honkster-attr_encrypted 1.2.0

data/MIT-LICENSE

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+Copyright (c) 2008 Sean Huber - shuber@huberry.com
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data/README.rdoc

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+= attr_encrypted
+
+Generates attr_accessors that encrypt and decrypt attributes transparently
+
+It works with ANY class, however, you get a few extra features when you're using it with <tt>ActiveRecord</tt>, <tt>DataMapper</tt>, or <tt>Sequel</tt>
+
+
+== Installation
+
+  gem install attr_encrypted
+
+
+== Usage
+
+=== Basic
+
+Encrypting attributes has never been easier:
+
+  class User
+    attr_accessor :name
+    attr_encrypted :ssn, :key => 'a secret key'
+  
+    def load
+      # loads the stored data
+    end
+  
+    def save
+      # saves the :name and :encrypted_ssn attributes somewhere (e.g. filesystem, database, etc)
+    end
+  end
+  
+  @user = User.new
+  @user.ssn = '123-45-6789'
+  @user.encrypted_ssn # returns the encrypted version of :ssn
+  @user.save
+  
+  @user = User.load
+  @user.ssn # decrypts :encrypted_ssn and returns '123-45-6789'
+
+The <tt>attr_encrypted</tt> method is also aliased as <tt>attr_encryptor</tt> to conform to Ruby's <tt>attr_</tt> naming conventions. I should have called this project <tt>attr_encryptor</tt> but it was too late when I realized it ='(.
+
+
+=== Specifying the encrypted attribute name
+
+By default, the encrypted attribute name is <tt>encrypted_#{attribute}</tt> (e.g. <tt>attr_encrypted :email</tt> would create an attribute named <tt>encrypted_email</tt>). So, if you're storing the encrypted attribute in the database, you need to make sure the <tt>encrypted_#{attribute}</tt> field exists in your table. You have a couple of options if you want to name your attribute something else.
+
+
+==== The <tt>:attribute</tt> option
+
+You can simply pass the name of the encrypted attribute as the <tt>:attribute</tt> option:
+
+  class User
+    attr_encrypted :email, :key => 'a secret key', :attribute => 'email_encrypted'
+  end
+
+This would generate an attribute named <tt>email_encrypted</tt>
+
+
+==== The <tt>:prefix</tt> and <tt>:suffix</tt> options
+
+If you're planning on encrypting a few different attributes and you don't like the <tt>encrypted_#{attribute}</tt> naming convention then you can specify your own:
+
+  class User
+    attr_encrypted :email, :credit_card, :ssn, :key => 'a secret key', :prefix => 'secret_', :suffix => '_crypted'
+  end
+
+This would generate the following attributes: <tt>secret_email_crypted</tt>, <tt>secret_credit_card_crypted</tt>, and <tt>secret_ssn_crypted</tt>.
+
+
+=== Encryption keys
+
+Although a <tt>:key</tt> option may not be required (see custom encryptor below), it has a few special features
+
+
+==== Unique keys for each attribute
+
+You can specify unique keys for each attribute if you'd like:
+
+  class User
+    attr_encrypted :email, :key => 'a secret key'
+    attr_encrypted :ssn, :key => 'a different secret key'
+  end
+
+
+==== Symbols representing instance methods as keys
+
+If your class has an instance method that determines the encryption key to use, simply pass a symbol representing it like so:
+
+  class User
+    attr_encrypted :email, :key => :encryption_key
+  
+    def encryption_key
+      # does some fancy logic and returns an encryption key
+    end
+  end
+
+
+==== Procs as keys
+
+You can pass a proc/lambda object as the <tt>:key</tt> option as well:
+
+  class User
+    attr_encrypted :email, :key => proc { |user| user.key }
+  end
+
+This can be used to create asymmetrical encryption by requiring users to provide their own encryption keys.
+
+
+=== Conditional encrypting
+
+There may be times that you want to only encrypt when certain conditions are met. For example maybe you're using rails and you don't want to encrypt 
+attributes when you're in development mode. You can specify conditions like this:
+
+  class User < ActiveRecord::Base
+    attr_encrypted :email, :key => 'a secret key', :unless => Rails.env.development?
+  end
+
+You can specify both <tt>:if</tt> and <tt>:unless</tt> options. If you pass a symbol representing an instance method then the result of the method will be evaluated. Any objects that respond to <tt>:call</tt> are evaluated as well.
