Passive Record

passive_record.rb

# PassiveRecord disables all of the mutable behaviors of a class that behaves like an ActiveRecord::Base
module PassiveRecord
  module Base
    extend ActiveSupport::Concern

    module InstanceMethods
      def passive_record_benign_method(*args, &block)
        return false
      end
    end

    module ClassMethods
      def passive_record_benign_class_method(*args, &block)
        return false
      end
    end
    
    included do
      
      ActiveRecord::Persistence.instance_methods.each do |method_name|
        alias_method method_name, :passive_record_benign_method
      end
      
      class << self
        %w(create create! delete delete_all destroy destroy_all update).each do |method_name|
          alias_method method_name, :passive_record_benign_class_method
        end
      end
      
    end

  end
end