SerialAttr

SerialAttr makes it simple to keep track of which attributes of an object to serialize. It also provides helpers for serializing those attributes into a ruby hash and json.

Add this line to your application's Gemfile:

gem 'serial_attr'

And then execute:

$ bundle

Or install it yourself as:

$ gem install serial_attr

To use on any ruby object, just include SerialAttr::Model. It will then provide you with some helper methods to create a list of attribute names to serialize.

class MyObj
  include SerialAttr::Model

  serial_attr :name, :address, :phone_number
  skip_serial_attr :scratch_pad
end

serial_attr simply takes in a list of attributes to add to the whitelist. skip_serial_attr will add those attributes to the blacklist. The blacklist takes precedence over the whitelist.

If the object responds to attributes (like ActiveRecord) or redis_attributes (like RedisAttr) those will automatically be included in the whitelist. Use skip_serial_attr to exclude them.

1. Fork it
2. Create your feature branch (git checkout -b my-new-feature)
3. Commit your changes (git commit -am 'Add some feature')
4. Push to the branch (git push origin my-new-feature)
5. Create new Pull Request