+
+
+=== Custom encryptor
+
+The <tt>Encryptor</tt> (see http://github.com/shuber/encryptor) class is used by default. You may use your own custom encryptor by specifying
+the <tt>:encryptor</tt>, <tt>:encrypt_method</tt>, and <tt>:decrypt_method</tt> options
+
+Lets suppose you'd like to use this custom encryptor class:
+
+  class SillyEncryptor
+    def self.silly_encrypt(options)
+      (options[:value] + options[:secret_key]).reverse
+    end
+  
+    def self.silly_decrypt(options)
+      options[:value].reverse.gsub(/#{options[:secret_key]}$/, '')
+    end
+  end
+
+Simply set up your class like so:
+
+  class User
+    attr_encrypted :email, :secret_key => 'a secret key', :encryptor => SillyEncryptor, :encrypt_method => :silly_encrypt, :decrypt_method => :silly_decrypt
+  end
+
+Any options that you pass to <tt>attr_encrypted</tt> will be passed to the encryptor along with the <tt>:value</tt> option which contains the string to encrypt/decrypt. Notice it uses <tt>:secret_key</tt> instead of <tt>:key</tt>.
+
+
+=== Custom algorithms
+
+The default <tt>Encryptor</tt> uses the standard ruby OpenSSL library. It's default algorithm is <tt>aes-256-cbc</tt>. You can modify this by passing the <tt>:algorithm</tt> option to the <tt>attr_encrypted</tt> call like so:
+
+  class User
+    attr_encrypted :email, :key => 'a secret key', :algorithm => 'bf'
+  end
+
+Run <tt>openssl list-cipher-commands</tt> to view a list of algorithms supported on your platform. See http://github.com/shuber/encryptor for more information.
+
+  aes-128-cbc
+  aes-128-ecb
+  aes-192-cbc
+  aes-192-ecb
+  aes-256-cbc
+  aes-256-ecb
+  base64
+  bf
+  bf-cbc
+  bf-cfb
+  bf-ecb
+  bf-ofb
+  cast
+  cast-cbc
+  cast5-cbc
+  cast5-cfb
+  cast5-ecb
+  cast5-ofb
+  des
+  des-cbc
+  des-cfb
+  des-ecb
+  des-ede
+  des-ede-cbc
+  des-ede-cfb
+  des-ede-ofb
+  des-ede3
+  des-ede3-cbc
+  des-ede3-cfb
+  des-ede3-ofb
+  des-ofb
+  des3
+  desx
+  idea
+  idea-cbc
+  idea-cfb
+  idea-ecb
+  idea-ofb
+  rc2
+  rc2-40-cbc
+  rc2-64-cbc
+  rc2-cbc
+  rc2-cfb
+  rc2-ecb
+  rc2-ofb
+  rc4
+  rc4-40
+
+
+=== Default options
+
+Let's imagine that you have a few attributes that you want to encrypt with different keys, but you don't like the <tt>encrypted_#{attribute}</tt> naming convention. Instead of having to define your class like this:
+
+  class User
+    attr_encrypted :email, :key => 'a secret key', :prefix => '', :suffix => '_crypted'
+    attr_encrypted :ssn, :key => 'a different secret key', :prefix => '', :suffix => '_crypted'
+    attr_encrypted :credit_card, :key => 'another secret key', :prefix => '', :suffix => '_crypted'
+  end
+
+You can simply define some default options like so:
+
+  class User
+    attr_encrypted_options.merge!(:prefix => '', :suffix => '_crypted')
+    attr_encrypted :email, :key => 'a secret key'
+    attr_encrypted :ssn, :key => 'a different secret key'
+    attr_encrypted :credit_card, :key => 'another secret key'
+  end
+
+This should help keep your classes clean and DRY.
+
+
+=== Encoding
+
+You're probably going to be storing your encrypted attributes somehow (e.g. filesystem, database, etc) and may run into some issues trying to store a weird
+encrypted string. I've had this problem myself using MySQL. You can simply pass the <tt>:encode</tt> option to automatically encode/decode when encrypting/decrypting.
+
+  class User
+    attr_encrypted :email, :key => 'some secret key', :encode => true
+  end
+
+The default encoding is <tt>m*</tt> (base64). You can change this by setting <tt>:encode => 'some encoding'</tt>. See the <tt>Array#pack</tt> method at http://www.ruby-doc.org/core/classes/Array.html#M002245 for more encoding options.
