Trivial non-factory for valid attributes.

attrs.rb

require 'date'

# Trivial collection of valid attributes for Active Record objects.
#
# Usage:
#
#   emp = Employee.new(Attrs.for(:employee))
#
module Attrs
  Attributes = { }

  def self.seq(digits=6)
    @seq ||= 0
    @seq = @seq.succ
    "%0#{digits}d" % @seq
  end

  def self.for(key, options={})
    Attributes[key].merge(options)
  end

  Attributes[:employee] = {
    name: "Adam",
    employee_number: "E#{seq(9)}",
    employee_type:   Employee::EMPLOYEE_TYPE_HOURLY,
    payment_method:  Employee::PAYMENT_METHOD_PICKUP,
    hourly_rate:     10.0,
    last_paid_on:    Date.parse("Jul 26, 2013"),
    next_pay_date:   Date.parse("Aug 2, 2013"),
  }

  Attributes[:hourly_employee] = Attributes[:employee].merge(
    employee_type: Employee::EMPLOYEE_TYPE_HOURLY,
    hourly_rate:   10.0)

  Attributes[:salaried_employee] = Attributes[:employee].merge(
    employee_type: Employee::EMPLOYEE_TYPE_SALARIED,
    annual_salary: 120_000.00)

end