecord attributes stored in string columns to be returned as symbols."
+    gem.description = "Attributes marked with the attr_symbol method can be set using strings or symbols, but when accessed will always return symbols."
+    gem.email = "jwinky+gems@gmail.com"
+    gem.homepage = "http://github.com/jwinky/attr_symbol"
+    gem.authors = ["Justin Wienckowski"]
+    gem.add_development_dependency "shoulda", ">= 0"
+    gem.add_development_dependency "activerecord", ">= 0"
+  end
+  Jeweler::GemcutterTasks.new
+rescue LoadError
+  puts "Jeweler (or a dependency) not available. Install it with: gem install jeweler"
+end
+
+require 'rake/testtask'
+Rake::TestTask.new(:test) do |test|
+  test.libs << 'lib' << 'test'
+  test.pattern = 'test/**/test_*.rb'
+  test.verbose = true
+end
+
+begin
+  require 'rcov/rcovtask'
+  Rcov::RcovTask.new do |test|
+    test.libs << 'test'
+    test.pattern = 'test/**/test_*.rb'
+    test.verbose = true
+  end
+rescue LoadError
+  task :rcov do
+    abort "RCov is not available. In order to run rcov, you must: sudo gem install spicycode-rcov"
+  end
+end
+
+task :test => :check_dependencies
+
+task :default => :test
+
+require 'rake/rdoctask'
+Rake::RDocTask.new do |rdoc|
+  version = File.exist?('VERSION') ? File.read('VERSION') : ""
+
+  rdoc.rdoc_dir = 'rdoc'
+  rdoc.title = "attr_symbol #{version}"
+  rdoc.rdoc_files.include('README*')
+  rdoc.rdoc_files.include('lib/**/*.rb')
+end

data/VERSION

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+0.0.1

data/lib/attr_symbol.rb

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+module ActiveRecord::AttrSymbol
+
+  def self.included(base)
+    base.extend ClassMethods
+  end
+
+  module ClassMethods
+
+    def attr_symbol(*attributes)
+      attributes.each do |attr|
+        define_method(attr) do
+          self[attr].try(:to_sym)
+        end
+
+        define_method(:"#{attr}=") do |value|
+          self[attr] = value.try(:to_s)
+        end
+      end
+    end    
+  end
+
+end
+
+ActiveRecord::Base.send(:include, ActiveRecord::AttrSymbol)

data/test/helper.rb

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+require 'rubygems'
+require 'test/unit'
+require 'shoulda'
+require 'active_record'
+
+$LOAD_PATH.unshift(File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), '..', 'lib'))
+$LOAD_PATH.unshift(File.dirname(__FILE__))
+require 'attr_symbol'
+
+class Test::Unit::TestCase
+end
+
+# So we can test without having a database.
+# From http://stackoverflow.com/questions/937429/activerecordbase-without-table-rails
+class ActiveRecord::Tableless < ActiveRecord::Base
+  def self.columns
+    @columns ||= [];
+  end
+
+  def self.column(name, sql_type = nil, default = nil, null = true)
+    columns << ActiveRecord::ConnectionAdapters::Column.new(name.to_s, default,
+      sql_type.to_s, null)
+  end
+
+  # Override the save method to prevent exceptions.
+  def save(validate = true)
+    validate ? valid? : true
+  end
+end

data/test/test_attr_symbol.rb

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+require 'helper'
+
+class Thing < ActiveRecord::Tableless
+  column :foo, :string
+  attr_symbol :foo
+end
+
+
+class TestAttrSymbol < Test::Unit::TestCase
+  context "Setting attribute 'foo'" do
+    subject { Thing.new }
+
+    context "to a string value" do
+      setup { subject.foo = "bar" }
+      should("store the string 'bar' in the attribute") do
+        assert_equal "bar", subject[:foo]
+      end
+      should("return the symbol :bar from the accessor") do
+        assert_equal :bar, subject.foo
+      end
+    end
+
+    context "to a symbol" do
+      setup { subject.foo = :bar }
+      should("store the string 'bar' in the attribute") do
+        assert_equal "bar", subject[:foo]
+      end
+      should("return the symbol :bar from the accessor") do
+        assert_equal :bar, subject.foo
+      end
+    end
+
+    context "to nil" do
+      setup { subject.foo = nil }
+      should("store nil in the attribute") do
+        assert_equal nil, subject[:foo]
+      end
+      should("return nil from the accessor") do
+        assert_equal nil, subject.foo
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end

metadata

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+--- !ruby/object:Gem::Specification 
+name: attr_symbol
+version: !ruby/object:Gem::Version 
+  hash: 29
+  prerelease: false
+  segments: 
+  - 0
+  - 0
+  - 1
+  version: 0.0.1
+platform: ruby
+authors: 
+- Justin Wienckowski
+autorequire: 
+bindir: bin
+cert_chain: []
+
+date: 2010-12-08 00:00:00 -08:00
+default_executable: 
+dependencies: 
+- !ruby/object:Gem::Dependency 
+  name: shoulda
+  prerelease: false
+  requirement: &id001 !ruby/object:Gem::Requirement 
+    none: false
+    requirements: 
+    - - ">="
+      - !ruby/object:Gem::Version 
+        hash: 3
+        segments: 
+        - 0
+        version: "0"
+  type: :development
+  version_requirements: *id001
+- !ruby/object:Gem::Dependency 
+  name: activerecord
+  prerelease: false
+  requirement: &id002 !ruby/object:Gem::Requirement 
+    none: false
+    requirements: 
+    - - ">="
+      - !ruby/object:Gem::Version 
+        hash: 3
+        segments: 
+        - 0
+        version: "0"
+  type: :development
+  version_requirements: *id002
+description: Attributes marked with the attr_symbol method can be set using strings or symbols, but when accessed will always return symbols.
+email: jwinky+gems@gmail.com
+executables: []
+
+extensions: []
+
+extra_rdoc_files: 
+- LICENSE
+- README.rdoc
+files: 
+- .document
+- .rvmrc
+- LICENSE
+- README.rdoc
+- Rakefile
+- VERSION
+- lib/attr_symbol.rb
+- test/helper.rb
+- test/test_attr_symbol.rb
+has_rdoc: true
+homepage: http://github.com/jwinky/attr_symbol
+licenses: []
+
+post_install_message: 
+rdoc_options: []
+
+require_paths: 
+- lib
+required_ruby_version: !ruby/object:Gem::Requirement 
+  none: false
+  requirements: 
+  - - ">="
+    - !ruby/object:Gem::Version 
+      hash: 3
+      segments: 
+      - 0
+      version: "0"
+required_rubygems_version: !ruby/object:Gem::Requirement 
+  none: false
+  requirements: 
+  - - ">="
+    - !ruby/object:Gem::Version 
+      hash: 3
+      segments: 
+      - 0
+      version: "0"
+requirements: []
+
+rubyforge_project: 
+rubygems_version: 1.3.7
+signing_key: 
+specification_version: 3
+summary: Declare one or more ActiveRecord attributes stored in string columns to be returned as symbols.
+test_files: 
+- test/helper.rb
+- test/test_attr_symbol.rb