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require 'active_support/core_ext/hash/keys'
require 'active_support/core_ext/class/attribute'
module ActiveModel
class MissingAttributeError < NoMethodError
end
# == Active Model Attribute Methods
#
# <tt>ActiveModel::AttributeMethods</tt> provides a way to add prefixes and suffixes
# to your methods as well as handling the creation of Active Record like class methods
# such as +table_name+.
#
# The requirements to implement ActiveModel::AttributeMethods are to:
#
# * <tt>include ActiveModel::AttributeMethods</tt> in your object
# * Call each Attribute Method module method you want to add, such as
# attribute_method_suffix or attribute_method_prefix
# * Call <tt>define_attribute_methods</tt> after the other methods are
# called.
# * Define the various generic +_attribute+ methods that you have declared
#
# A minimal implementation could be:
#
# class Person
# include ActiveModel::AttributeMethods
#
# attribute_method_affix :prefix => 'reset_', :suffix => '_to_default!'
# attribute_method_suffix '_contrived?'
# attribute_method_prefix 'clear_'
# define_attribute_methods ['name']
#
# attr_accessor :name
#
# private
#
# def attribute_contrived?(attr)
# true
# end
#
# def clear_attribute(attr)
# send("#{attr}=", nil)
# end
#
# def reset_attribute_to_default!(attr)
# send("#{attr}=", "Default Name")
# end
# end
#
# Notice that whenever you include ActiveModel::AttributeMethods in your class,
# it requires you to implement a <tt>attributes</tt> methods which returns a hash
# with each attribute name in your model as hash key and the attribute value as
# hash value.
#
# Hash keys must be strings.
#
module AttributeMethods
extend ActiveSupport::Concern
included do
class_attribute :attribute_method_matchers
self.attribute_method_matchers = []
class_attribute :_attribute_names
self._attribute_names = []
end
module ClassMethods
# Defines an "attribute" method (like +inheritance_column+ or +table_name+).
# A new (class) method will be created with the given name. If a value is
# specified, the new method will return that value (as a string).
# Otherwise, the given block will be used to compute the value of the
# method.
#
# The original method will be aliased, with the new name being prefixed
# with "original_". This allows the new method to access the original
# value.
#
# Example:
#
# class Person
#
# include ActiveModel::AttributeMethods
#
# cattr_accessor :primary_key
# cattr_accessor :inheritance_column
#
# define_attr_method :primary_key, "sysid"
# define_attr_method( :inheritance_column ) do
# super + "_id"
# end
#
# end
#
# Provides you with:
#
# AttributePerson.primary_key
# # => "sysid"
# AttributePerson.inheritance_column = 'address'
# AttributePerson.inheritance_column
# # => 'address_id'
def define_attr_method(name, value=nil, &block)
singleton = singleton_class
singleton.send(:define_method, name, (block || lambda { value }))
end
# Declares a method available for all attributes with the given prefix.
# Uses +method_missing+ and <tt>respond_to?</tt> to rewrite the method.
#
# #{prefix}#{attr}(*args, &block)
#
# to
#
# #{prefix}attribute(#{attr}, *args, &block)
#
# An instance method <tt>#{prefix}attribute</tt> must exist and accept
# at least the +attr+ argument.
#
# For example:
#
# class Person
#
# include ActiveModel::AttributeMethods
# attr_accessor :name
# attribute_method_prefix 'clear_'
# define_attribute_methods [:name]
#
# private
#
# def clear_attribute(attr)
# send("#{attr}=", nil)
# end
# end
#
# person = Person.new
# person.name = "Bob"
# person.name # => "Bob"
# person.clear_name
# person.name # => nil
def attribute_method_prefix(*prefixes)
generate_method_matches(:prefix => prefixes)
end
# Declares a method available for all attributes with the given suffix.
# Uses +method_missing+ and <tt>respond_to?</tt> to rewrite the method.
#
# #{attr}#{suffix}(*args, &block)
#
# to
#
# attribute#{suffix}(#{attr}, *args, &block)
#
# An <tt>attribute#{suffix}</tt> instance method must exist and accept at least
# the +attr+ argument.
#
# For example:
#
# class Person
#
# include ActiveModel::AttributeMethods
# attr_accessor :name
# attribute_method_suffix '_short?'
# define_attribute_methods [:name]
#
# private
#
# def attribute_short?(attr)
# send(attr).length < 5
# end
# end
#
# person = Person.new
# person.name = "Bob"
# person.name # => "Bob"
# person.name_short? # => true
def attribute_method_suffix(*suffixes)
generate_method_matches(:suffix => suffixes)
