Serializer

Serializer is a Ruby on Rails tool for adding accessor to serialized attributes with support for types and defaults.

Requirements

The gem is tested with:

• Ruby (MRI) 1.9.3 (p0)
• Ruby (MRI) 1.9.2 (p180)
• Ruby (MRI) 1.8.7 (p334)
• Ruby (REE) 1.8.7 (2011.03)
• JRuby 1.6.2
• Rubinius 1.2.4

Installation

gem install serializer

Examples

Migration:

rails g model user name:string email:string settings:text

Model:

class User < ActiveRecord::Base

  has_serialized :settings do |settings|
    settings.define :tw_share, type: :boolean, default: true
    settings.define :fb_share, type: :boolean, default: true
    settings.define :completion, type: :float, default: 50.0
  end

end

Form:

<%# form_for @user do |form| %>
  <%# form.text_field :name %>
  <%# form.email_field :email %>
  <%# form.checkbox_box :tw_share %>
  <%# form.checkbox_box :fb_share %>
<% end %>

View:

<%- if @user.tw_share? -%>
  ...
<%- end -%>

<%- if @user.fb_share? -%>
  ...
<%- end -%>

Copyright

Copyright (c) 2010 - 2012 Kevin Sylvestre. See LICENSE for details.