+
+
+=== Marshaling
+
+You may want to encrypt objects other than strings (e.g. hashes, arrays, etc). If this is the case, simply pass the <tt>:marshal</tt> option to automatically marshal when encrypting/decrypting.
+
+  class User
+    attr_encrypted :credentials, :key => 'some secret key', :marshal => true
+  end
+
+You may also optionally specify <tt>:marshaler</tt>, <tt>:dump_method</tt>, and <tt>:load_method</tt> if you want to use something other than the default <tt>Marshal</tt> object.
+
+
+=== Encrypt/decrypt attribute methods
+
+If you use the same key to encrypt every record (per attribute) like this:
+
+  class User
+    attr_encrypted :email, :key => 'a secret key'
+  end
+
+Then you'll have these two class methods available for each attribute: <tt>User.encrypt_email(email_to_encrypt)</tt> and <tt>User.decrypt_email(email_to_decrypt)</tt>. This can be useful when you're using <tt>ActiveRecord</tt> (see below).
+
+
+=== ActiveRecord
+
+If you're using this gem with <tt>ActiveRecord</tt>, you get a few extra features:
+
+
+==== Default options
+
+For your convenience, the <tt>:encode</tt> option is set to true by default since you'll be storing everything in a database.
+
+
+==== Dynamic find_by_ and scoped_by_ methods
+
+Let's say you'd like to encrypt your user's email addresses, but you also need a way for them to login. Simply set up your class like so:
+
+  class User < ActiveRecord::Base
+    attr_encrypted :email, :key => 'a secret key'
+    attr_encrypted :password, :key => 'some other secret key'
+  end
+
+You can now lookup and login users like so:
+
+  User.find_by_email_and_password('test@example.com', 'testing')
+
+The call to <tt>find_by_email_and_password</tt> is intercepted and modified to <tt>find_by_encrypted_email_and_encrypted_password('ENCRYPTED EMAIL', 'ENCRYPTED PASSWORD')</tt>. The dynamic scope methods like <tt>scoped_by_email_and_password</tt> work the same way.
+
+NOTE: This only works if all records are encrypted with the same encryption key (per attribute).
+
+
+=== DataMapper and Sequel
+
+Just like the default options for <tt>ActiveRecord</tt>, the <tt>:encode</tt> option is set to true by default since you'll be storing everything in a database.
+
+
+== Note on Patches/Pull Requests
+
+* Fork the project.
+* Make your feature addition or bug fix.
+* Add tests for it. This is important so I don't break it in a
+  future version unintentionally.
+* Commit, do not mess with rakefile, version, or history. (if you want to have your own version, that is fine but bump version in a commit by itself I can ignore when I pull)
+* Send me a pull request. Bonus points for topic branches.

data/Rakefile

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+require 'rake'
+require 'rake/testtask'
+require 'rake/rdoctask'
+
+desc 'Default: run unit tests.'
+task :default => :test
+
+desc 'Test the attr_encrypted gem.'
+Rake::TestTask.new(:test) do |t|
+  t.libs << 'lib'
+  t.pattern = 'test/**/*_test.rb'
+  t.verbose = true
+end
+
+desc 'Generate documentation for the attr_encrypted gem.'
+Rake::RDocTask.new(:rdoc) do |rdoc|
+  rdoc.rdoc_dir = 'rdoc'
+  rdoc.title    = 'attr_encrypted'
+  rdoc.options << '--line-numbers' << '--inline-source'
+  rdoc.rdoc_files.include('README*')
+  rdoc.rdoc_files.include('lib/**/*.rb')
+end

data/lib/attr_encrypted.rb

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+require 'encryptor'
+
+# Adds attr_accessors that encrypt and decrypt an object's attributes
+module AttrEncrypted
+  autoload :Version, 'attr_encrypted/version'
+
+  def self.extended(base) # :nodoc:
+    base.class_eval do
+      include InstanceMethods
+      attr_writer :attr_encrypted_options
+      @attr_encrypted_options, @encrypted_attributes = {}, {}
+    end
+  end
+
+  # Generates attr_accessors that encrypt and decrypt attributes transparently
+  #
+  # Options (any other options you specify are passed to the encryptor's encrypt and decrypt methods)
+  #
+  #   :attribute        => The name of the referenced encrypted attribute. For example
+  #                        <tt>attr_accessor :email, :attribute => :ee</tt> would generate an
+  #                        attribute named 'ee' to store the encrypted email. This is useful when defining
+  #                        one attribute to encrypt at a time or when the :prefix and :suffix options
+  #                        aren't enough. Defaults to nil.