end
# Declares a method available for all attributes with the given prefix
# and suffix. Uses +method_missing+ and <tt>respond_to?</tt> to rewrite
# the method.
#
# #{prefix}#{attr}#{suffix}(*args, &block)
#
# to
#
# #{prefix}attribute#{suffix}(#{attr}, *args, &block)
#
# An <tt>#{prefix}attribute#{suffix}</tt> instance method must exist and
# accept at least the +attr+ argument.
#
# For example:
#
# class Person
#
# include ActiveModel::AttributeMethods
# attr_accessor :name
# attribute_method_affix :prefix => 'reset_', :suffix => '_to_default!'
# define_attribute_methods [:name]
#
# private
#
# def reset_attribute_to_default!(attr)
# ...
# end
# end
#
# person = Person.new
# person.name # => 'Gem'
# person.reset_name_to_default!
# person.name # => 'Gemma'
def attribute_method_affix(options)
generate_method_matches(:affix => options)
end
# Declares a the attributes that should be prefixed and suffixed by
# ActiveModel::AttributeMethods.
#
# To use, pass in an array of attribute names (as strings or symbols),
# be sure to declare +define_attribute_methods+ after you define any
# prefix, suffix or affix methods, or they will not hook in.
#
# class Person
#
# include ActiveModel::AttributeMethods
# attr_accessor :name, :age, :address
# attribute_method_prefix 'clear_'
# attribute_methods [:name, :age, :address]
#
# private
#
# def clear_attribute(attr)
# ...
# end
# end
def attribute_names(attr_names = nil)
self._attribute_names += [attr_names].flatten.map(&:to_sym) if attr_names
self._attribute_names
end
# Returns true if the attribute methods defined have been generated.
def generated_attribute_methods #:nodoc:
@generated_attribute_methods ||= begin
mod = Module.new
include mod
mod
end
end
# Removes all the preiously dynamically defined methods from the class
def reset_attribute_methods
self.generated_attribute_methods.module_eval do
instance_methods.each { |m| undef_method(m) }
end
end
private
class AttributeMethodMatcher
attr_reader :prefix, :suffix
AttributeMethodMatch = Struct.new(:target, :attr_name)
def initialize(options = {})
options.symbolize_keys!
@prefix = options[:prefix] || ''
@suffix = options[:suffix] || ''
@regex = /^(#{Regexp.escape(@prefix)})(.+?)(#{Regexp.escape(@suffix)})$/
end
def match(method_name)
if matchdata = @regex.match(method_name)
AttributeMethodMatch.new(method_missing_target, matchdata[2])
else
nil
end
end
def method_name(attr_name)
"#{prefix}#{attr_name}#{suffix}"
end
def method_missing_target
:"#{prefix}attribute#{suffix}"
end
end
def generate_method_matches(match_options)
new_matchers = match_options.map do |type, additions|
additions.map { |addition| AttributeMethodMatcher.new(type => addition) }
end
self.attribute_method_matchers += new_matchers.flatten
end
end
def attribute_names
self.class.attribute_names
end
# Allows access to the object attributes, which are held in the
# <tt>@attributes</tt> hash, as though they were first-class methods. So a
# Person class with a name attribute can use Person#name and Person#name=
# and never directly use the attributes hash -- except for multiple assigns
# with ActiveRecord#attributes=. A Milestone class can also ask
# Milestone#completed? to test that the completed attribute is not +nil+
# or 0.
#
# It's also possible to instantiate related objects, so a Client class
# belonging to the clients table with a +master_id+ foreign key can
# instantiate master through Client#master.
# def method_missing(method_id, *args, &block)
# method_name = method_id.to_s
# if match = match_attribute_method(method_name)
# guard_private_attribute_method!(method_name, args)
# __send__(match.target, match.attr_name, *args, &block)
# else
# super
# end
# end
def method_missing(method, *args, &block)
method_name = method.to_s
if match = match_attribute_method(method_name)
guard_private_attribute_method!(method_name, args)
generate_method = "define_method_#{match.target}"
if respond_to?(generate_method)
send(generate_method, match.attr_name.to_sym)
else
if self.class.attribute_names.include?(match.attr_name.to_sym)
self.class.generated_attribute_methods.module_eval <<-RUBY, __FILE__, __LINE__ + 1
def #{method_name}(*args)
send(:#{match.target}, '#{match.attr_name}', *args)
end
RUBY
end
send(match.target, match.attr_name, *args, &block)
end
else
super
end
end
# A Person object with a name attribute can ask <tt>person.respond_to?(:name)</tt>,
# <tt>person.respond_to?(:name=)</tt>, and <tt>person.respond_to?(:name?)</tt>
# which will all return +true+.
alias :respond_to_without_attributes? :respond_to?
def respond_to?(method, include_private_methods = false)
if super
true
elsif !include_private_methods && super(method, true)
# If we're here then we haven't found among non-private methods
# but found among all methods. Which means that the given method is private.
false
elsif match_attribute_method?(method.to_s)
true
else
super
end
end
protected
def attribute_method?(attr_name)
self.attribute_names.include?(attr_name.to_sym)
end
private
# Returns a struct representing the matching attribute method.
# The struct's attributes are prefix, base and suffix.
def match_attribute_method(method_name)
self.class.send(:attribute_method_matchers).each do |method|
match = method.match(method_name)
return match if match && attribute_method?(match.attr_name)
end
nil
end
alias :match_attribute_method? :match_attribute_method
# prevent method_missing from calling private methods with #send
def guard_private_attribute_method!(method_name, args)
if self.class.private_method_defined?(method_name)
raise NoMethodError.new("Attempt to call private method", method_name, args)
end
end
def missing_attribute(attr_name, stack)
raise ActiveModel::MissingAttributeError, "missing attribute: #{attr_name}", stack
end
end
end
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