Download: http://github.com/dovadi/has_attributes_from or clone
- git clone git://github.com/dovadi/has_attributes_from.git
Merge the attributes from another ActiveRecord class to an individual STI subclass.
create_table "child_details", :force => true do |t| t.string "nickname" t.string "allergy" t.integer "child_id" :belongs_to :child end create_table "caretaker_details", :force => true do |t| t.string "relation" t.integer "caretaker_id" #belongs_to :caretaker end create_table "people", :force => true do |t| t.string "type" t.string "firstname" t.string "lastname" t.string "email" end class Person < ActiveRecord::Base end class Child < Person has_attributes_from :child_details validates_presence_of :nickname end class Caretaker < Person has_attributes_from :caretaker_details end child = Child.create(:firstname =>'William', :lastname=>'Gates' :email=>'bgates@microsoft.com', :nickname=>'Bill') child.update_attributes(:allergy=>'Not allowed to eat apples!') caretaker = Caretaker.create(:firstname =>'William H.', :lastname=>'Gates' :email=>'w.h.gates@gmail.com') caretaker.update_attribute(:relation, 'Daddy')
As a gem: * sudo gem install dovadi-has_attributes_from -s http://gems.github.com or * Add the following to your environment.rb: config.gem 'dovadi-has_attributes_from', :lib => 'has_attributes_from', :version => '>=0.1.1', :source => 'http://gems.github.com' As a plugin: * ./script/plugin install git://github.com/dovadi/has_attributes_from.git
- You can run the tests from this gem with rake test:default (you need to install the Shoulda and Factory_girl gems).
This project is funded and maintained by Agile Dovadi BV, contact Frank Oxener
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