ActsAsConfigurable

Rails plugin that adds dynamic (non-database) configuration to any ActiveRecord model.

Examples

Basic usage:

class User < ActiveRecord::Base
  acts_as_configurable
  
  configuration do |config|
    config.passwords.min_length = 6
    config.passwords.max_length = 12  
  end
end

And then to access that configuration, simply call:

$> User.configuration
$> => {:passwords => { :min_length => 6, :max_length => 12 }}

Or just keep going down the chain to get to the specifics:

$> User.configuration.passwords
$> => {:min_length => 6, :max_length => 12}
$> User.configuration.passwords.min_length
$> => 6

Now, granted that a “configuration” class method is common enough that there may be a case
where you have a conflict. Well, you can also configure that part:

class User < ActiveRecord::Base
  acts_as_configurable :with => :settings
  
  settings do |setting|
    setting.passwords.min_length = 6
    setting.passwords.max_length = 12
  end
end

Then just use “settings” in place of “configuration” when accessing the data.

$> User.settings.passwords
$> => {:min_length => 6, :max_length => 12}

© 2008 Ryan Heath and Chris Scharf, released under the MIT license