+  #
+  #   :prefix           => A prefix used to generate the name of the referenced encrypted attributes.
+  #                        For example <tt>attr_accessor :email, :password, :prefix => 'crypted_'</tt> would
+  #                        generate attributes named 'crypted_email' and 'crypted_password' to store the
+  #                        encrypted email and password. Defaults to 'encrypted_'.
+  #
+  #   :suffix           => A suffix used to generate the name of the referenced encrypted attributes.
+  #                        For example <tt>attr_accessor :email, :password, :prefix => '', :suffix => '_encrypted'</tt>
+  #                        would generate attributes named 'email_encrypted' and 'password_encrypted' to store the
+  #                        encrypted email. Defaults to ''.
+  #
+  #   :key              => The encryption key. This option may not be required if you're using a custom encryptor. If you pass
+  #                        a symbol representing an instance method then the :key option will be replaced with the result of the
+  #                        method before being passed to the encryptor. Objects that respond to :call are evaluated as well (including procs).
+  #                        Any other key types will be passed directly to the encryptor.
+  #
+  #   :encode           => If set to true, attributes will be encoded as well as encrypted. This is useful if you're
+  #                        planning on storing the encrypted attributes in a database. The default encoding is 'm' (base64),
+  #                        however this can be overwritten by setting the :encode option to some other encoding string instead of
+  #                        just 'true'. See http://www.ruby-doc.org/core/classes/Array.html#M002245 for more encoding directives.
+  #                        Defaults to false unless you're using it with ActiveRecord, DataMapper, or Sequel.
+  #
+  #   :default_encoding => Defaults to 'm' (base64).
+  #
+  #   :marshal          => If set to true, attributes will be marshaled as well as encrypted. This is useful if you're planning
+  #                        on encrypting something other than a string. Defaults to false unless you're using it with ActiveRecord
+  #                        or DataMapper.
+  #
+  #   :marshaler        => The object to use for marshaling. Defaults to Marshal.
+  #
+  #   :dump_method      => The dump method name to call on the <tt>:marshaler</tt> object to. Defaults to 'dump'.
+  #
+  #   :load_method      => The load method name to call on the <tt>:marshaler</tt> object. Defaults to 'load'.
+  #
+  #   :encryptor        => The object to use for encrypting. Defaults to Encryptor.
+  #
+  #   :encrypt_method   => The encrypt method name to call on the <tt>:encryptor</tt> object. Defaults to 'encrypt'.
+  #
+  #   :decrypt_method   => The decrypt method name to call on the <tt>:encryptor</tt> object. Defaults to 'decrypt'.
+  #
+  #   :if               => Attributes are only encrypted if this option evaluates to true. If you pass a symbol representing an instance
+  #                        method then the result of the method will be evaluated. Any objects that respond to <tt>:call</tt> are evaluated as well.
+  #                        Defaults to true.
+  #
+  #   :unless           => Attributes are only encrypted if this option evaluates to false. If you pass a symbol representing an instance
+  #                        method then the result of the method will be evaluated. Any objects that respond to <tt>:call</tt> are evaluated as well.
+  #                        Defaults to false.
+  #
+  # You can specify your own default options
+  #
+  #   class User
+  #     # now all attributes will be encoded and marshaled by default
+  #     attr_encrypted_options.merge!(:encode => true, :marshal => true, :some_other_option => true)
+  #     attr_encrypted :configuration, :key => 'my secret key'
+  #   end
+  #
+  #
+  # Example
+  #
+  #   class User
+  #     attr_encrypted :email, :credit_card, :key => 'some secret key'
+  #     attr_encrypted :configuration, :key => 'some other secret key', :marshal => true
+  #   end
+  #
+  #   @user = User.new
+  #   @user.encrypted_email # nil
+  #   @user.email? # false
+  #   @user.email = 'test@example.com'
+  #   @user.email? # true
+  #   @user.encrypted_email # returns the encrypted version of 'test@example.com'
+  #
+  #   @user.configuration = { :time_zone => 'UTC' }
+  #   @user.encrypted_configuration # returns the encrypted version of configuration
+  #
+  #   See README for more examples
+  def attr_encrypted(*attributes)
+    options = {
+      :prefix           => 'encrypted_',
+      :suffix           => '',
+      :if               => true,
+      :unless           => false,
+      :encode           => false,
+      :default_encoding => 'm',
+      :marshal          => false,
+      :marshaler        => Marshal,
+      :dump_method      => 'dump',
+      :load_method      => 'load',
+      :encryptor        => Encryptor,
+      :encrypt_method   => 'encrypt',
+      :decrypt_method   => 'decrypt',
+      :key_identifier   => '',
+      :keys             => {}
+    }
+    options.merge!(attr_encrypted_options)
+    options.merge!(attributes.extract_options!)
