@@ -8,6 +8,11 @@ A nice way to have enums in Rails. Enumerations are easy as integers, however I want to take a text approach to it as soon as rearranging integers can get fussy. +h2. Install + +<code>sudo gem sources -a http://gems.github.com</code> +<code>sudo gem install zachinglis-magic_enums</code> + h2. Usage h3. In your models @@ -15,15 +20,19 @@ h3. In your models <pre> <code> enum_column :status, %w(draft private published) + # This also supplies you with: Post.status_choices </code> </pre> _or_ <pre> <code> enum_column :gender, ['male', 'female'] + # This also supplies you with: Person.gender_choices </code> </pre> +It also supplies you with the handy method: + h3. In your controller In your controller, you can check the status <code>post_record.status_is_published?</code> or simply by calling <code>person_record.gender</code> to find it out in words, as you would normally. README.textile 619d30a41adc7431e208e236e3a2c07bf1906d6e Zach Inglis zach@lt3media.com http://github.com/zachinglis/magic_enums/commit/4bc7a5334a22667687da0c96bbaca67d1a4d14fd 4bc7a5334a22667687da0c96bbaca67d1a4d14fd 2008-11-24T02:32:17-08:00 2008-11-24T02:32:17-08:00 Revealed a method in the README 123d2f0d634d9b3a56e91570347d35b71a617d72 Zach Inglis zach@lt3media.com