So, following on from the original discussion-thread here: http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-core/browse_thread/thread/8600da28a92d83ba I''ve built some baseline functionality for defining a schema for an Active Resource. Code available as a patch here: http://pastie.org/743842 and a more-readable combined diff here: http://pastie.org/743843 What you can now do is this: class FlickrPhoto << ActiveResource::Base define_schema do |s| s.string :photo, :title s.integer :width, :height s.float :some_other_attribute s.attribute ''and_another'', ''string'' end validates_presence_of :photo validates_numericality_of :width, :height end # this works my_photo = FlickrPhoto.new(:photo => ''photo_stream_here'', :title => ''eben'', :tags => [''cat'']) my_photo.valid? # => true my_photo.save # => true my_photo.photo # ''photo_stream_here'' # and now, so does this: new_photo = FlickrPhoto.new() new_photo.respond_to? :photo # => true new_photo.photo # => nil new_photo.valid? # => false new_photo.known_attributes # => [''photo'', ''title'', ''height'', ''width'', ''some_other_attribute'', ''and_another''] # and if you fetch and existing one: a_photo = FlickrPhoto.find(1) # <FlickrPhoto><photo>abcdef</ photo><width>123</width><instance_attribute>456</instance_attribute></ FlickrPhoto> a_photo.photo # => ''abcdef'' a_photo.width # => ''123'' # note: still a string a_photo.instance_attribute # => ''456'' # note: also a string a_photo.known_attributes # => [''photo'', ''title'', ''height'', ''width'', ''some_other_attribute'', ''and_another'', ''instance_attribute''] new_photo.respond_to? ''instance_attribute'' # => false (because it''s not a known_attribute) More details on what/how in the rdoc for define_schema :) To summarise: 1) You can define a schema using ''define_schema'' and passing a block, or passing a hash to ''schema='' 2) this populates a set of ''known_attributes'' that are added to the list of attributes currently on an instance (if there''s no schema, this means that the known_attributes equals the existing attributes on the instance - as it always has done). 3) known attributes will return ''true'' to a ''respond_to?'' and will not cause a ''NoMethodError'' if invoked 4) it will also store the ''attribute type'' against each attribute - currently this does nothing... but my next step is to add a typecast based on this, along with "attributes_before_typecast" ala Active Record. This will be extremely useful for integer values as I''ve found my own code peppered with "to_i" checks for attributes that I already know are meant to be integers :P 5) an extension will also allow us to pass in options. The only sensible one that I can see so far is ":default => ''blah'') which will, of course, set up known attributes with their given defaults - unless otherwise specified. Cheers, Taryn -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Core" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-core@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-core+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-core?hl=en.
Looks good. DHH would recommend using instance_eval for the schema block just to clean up the "s." On Dec 15, 3:58 am, taryneast <taryne...@gmail.com> wrote:> So, following on from the original discussion-thread here:http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-core/browse_thread/thread/... > > I''ve built some baseline functionality for defining a schema for an > Active Resource. > > Code available as a patch here:http://pastie.org/743842 > > and a more-readable combined diff here:http://pastie.org/743843 > > What you can now do is this: > > class FlickrPhoto << ActiveResource::Base > > define_schema do |s| > s.string :photo, :title > s.integer :width, :height > s.float :some_other_attribute > s.attribute ''and_another'', ''string'' > end > > validates_presence_of :photo > validates_numericality_of :width, :height > end > > # this works > my_photo = FlickrPhoto.new(:photo => ''photo_stream_here'', :title => > ''eben'', :tags => [''cat'']) > my_photo.valid? # => true > my_photo.save # => true > my_photo.photo # ''photo_stream_here'' > > # and now, so does this: > new_photo = FlickrPhoto.new() > new_photo.respond_to? :photo # => true > new_photo.photo # => nil > new_photo.valid? # => false > > new_photo.known_attributes # => [''photo'', ''title'', ''height'', > ''width'', ''some_other_attribute'', ''and_another''] > > # and if you fetch and existing one: > a_photo = FlickrPhoto.find(1) # <FlickrPhoto><photo>abcdef</ > photo><width>123</width><instance_attribute>456</instance_attribute></ > FlickrPhoto> > a_photo.photo # => ''abcdef'' > a_photo.width # => ''123'' # note: still a > string > a_photo.instance_attribute # => ''456'' # note: also a string > > a_photo.known_attributes # => [''photo'', ''title'', ''height'', > ''width'', ''some_other_attribute'', ''and_another'', ''instance_attribute''] > > new_photo.respond_to? ''instance_attribute'' # => false (because it''s > not a known_attribute) > > More details on what/how in the rdoc for define_schema :) > > To summarise: > 1) You can define a schema using ''define_schema'' and passing a block, > or passing a hash to ''schema='' > 2) this populates a set of ''known_attributes'' that are added to the > list of attributes currently on an instance (if there''s no schema, > this means that the known_attributes equals the existing attributes on > the instance - as it always has done). > 3) known attributes will return ''true'' to a ''respond_to?'' and will not > cause a ''NoMethodError'' if invoked > 4) it will also store the ''attribute type'' against each attribute - > currently this does nothing... but my next step is to add a typecast > based on this, along with "attributes_before_typecast" ala Active > Record. This will be extremely useful for integer values as I''ve found > my own code peppered with "to_i" checks for attributes that I already > know are meant to be integers :P > 5) an extension will also allow us to pass in options. The only > sensible one that I can see so far is ":default => ''blah'') which will, > of course, set up known attributes with their given defaults - unless > otherwise specified. > > Cheers, > Taryn-- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Core" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-core@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-core+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-core?hl=en.
