virtual_attributes 0.0.1

data/.gitignore

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+pkg
+*.gem

data/Gemfile

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+gemspec

data/README.markdown

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+# VirtualAttributes
+
+* https://github.com/daemon/virtual_attributes
+
+## DESCRIPTION
+
+Usually you can use `attr_accessor` to define virtual attribute.
+You could even use `attr_accessor_with_default` to set default value.
+
+But in any case you are unable to typecast values.
+
+Let's assume you receive data from form submit.
+
+    > params[:user].inspect
+    => {'enabled' => 'true', 'priority' => '0.5'}
+
+Having attributes defined as table columns values would be actual `true` and `0.5`.
+
+But with `attr_accessor` fields will still be strings.
+
+This is what `virtual_attribute` handles.
+
+## Origins
+
+Inspired with virtual_attribute gem by Philip Roberts I tried to use ActiveRecord to typecast.
+
+## Usage
+
+    class User < ActiveRecord::Base
+      virtual_attribute :enabled,  :type => :boolean, :default => false
+      virtual_attribute :priority, :type => :float,   :default => 1.0
+    end
+

data/Rakefile

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+begin
+  require "bundler"
+  Bundler.setup
+rescue LoadError
+  $stderr.puts "You need to have Bundler installed to be able build this gem."
+end
+
+gemspec = eval(File.read(Dir["*.gemspec"].first))
+
+
+desc "Validate the gemspec"
+task :gemspec do
+  gemspec.validate
+end
+
+desc "Build gem locally"
+task :build => :gemspec do
+  system "gem build #{gemspec.name}.gemspec"
+  FileUtils.mkdir_p "pkg"
+  FileUtils.mv "#{gemspec.name}-#{gemspec.version}.gem", "pkg"
+end
+
+desc "Install gem locally"
+task :install => :build do
+  system "gem install pkg/#{gemspec.name}-#{gemspec.version}"
+end
+
+desc "Clean automatically generated files"
+task :clean do
+  FileUtils.rm_rf "pkg"
+end

data/lib/virtual_attributes.rb

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+require 'active_record/base'
+require 'active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/schema_definitions'
+
+module VirtualAttributes
+  def self.included(base)
+    base.extend(ClassMethods)
+  end
+
+  module ClassMethods
+    def virtual_attribute(name, options)
+      name_equals = "#{name.to_s}="
+      inst_var = "@#{name.to_s}"
+      
+      define_method(name_equals) do |value|
+        attr = ActiveRecord::ConnectionAdapters::Column.new(name, options[:default], options[:type].to_s)
+        instance_variable_set inst_var, (attr.type_cast(value) || attr.default)
+      end
+
+      define_method(name) do
+        if instance_variable_defined?(inst_var)
+          instance_variable_get(inst_var)
+        else
+          instance_variable_set inst_var, ActiveRecord::ConnectionAdapters::Column.new(name, options[:default], options[:type].to_s).default
+        end
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end
+
+ActiveRecord::Base.send(:include, VirtualAttributes)

data/virtual_attributes.gemspec

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+# coding: UTF-8
+
+Gem::Specification.new do |s|
+  s.name              = "virtual_attributes"
+  s.version           = "0.0.1"
+  s.platform          = Gem::Platform::RUBY
+  s.authors           = ["Dmitry Shaposhnik"]
+  s.email             = ["dmitry@shaposhnik.name"]
+  s.homepage          = "http://github.com/daemon/virtual_attributes"
+  s.summary           = "Virtual attributes helper for models in Rails3"
+  s.description       = ""
+
+  s.required_rubygems_version = ">= 1.3.6"
+  
+  # If you have runtime dependencies, add them here
+  # s.add_runtime_dependency "other", "~> 1.2"
+  
+  # If you have development dependencies, add them here
+  # s.add_development_dependency "another", "= 0.9"
+
+  # The list of files to be contained in the gem
+  s.files         = `git ls-files`.split("\n")
+  # s.executables   = `git ls-files`.split("\n").map{|f| f =~ /^bin\/(.*)/ ? $1 : nil}.compact
+  # s.extensions    = `git ls-files ext/extconf.rb`.split("\n")
+  
+  s.require_path = 'lib'
+
+  # For C extensions
+  # s.extensions = "ext/extconf.rb"
+end

metadata

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+--- !ruby/object:Gem::Specification 
+name: virtual_attributes
+version: !ruby/object:Gem::Version 
+  hash: 29
+  prerelease: 
+  segments: 
+  - 0
+  - 0
+  - 1
+  version: 0.0.1
+platform: ruby
+authors: 
+- Dmitry Shaposhnik
+autorequire: 
+bindir: bin
+cert_chain: []
+
+date: 2011-05-04 00:00:00 +03:00
+default_executable: 
+dependencies: []
+
+description: ""
+email: 
+- dmitry@shaposhnik.name
+executables: []
+
+extensions: []
+
+extra_rdoc_files: []
+
+files: 
+- .gitignore
+- Gemfile
+- README.markdown
+- Rakefile
+- lib/virtual_attributes.rb
+- test/test_helper.rb
+- virtual_attributes.gemspec
+has_rdoc: true
+homepage: http://github.com/daemon/virtual_attributes
+licenses: []
+
+post_install_message: 
+rdoc_options: []
+
+require_paths: 
+- lib
+required_ruby_version: !ruby/object:Gem::Requirement 
+  none: false
+  requirements: 
+  - - ">="
+    - !ruby/object:Gem::Version 
+      hash: 3
+      segments: 
+      - 0
+      version: "0"
+required_rubygems_version: !ruby/object:Gem::Requirement 
+  none: false
+  requirements: 
+  - - ">="
+    - !ruby/object:Gem::Version 
+      hash: 23
+      segments: 
+      - 1
+      - 3
+      - 6
+      version: 1.3.6
+requirements: []
+
+rubyforge_project: 
+rubygems_version: 1.5.3
+signing_key: 
+specification_version: 3
+summary: Virtual attributes helper for models in Rails3
+test_files: []
+