rectify 0.5.4 → 0.6.0

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data/lib/rectify/form.rb

@@ -22,6 +22,10 @@ module Rectify
       Rectify::BuildFormFromModel.new(self, model).build
     end
 
+    def self.from_json(json)
+      from_params(JSON.parse(json))
+    end
+
     def self.mimic(model_name)
       @model_name = model_name.to_s.underscore.to_sym
     end

data/lib/rectify/version.rb

@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 module Rectify
-  VERSION = "0.5.4"
+  VERSION = "0.6.0"
 end

data/readme.md

@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ and Presenters.
 
 ## Form Objects
 
-The role of the Form Object is to mange the input data for a given action. It
+The role of the Form Object is to manage the input data for a given action. It
 validates data and only allows whitelisted attributes (replacing the need for
 Strong Parameters). This is a departure from "The Rails Way" where the model
 contains the validations. Form Objects help to reduce the weight of your models
@@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ form.ip_address # => "1.2.3.4"
 
 **Model**
 
-The final way is to pass a Ruby object instance (which is normally an ActiveModel
+You can pass a Ruby object instance (which is normally an ActiveModel
 but can be any PORO) to the form to populate it's attribute values. This is useful
 when editing a model:
 
@@ -328,6 +328,30 @@ want to collect or show in your forms, not something that is linked to a model.
 This allows you to create any form that you like which doesn't need to match the
 representation of the data in the database.
 
+**JSON**
+
+You can also populate a form object from a JSON string. Just pass it in to the
+`.from_json` class method and the form will be created with the attributes
+populated by matching names:
+
+```ruby
+json = <<-JSON
+  {
+    "first_name": "Andy",
+    "age": 38
+  }
+JSON
+
+form = UserForm.from_json(json)
+
+form.first_name # => "Andy"
+form.age        # => 38
+```
+
+Populating the form from JSON can be useful when dealing with API requests into
+your system. Which allows you to easily access data and perform validation if 
+required.
+
 ### Validations
 
 Rectify includes `ActiveModel::Validations` for you so you can use all of the

metadata

@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
 --- !ruby/object:Gem::Specification
 name: rectify
 version: !ruby/object:Gem::Version
-  version: 0.5.4
+  version: 0.6.0
 platform: ruby
 authors:
 - Andy Pike
 autorequire: 
 bindir: bin
 cert_chain: []
-date: 2016-05-31 00:00:00.000000000 Z
+date: 2016-06-01 00:00:00.000000000 Z
 dependencies:
 - !ruby/object:Gem::Dependency
   name: virtus