Changed behavior of touch and added touch! Originally implemented by …

…Obie Fernandez, updated touch! to act as a thin wrapper to touch. [#2520 state:resolved]

Signed-off-by: wycats <wycats@gmail.com>

activerecord/lib/active_record/timestamp.rb

@@ -18,9 +18,8 @@ module Timestamp
       self.record_timestamps = true
     end
 
-    # Saves the record with the updated_at/on attributes set to the current time.
-    # If the save fails because of validation errors, an ActiveRecord::RecordInvalid exception is raised.
-    # If an attribute name is passed, that attribute is used for the touch instead of the updated_at/on attributes.
+    # Updates only the record's updated_at/on attributes to the current time without checking validations.
+    # If an attribute name is passed, that attribute is used instead of the updated_at/on attributes.
     #
     # Examples:
     #
@@ -30,13 +29,24 @@ def touch(attribute = nil)
       current_time = current_time_from_proper_timezone
 
       if attribute
-        write_attribute(attribute, current_time)
+        update_attribute(attribute, current_time)
       else
-        write_attribute('updated_at', current_time) if respond_to?(:updated_at)
-        write_attribute('updated_on', current_time) if respond_to?(:updated_on)
+        update_attribute('updated_at', current_time) if respond_to?(:updated_at)
+        update_attribute('updated_on', current_time) if respond_to?(:updated_on)
       end
-
-      save!
+    end
+
+    # Saves the entire record with the updated_at/on attributes set to the current time.
+    # If the save fails because of validation errors, an ActiveRecord::RecordInvalid exception is raised.
+    # If an attribute name is passed, that attribute is used for the touch instead of the updated_at/on attributes.
+    #
+    # Examples:
+    #
+    #   product.touch!               # updates updated_at
+    #   product.touch!(:designed_at) # updates the designed_at attribute
+    def touch!(attribute = nil)
+      raise ActiveRecord::RecordInvalid.new(self) unless valid?
+      touch(attribute)
     end
 
 

activerecord/test/cases/timestamp_test.rb

@@ -30,13 +30,38 @@ def test_touching_a_record_updates_its_timestamp
     assert @previously_updated_at != @developer.updated_at
   end
 
+  def test_touching_a_record_updates_its_timestamp_even_if_object_instance_is_invalid
+    @developer.name = nil
+    @developer.touch
+
+    assert @previously_updated_at != @developer.updated_at
+  end
+
+  def test_touch_bang_a_record_updates_its_timestamp
+    @developer.touch!
+
+    assert @previously_updated_at != @developer.updated_at
+  end
+
+  def test_touch_banging_a_record_fails_if_object_instance_is_invalid
+    @developer.name = nil
+    assert_raise(ActiveRecord::RecordInvalid) { @developer.touch! }
+  end
+
   def test_touching_a_different_attribute
     previously_created_at = @developer.created_at
     @developer.touch(:created_at)
 
     assert previously_created_at != @developer.created_at
   end
 
+  def test_touch_banging_a_different_attribute
+    previously_created_at = @developer.created_at
+    @developer.touch!(:created_at)
+
+    assert previously_created_at != @developer.created_at
+  end
+
   def test_saving_a_record_with_a_belongs_to_that_specifies_touching_the_parent_should_update_the_parent_updated_at
     pet   = Pet.first
     owner = pet.owner