+
+    if options[:key].nil?
+      if options[:keys] && options[:keys][options[:key_identifier]]
+        options[:key] = options[:keys][options[:key_identifier]]
+      end
+    end
+
+    options[:encode] = options[:default_encoding] if options[:encode] == true
+
+    attributes.each do |attribute|
+      encrypted_attribute_name = (options[:attribute] ? options[:attribute] : [options[:prefix], attribute, options[:suffix]].join).to_sym
+
+      instance_methods_as_symbols = instance_methods.collect { |method| method.to_sym }
+      attr_reader encrypted_attribute_name unless instance_methods_as_symbols.include?(encrypted_attribute_name)
+      attr_writer encrypted_attribute_name unless instance_methods_as_symbols.include?(:"#{encrypted_attribute_name}=")
+
+      define_method(attribute) do
+        instance_variable_get("@#{attribute}") || instance_variable_set("@#{attribute}", decrypt(attribute, send(encrypted_attribute_name)))
+      end
+
+      define_method("#{attribute}=") do |value|
+        send("#{encrypted_attribute_name}=", encrypt(attribute, value))
+        instance_variable_set("@#{attribute}", value)
+      end
+
+      define_method("#{attribute}?") do
+        value = send(attribute)
+        value.respond_to?(:empty?) ? !value.empty? : !!value
+      end
+
+      encrypted_attributes[attribute.to_sym] = options.merge(:attribute => encrypted_attribute_name)
+    end
+  end
+  alias_method :attr_encryptor, :attr_encrypted
+
+  # Default options to use with calls to <tt>attr_encrypted</tt>
+  #
+  # It will inherit existing options from its superclass
+  def attr_encrypted_options
+    @attr_encrypted_options ||= superclass.attr_encrypted_options.dup
+  end
+
+  # Checks if an attribute is configured with <tt>attr_encrypted</tt>
+  #
+  # Example
+  #
+  #   class User
+  #     attr_accessor :name
+  #     attr_encrypted :email
+  #   end
+  #
+  #   User.attr_encrypted?(:name)  # false
+  #   User.attr_encrypted?(:email) # true
+  def attr_encrypted?(attribute)
+    encrypted_attributes.has_key?(attribute.to_sym)
+  end
+
+  # Decrypts a value for the attribute specified
+  #
+  # Example
+  #
+  #   class User
+  #     attr_encrypted :email
+  #   end
+  #
+  #   email = User.decrypt(:email, 'SOME_ENCRYPTED_EMAIL_STRING')
+  def decrypt(attribute, encrypted_value, options = {})
+    options = encrypted_attributes[attribute.to_sym].merge(options)
+    if options[:if] && !options[:unless] && !encrypted_value.nil? && !(encrypted_value.is_a?(String) && encrypted_value.empty?)
+      if encrypted_value =~ /::/
+        identifier, encrypted_value = encrypted_value.split("::", 2)
+        key = options[:keys][identifier]
+      else
+        key = options[:key]
+      end
+      encrypted_value = encrypted_value.unpack(options[:encode]).first if options[:encode]
+      value = options[:encryptor].send(options[:decrypt_method], options.merge!(:value => encrypted_value, :key => key))
+      value = options[:marshaler].send(options[:load_method], value) if options[:marshal]
+      value
+    else
+      encrypted_value
+    end
+  end
+
+  # Encrypts a value for the attribute specified
+  #
+  # Example
+  #
+  #   class User
+  #     attr_encrypted :email
+  #   end
+  #
+  #   encrypted_email = User.encrypt(:email, 'test@example.com')
+  def encrypt(attribute, value, options = {})
+    options = encrypted_attributes[attribute.to_sym].merge(options)
+    if options[:if] && !options[:unless] && !value.nil? && !(value.is_a?(String) && value.empty?)
