tableless_model 0.0.5 → 0.0.6

data/README.rdoc

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ Tableless Model is available as a Rubygem:
 
 		gem install tableless_model
 
-		(current version: 0.0.5)
+		(current version: 0.0.6)
 		
 
 == Usage

data/lib/activerecord/base/class_methods.rb

@@ -27,7 +27,8 @@ module Base
       
       # if only the column name is given, the tableless model's class is expected to have that name, classified, as class name
       class_type = column.class == Hash ? column.collect{|k,v| v}.last : column.to_s.classify.constantize
-    
+
+
       # injecting in the parent object a getter and a setter for the
       # attribute that will store an instance of a tableless model
       class_eval do
@@ -41,7 +42,12 @@ module Base
         # model and not just a normal hash or the value of the attribute in the database,
         # which is plain text
         define_method column_name.to_s do
-          class_type.new(read_attribute(column_name.to_sym) || {})
+          instance = class_type.new(read_attribute(column_name.to_sym) || {})
+          
+          instance.__owner_object         = self
+          instance.__serialized_attribute = column_name
+          
+          instance
         end
     
         # Adding setter for the serialized column,

data/lib/tableless_model.rb

@@ -12,8 +12,12 @@ module ActiveRecord
   class TablelessModel < Hash
 
     extend   Tableless::ClassMethods
+
     include  Tableless::InstanceMethods
-    include Validatable
+    include  Validatable
+
+ 
+    attr_accessor :__owner_object, :__serialized_attribute
     
     # 
     # 
@@ -24,6 +28,7 @@ module ActiveRecord
     # 
     class << self
       attr_reader :attributes
+      
     end
 
   end

data/lib/tableless_model/instance_methods.rb

@@ -46,7 +46,17 @@ module Tableless
     # 
     def []=(attribute_name, value)
       raise NoMethodError, "The attribute #{attribute_name} is undefined" unless self.class.attributes.has_key? attribute_name.to_s
-      super attribute_name.to_s, self.class.cast(attribute_name, value)
+      
+      return_value = super(attribute_name.to_s, self.class.cast(attribute_name, value))
+
+      if self.__owner_object 
+        # This makes the tableless model compatible with partial_updates:
+        # whenever a property in the tableless model is changed, we force the parent/owner object to a changed state
+        # by updating it with a new, updated instance of the tableless model
+        self.__owner_object.send "#{self.__serialized_attribute.to_s}=".to_sym, self
+      end
+
+      return_value
     end
 
 

data/lib/tableless_model/version.rb

@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 module TablelessModel
-  VERSION = "0.0.5"
+  VERSION = "0.0.6"
 end

data/spec/tableless_model_spec.rb

@@ -98,6 +98,22 @@ describe "An instance of TablelessModel" do
       attribute :typed_test_attribute,  :type => :integer
     end
   end
+
+  describe "instance" do
+    before do
+      @instance = TestClass3.new
+    end
+    
+    it "has rw the accessor __owner_object" do
+      @instance.must_respond_to "__owner_object"
+      @instance.must_respond_to "__owner_object="
+    end
+
+    it "has rw the accessor __serialized_attribute" do
+      @instance.must_respond_to "__serialized_attribute"
+      @instance.must_respond_to "__serialized_attribute="
+    end
+  end
   
   it "tries to enforce type casting if a type has been specified for an attribute" do
 
@@ -140,14 +156,13 @@ describe "An instance of TablelessModel" do
   end
 end
 
-
 describe "An ActiveRecord::Base model" do
   before do
     class ModelOptions < ActiveRecord::TablelessModel
       attribute :aaa, :default => 111
       attribute :bbb, :default => "bbb"
     end
-    
+
     ActiveRecord::Base.establish_connection(:adapter => "sqlite3", :database => ":memory:")
     ActiveRecord::Base.connection.execute(" create table test_models (options varchar(50)) ")
 
@@ -155,16 +170,32 @@ describe "An ActiveRecord::Base model" do
       has_tableless :options => ModelOptions
     end
   end
-  
+
   it "responds to default_value_for, has_tableless" do
     TestModel.must_respond_to(:has_tableless)
   end
   
-  describe "new instance" do
+  
+  describe "instance" do
     before do
       @instance = TestModel.new
     end
     
+    it "must respond to changed?" do
+      @instance.must_respond_to "changed?"
+      @instance.changed?.must_equal false
+      @instance.changes.must_equal({})
+    end
+    
+    it "sets the accessor __owner_object to self in the tableless model instance" do
+      @instance.options.__owner_object.must_equal @instance
+    end
+    
+    it "sets the accessor __serialized_attribute to the name of its column that stored the tableless model instance, serialized" do
+      @instance.options.__serialized_attribute.must_equal :options
+    end
+    
+    
     it "has a getter and a setter for :options" do
       %w(options options=).each{|m| @instance.must_respond_to m }
       @instance.options.must_be_kind_of ModelOptions
@@ -173,12 +204,12 @@ describe "An ActiveRecord::Base model" do
       @instance.options.bbb.must_equal "bbb"
       proc { @instance.options = "test" }.must_raise NoMethodError, "should not accept other values than a hash or ModelOptions instance"
     end
-    
+
     describe "setter" do
       before do
         @return_value = @instance.send("options=", { :aaa => "CCC", :bbb => "DDD"  })
       end
-      
+
       it "correctly sets the serialized column" do
         @return_value.must_be_kind_of ModelOptions
         %w(aaa bbb).each{|m| @return_value.must_respond_to m}
@@ -186,18 +217,30 @@ describe "An ActiveRecord::Base model" do
         @instance.options.bbb.must_equal "DDD"
       end
       
+      it "forces the owner object to a changed state with partial_updates on" do
+        @instance.options.aaa = "changed aaa"
+        @instance.options.bbb = "changed bbb"
+
+        @instance.options.aaa.must_equal "changed aaa"
+        @instance.changes.keys.include?("options").must_equal true
+
+        @instance.changes[:options][0].must_equal nil
+        @instance.changes[:options][1].must_equal({"aaa"=>"changed aaa", "bbb"=>"changed bbb"})
+      end
+
       it "should save the serialized column correctly" do
         @instance.save!
-        @instance = TestModel.first
-        
-        @instance.options.aaa.must_equal "CCC"
-        @instance.options.bbb.must_equal "DDD"
+      
+        instance = TestModel.first
         
-        # Ensuring the serialize macro is used
-        @instance.options.must_be_kind_of ModelOptions
+        instance.options.aaa.must_equal "CCC"
+        instance.options.bbb.must_equal "DDD"
         
+         # Ensuring the serialize macro is used
+        instance.options.must_be_kind_of ModelOptions
       end
     end
   end
+end
+
   
-end

metadata

@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ version: !ruby/object:Gem::Version
   segments: 
   - 0
   - 0
-  - 5
-  version: 0.0.5
+  - 6
+  version: 0.0.6
 platform: ruby
 authors: 
 - Vito Botta
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ autorequire:
 bindir: bin
 cert_chain: []
 
-date: 2011-01-11 00:00:00 +00:00
+date: 2011-01-12 00:00:00 +00:00
 default_executable: 
 dependencies: 
 - !ruby/object:Gem::Dependency