ignorable 0.1.0

data/README.md

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+ignorable
+=========
+
+Ignore columns in ActiveRecord 
+
+Installation
+============
+
+Add this to your Gemfile: 
+  
+    gem 'ignorable'
+
+Usage
+=====
+
+    class Topic < ActiveRecord::Base
+       ignore_columns :attributes, :class, :meta_column_used_by_another_app
+    end
+

data/lib/ignorable.rb

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+module Ignorable
+  def columns
+    @columns ||= super.reject do |col|
+      self.ignored_column?(col)
+    end
+  end
+
+  attr_reader :ignored_columns
+
+  # Prevent Rails from loading a table column.
+  # Useful for legacy database schemas with problematic column names,
+  # like 'class' or 'attributes'.
+  #
+  #   class Topic < ActiveRecord::Base
+  #     ignore_columns :attributes, :class
+  #   end
+  #
+  #   Topic.new.respond_to?(:attributes) => false
+  def ignore_columns *columns
+    @ignored_columns ||= []
+    @ignored_columns += columns.map(&:to_s)
+    reset_column_information
+    @ignored_columns.tap(&:uniq!)
+  end
+  alias ignore_column ignore_columns
+
+  # Has a column been ignored?
+  # Accepts both ActiveRecord::ConnectionAdapter::Column objects,
+  # and actual column names ('title')
+  def ignored_column? column
+    ignored_columns.present? && ignored_columns.include?(
+      column.respond_to?(:name) ? column.name : column.to_s
+    )
+  end
+
+  def reset_ignored_columns
+    @ignored_columns = []
+    reset_column_information
+  end
+end
+
+require 'rails'
+
+if defined?(ActiveRecord::Base)
+  ActiveRecord::Base.send :extend, Ignorable
+end

metadata

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+--- !ruby/object:Gem::Specification
+name: ignorable
+version: !ruby/object:Gem::Version
+  version: 0.1.0
+  prerelease: 
+platform: ruby
+authors:
+- Nathaniel Jones
+- Mando Escamilla
+autorequire: 
+bindir: bin
+cert_chain: []
+date: 2012-08-22 00:00:00.000000000 Z
+dependencies:
+- !ruby/object:Gem::Dependency
+  name: rails
+  requirement: !ruby/object:Gem::Requirement
+    none: false
+    requirements:
+    - - ! '>='
+      - !ruby/object:Gem::Version
+        version: '3'
+  type: :runtime
+  prerelease: false
+  version_requirements: !ruby/object:Gem::Requirement
+    none: false
+    requirements:
+    - - ! '>='
+      - !ruby/object:Gem::Version
+        version: '3'
+description: Ignore problematic column names (like 'attributes' or 'class') in ActiveRecord
+  models for legacy database schemas
+email:
+- hello@nthj.me
+- ''
+executables: []
+extensions: []
+extra_rdoc_files: []
+files:
+- lib/ignorable.rb
+- README.md
+homepage: http://github.com/nthj/ignorable
+licenses: []
+post_install_message: 
+rdoc_options: []
+require_paths:
+- lib
+required_ruby_version: !ruby/object:Gem::Requirement
+  none: false
+  requirements:
+  - - ! '>='
+    - !ruby/object:Gem::Version
+      version: '0'
+required_rubygems_version: !ruby/object:Gem::Requirement
+  none: false
+  requirements:
+  - - ! '>='
+    - !ruby/object:Gem::Version
+      version: 1.3.6
+requirements: []
+rubyforge_project: ignorable
+rubygems_version: 1.8.24
+signing_key: 
+specification_version: 3
+summary: Ignore columns in ActiveRecord models
+test_files: []