serialist

example-template.rb

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+#run "echo TODO > README"
+
+plugin "serialist", :git => "http://github.com/bbenezech/serialist.git"
+generate :scaffold, "article title:string"
+generate :serialist, "SerialistMigration", :articles, :slug
+rake "db:migrate"
+
+git :init
+file ".gitignore", <<-END
+.DS_Store
+log/*.log
+tmp/**/*
+config/database.yml
+db/*.sqlite3
+END
+
+file "app/views/articles/new.html.erb", <<-END
+<h1>New article</h1>
+
+<% form_for(@article) do |f| %>
+  <%= f.error_messages %>
+  <%= render :partial => "form"
+<% end %>
+
+<%= link_to 'Back', articles_path %>
+END
+
+file "app/views/articles/edit.html.erb", <<-END
+<h1>Editing article</h1>
+
+<% form_for(@article) do |f| %>
+  <%= f.error_messages %>
+  <%= render :partial => "form"
+<% end %>
+
+<%= link_to 'Show', @article %> |
+<%= link_to 'Back', articles_path %>
+END
+
+
+file "app/views/articles/_form.html.erb", <<-END
+  <p>
+    <%= f.label :title %><br />
+    <%= f.text_field :title %>
+  </p>
+  <p>
+    <%= f.label :string_test %><br />
+    <%= f.text_field :string_test %>
+  </p>
+  <p>
+    <%= f.label :text_test %><br />
+    <%= f.text_area :text_test %> 
+  </p>
+  <p>
+    <%= f.label :select_test %><br />
+    <%= f.select :select_test %>
+  </p>
+  <p>
+    <%= f.label :checkbox_test %><br />
+    <%= f.checkbox :checkbox_test %>
+  </p>
+  <p>
+    <%= f.submit 'Update' %>
+  </p>
+END
+
+
+file "app/views/articles/show.html.erb", <<-END
+<p>
+  <b>Title:</b>
+  <%=h @article.title %>
+</p>
+<p>
+  <b>string_test:</b>
+  <%=h @article.string_test %>
+</p>
+<p>
+  <b>text_test:</b>
+  <%=h @article.text_test %>
+</p>
+<p>
+  <b>select_test:</b>
+  <%=h @article.select_test %>
+</p>
+<p>
+  <b>checkbox_test:</b>
+  <%=h @article.checkbox_test %>
+</p>
+
+
+<%= link_to 'Edit', edit_article_path(@article) %> |
+<%= link_to 'Back', articles_path %>
+END
+
+
+
+file "app/models/article.rb", <<-END
+  class Article < ActiveRecord::Base
+    serialist :slug
+  end
+END
+run "rm public/index.html"
+route "map.root :controller => 'articles'"
+
+git :add => ".", :commit => "-m 'initial commit'"
+
+run "echo Application ready"
+

init.rb

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 # Include hook code here
-require 'acts_as_serializable'
-ActiveRecord::Base.send(:include, ActsAsSerializable)
+require 'serialist'
+ActiveRecord::Base.send(:include, Serialist)

lib/serialist.rb

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+# ActsAsSerializable
+module Serialist
+
+  def self.included(base)
+    base.extend ClassMethods
+  end
+
+  module ClassMethods
+
+    attr_accessor :serialization_field
+
+    def serialist(field)
+
+      @serialization_field = field
+
+      include ActsAsSerializable::InstanceMethods
+    end
+    def inherited(subclass)
+      super
+      subclass.instance_variable_set("@serialization_field", @serialization_field)
+    end
+  end
+
+  module InstanceMethods
+
+    def initialize
+      super
+      update_attribute(self.class.serialization_field, Hash.new)
+    end
+
+    def method_missing(method, *args, &block)
+      begin
+        super
+      rescue NoMethodError    
+        case method.to_s.last
+        when "?"
+          self.send(self.class.serialization_field)[method.to_s[0..-2].to_sym] == (args && args.first || "true")
+        when "="
+          self.send(self.class.serialization_field)[method.to_s[0..-2].to_sym] = args.first if args
+        else
+          self.send(self.class.serialization_field)[method]
+        end
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end
+
+