+      value   = options[:marshal] ? options[:marshaler].send(options[:dump_method], value) : value.to_s
+      encrypted_value = options[:encryptor].send(options[:encrypt_method], options.merge!(:value => value))
+      encrypted_value = [encrypted_value].pack(options[:encode]) if options[:encode]
+
+      if options[:key_identifier].present?
+        encrypted_value.insert(0, options[:key_identifier] + '::')
+      end
+      
+      encrypted_value
+    else
+      value
+    end
+  end
+
+  # Contains a hash of encrypted attributes with virtual attribute names as keys
+  # and their corresponding options as values
+  #
+  # Example
+  #
+  #   class User
+  #     attr_encrypted :email, :key => 'my secret key'
+  #   end
+  #
+  #   User.encrypted_attributes # { :email => { :attribute => 'encrypted_email', :key => 'my secret key' } }
+  def encrypted_attributes
+    @encrypted_attributes ||= superclass.encrypted_attributes.dup
+  end
+
+  # Forwards calls to :encrypt_#{attribute} or :decrypt_#{attribute} to the corresponding encrypt or decrypt method
+  # if attribute was configured with attr_encrypted
+  #
+  # Example
+  #
+  #   class User
+  #     attr_encrypted :email, :key => 'my secret key'
+  #   end
+  #
+  #   User.encrypt_email('SOME_ENCRYPTED_EMAIL_STRING')
+  def method_missing(method, *arguments, &block)
+    if method.to_s =~ /^((en|de)crypt)_(.+)$/ && attr_encrypted?($3)
+      send($1, $3, *arguments)
+    else
+      super
+    end
+  end
+
+  module InstanceMethods
+    # Decrypts a value for the attribute specified using options evaluated in the current object's scope
+    #
+    # Example
+    #
+    #  class User
+    #    attr_accessor :secret_key
+    #    attr_encrypted :email, :key => :secret_key
+    #
+    #    def initialize(secret_key)
+    #      self.secret_key = secret_key
+    #    end
+    #  end
+    #
+    #  @user = User.new('some-secret-key')
+    #  @user.decrypt(:email, 'SOME_ENCRYPTED_EMAIL_STRING')
+    def decrypt(attribute, encrypted_value)
+      self.class.decrypt(attribute, encrypted_value, evaluated_attr_encrypted_options_for(attribute))
+    end
+
+    # Encrypts a value for the attribute specified using options evaluated in the current object's scope
+    #
+    # Example
+    #
+    #  class User
+    #    attr_accessor :secret_key
+    #    attr_encrypted :email, :key => :secret_key
+    #
+    #    def initialize(secret_key)
+    #      self.secret_key = secret_key
+    #    end
+    #  end
+    #
+    #  @user = User.new('some-secret-key')
+    #  @user.encrypt(:email, 'test@example.com')
+    def encrypt(attribute, value)
+      self.class.encrypt(attribute, value, evaluated_attr_encrypted_options_for(attribute))
+    end
+
+    protected
+
+      # Returns attr_encrypted options evaluated in the current object's scope for the attribute specified
+      def evaluated_attr_encrypted_options_for(attribute)
+        self.class.encrypted_attributes[attribute.to_sym].inject({}) { |hash, (option, value)| hash.merge!(option => evaluate_attr_encrypted_option(value)) }
+      end
+
+      # Evaluates symbol (method reference) or proc (responds to call) options
+      #
+      # If the option is not a symbol or proc then the original option is returned
+      def evaluate_attr_encrypted_option(option)
+        if option.is_a?(Symbol) && respond_to?(option)
+          send(option)
+        elsif option.respond_to?(:call)
+          option.call(self)
+        else
+          option
+        end
+      end
+  end
+end
+
+Object.extend AttrEncrypted
+
+require 'attr_encrypted/adapters/active_record' if defined?(ActiveRecord::Base)
+require 'attr_encrypted/adapters/data_mapper'   if defined?(DataMapper)
+require 'attr_encrypted/adapters/sequel'        if defined?(Sequel)
+require 'attr_encrypted/adapters/mongo_mapper'  if defined?(MongoMapper)