virtual_attribute 0.0.3 → 0.1.0

data/README.md

@@ -4,8 +4,9 @@ Adds a virtual attribute to models, that plays nice with forms etc
 example:
 
     class MyModel < ActiveRecord::Base
-      virtual_attribute :foo, :boolean => true, :attr_type => :attr_accessible
-      virtual_attribute :bar, :boolean => true, :attr_type => :attr_accessible
+      virtual_attribute :foo, :type => :boolean, :attr_type => :attr_accessible
+      virtual_attribute :bar, :type => :boolean, :attr_type => :attr_accessible
+      virtual_attribute :dated_on, :type => :date, :attr_type => :attr_accessible
     end
 
     params = {:foo => '1', :bar => 'false'}
@@ -15,13 +16,16 @@ example:
     thing.bar #=> false
 
 
-Virtual attributes can be set to :boolean => true
-
+Virtual attributes can be set to :type => :boolean
   - This will parse ['yes', 'true', '1', 1] to be true
   - and ['no', 'false', '0', 0] to be false
   - otherwise will be nil
   - this allows them to be used transparently with checkboxes etc in forms
 
+Virtual attributes can be set to :type => :date, :type => :time, :type => :datetime
+  - This allows them to be used with date_select etc helpers in rails forms
+
+
 If using attr_accessible in your model, the virtual attribute should be added to the list to, or you can pass:
 
     :attr_type => :attr_accessible 

data/lib/virtual_attribute/version.rb

@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 module VirtualAttribute
-  VERSION = "0.0.3"
+  VERSION = "0.1.0"
 end

data/lib/virtual_attribute/virtual_attribute.rb

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ class Module
     inst_var = "@#{name.to_s}"
     module_eval do 
 
-      if options[:boolean]
+      if options[:boolean] or (options[:type] == :boolean)
         define_method(name_equals) do |val|
           val = val.to_s.strip
           if ['1', 'true', 'yes'].include?(val)
@@ -13,12 +13,32 @@ class Module
             instance_variable_set(inst_var, false)
           end
         end
+      elsif (options[:type] == :float)
+        define_method(name_equals) do |val|
+          begin
+            instance_variable_set(inst_var, Float(val))
+          rescue ArgumentError
+            instance_variable_set(inst_var, nil)
+          end
+        end
+      elsif (options[:type] == :integer)
+        define_method(name_equals) do |val|
+          begin
+            instance_variable_set(inst_var, Integer(val))
+          rescue ArgumentError
+            instance_variable_set(inst_var, nil)
+          end
+        end
       else
         define_method(name_equals) do |val|
           instance_variable_set(inst_var, val)
         end
       end
 
+      if [:date, :time, :datetime].include? options[:type]
+        columns_hash[name.to_s] = ActiveRecord::ConnectionAdapters::Column.new(name.to_s, nil, options[:type].to_s)
+      end
+
       define_method(name) do
         instance_variable_get(inst_var)
       end

metadata

@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@ version: !ruby/object:Gem::Version
   prerelease: false
   segments: 
   - 0
+  - 1
   - 0
-  - 3
-  version: 0.0.3
+  version: 0.1.0
 platform: ruby
 authors: 
 - Philip Roberts
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ autorequire:
 bindir: bin
 cert_chain: []
 
-date: 2010-08-10 00:00:00 +01:00
+date: 2010-09-10 00:00:00 +01:00
 default_executable: 
 dependencies: []