Ah ok. I wasn''t sure how to do that, and figured I''d follow the ''create_table'' syntax. I''ll have a go at the instance_eval version though. Always good to learn new stuff. :) Cheers, Taryn On Dec 16, 5:59 pm, Joshua Peek <j...@joshpeek.com> wrote:> Looks good. > > DHH would recommend using instance_eval for the schema block just to > clean up the "s." > > On Dec 15, 3:58 am, taryneast <taryne...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > So, following on from the original discussion-thread here:http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-core/browse_thread/thread/... > > > I''ve built some baseline functionality for defining a schema for an > > Active Resource. > > > Code available as a patch here:http://pastie.org/743842 > > > and a more-readable combined diff here:http://pastie.org/743843 > > > What you can now do is this: > > > class FlickrPhoto << ActiveResource::Base > > > define_schema do |s| > > s.string :photo, :title > > s.integer :width, :height > > s.float :some_other_attribute > > s.attribute ''and_another'', ''string'' > > end > > > validates_presence_of :photo > > validates_numericality_of :width, :height > > end > > > # this works > > my_photo = FlickrPhoto.new(:photo => ''photo_stream_here'', :title => > > ''eben'', :tags => [''cat'']) > > my_photo.valid? # => true > > my_photo.save # => true > > my_photo.photo # ''photo_stream_here'' > > > # and now, so does this: > > new_photo = FlickrPhoto.new() > > new_photo.respond_to? :photo # => true > > new_photo.photo # => nil > > new_photo.valid? # => false > > > new_photo.known_attributes # => [''photo'', ''title'', ''height'', > > ''width'', ''some_other_attribute'', ''and_another''] > > > # and if you fetch and existing one: > > a_photo = FlickrPhoto.find(1) # <FlickrPhoto><photo>abcdef</ > > photo><width>123</width><instance_attribute>456</instance_attribute></ > > FlickrPhoto> > > a_photo.photo # => ''abcdef'' > > a_photo.width # => ''123'' # note: still a > > string > > a_photo.instance_attribute # => ''456'' # note: also a string > > > a_photo.known_attributes # => [''photo'', ''title'', ''height'', > > ''width'', ''some_other_attribute'', ''and_another'', ''instance_attribute''] > > > new_photo.respond_to? ''instance_attribute'' # => false (because it''s > > not a known_attribute) > > > More details on what/how in the rdoc for define_schema :) > > > To summarise: > > 1) You can define a schema using ''define_schema'' and passing a block, > > or passing a hash to ''schema='' > > 2) this populates a set of ''known_attributes'' that are added to the > > list of attributes currently on an instance (if there''s no schema, > > this means that the known_attributes equals the existing attributes on > > the instance - as it always has done). > > 3) known attributes will return ''true'' to a ''respond_to?'' and will not > > cause a ''NoMethodError'' if invoked > > 4) it will also store the ''attribute type'' against each attribute - > > currently this does nothing... but my next step is to add a typecast > > based on this, along with "attributes_before_typecast" ala Active > > Record. This will be extremely useful for integer values as I''ve found > > my own code peppered with "to_i" checks for attributes that I already > > know are meant to be integers :P > > 5) an extension will also allow us to pass in options. The only > > sensible one that I can see so far is ":default => ''blah'') which will, > > of course, set up known attributes with their given defaults - unless > > otherwise specified. > > > Cheers, > > Taryn > >-- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Core" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-core@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-core+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-core?hl=en.