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module ObjectDiagnostics
  extend self

  #This is handy when you want to determine what types of objects are contributing to memory bloat  
  #returns the change in object counts since the last time this method was called
  def change_in_object_counts
    
    #this will start all counts at 0 for the initial run
    @previous_counts ||= Hash.new(0)

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module ActiveRecord::Validations::ClassMethods
  #inspired by rails-schema_validations
  #https://github.com/gregwebs/rails-schema-validations
  def add_generic_validations
    begin
      self.columns.map do |column|            
        case column.type
        when :date
          validates_format_of_date(column.name) #this is a custom validation we defined (not part of rails)
        end