Toar
Deserialize ActiveRecord Model JSON (to_json -> to_ar)
Installation
Add this line to your application's Gemfile:
gem 'toar'And then execute:
$ bundle
Or install it yourself as:
$ gem install toar
Usage
> user = User.create(name: 'A')
=> #<User id: 1, name: "A", account_id: nil>
> user.posts.create(body: 'Post1')
=> #<Post id: 1, user_id: 1, body: "Post1">
> user.posts.create(body: 'Post2')
=> #<Post id: 2, user_id: 1, body: "Post2">
> user.create_account(name: 'AC')
=> #<Account id: 1, name: "AC">
> json = user.to_json(include: [:posts, :account])
=> "{\"id\":1,\"name\":\"A\",\"account_id\":1,\"posts\":[{\"id\":1,\"user_id\":1,\"body\":\"Post1\"},{\"id\":2,\"user_id\":1,\"body\":\"Post2\"}],\"account\":{\"id\":1,\"name\":\"AC\"}}"
> [Post, User, Account].each(&:destroy_all)
=> [Post(id: integer, user_id: integer, body: text), User(id: integer, name: string, account_id: integer), Account(id: integer, name: string)]
> user_r = Toar.to_ar(User, json)
=> #<User id: 1, name: "A", account_id: nil>
> user_r.posts
=> #<ActiveRecord::Associations::CollectionProxy [#<Post id: 1, user_id: 1, body: "Post1">, #<Post id: 2, user_id: 1, body: "Post2">]>
> user_r.account
=> #<Account id: 1, name: "AC">
extend ActiveRecord Model
class User
extend Toar::Ar
toar includes: [:posts, :account]
end
u = User.new
u.build_account
3.times { u.posts.build }
u.save!
u.reload
json = u.toar_to_json
u_ = User.to_ar(json)
p u_.posts
p u_.account
Development
After checking out the repo, run bin/setup to install dependencies. Then, run rake test to run the tests. You can also run bin/console for an interactive prompt that will allow you to experiment.
To install this gem onto your local machine, run bundle exec rake install. To release a new version, update the version number in version.rb, and then run bundle exec rake release, which will create a git tag for the version, push git commits and tags, and push the .gem file to rubygems.org.