@@ -105,13 +105,11 @@ To setup, you really just need to create the config table: class AddConfigTable < ActiveRecord::Migration def self.up create_table :config do |t| - t.references :associated, :polymorphic => true - t.string :namespace t.string :key, :limit => 40, :null => false t.string :value - + t.string :data_type, :limit => 40 end end README.rdoc @@ -24,9 +24,29 @@ class ConfigurationHash < ActiveRecord::Base def value=(param) write_attribute :value, param.to_s + if respond_to?(:data_type) + type = case param + when TrueClass, FalseClass : 'bool' + when Float : 'float' + when Integer, Fixnum : 'integer' + else 'string' + end + write_attribute :data_type, type + end end def value + return value_without_datatype unless respond_to?(:data_type) + case data_type + when 'bool' : self[:value] == 'true' + when 'float' : self[:value].to_f + when 'integer' : self[:value].to_i + else self[:value] + end + end + + def value_without_datatype + ActiveSupport::Deprecation.warn("Add a data_type column to your Configurator table to store object types",caller) if key.ends_with? "?" read_attribute(:value) == "true" else lib/configuration_hash.rb @@ -17,11 +17,13 @@ class ConfiguratorTest < Test::Unit::TestCase assert_equal 'New York', @user.config[:favorite_city] end - should 'test for TRUE values when supplying an inquiry key' do - @user.config[:likes_cats?] = 'true' - assert_equal true, @user.config[:likes_cats?] - @user.config[:likes_dogs?] = true - assert_equal true, @user.config[:likes_dogs?] + should 'test for data types being preserved' do + @user.config[:age] = 50 + assert_instance_of Fixnum, @user.config[:age] + @user.config[:likes_cats?] = true + assert_instance_of TrueClass, @user.config[:likes_cats?] + @user.config[:account_balance] = 123.45 + assert_instance_of Float, @user.config[:account_balance] end should 'handle two levels of namespaces as keys' do test/configurator_test.rb @@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ def setup_db t.string :namespace t.string :key, :limit => 40, :null => false t.string :value + t.string :data_type, :limit => 40 end connection.create_table :users, :force => true do |t| test/helper.rb 037d02e85a9ca7b66fdd92ecd53eed86828ee4b9 Brennan Dunn me@brennandunn.com http://github.com/brennandunn/configurator/commit/c095996fc3d2f59f31d6008a8ee7442fc2be8af5 c095996fc3d2f59f31d6008a8ee7442fc2be8af5 2009-02-18T07:33:44-08:00 2009-02-18T07:33:44-08:00 Added data_type column, which will allow for retrieving the original type of a value stored with Configurator. cda8d9bd964216173d3b03065a603bf8ca441308 Brennan Dunn me@brennandunn.com