require "active_record" require "active_record/safe_initialize/version" require 'active_support/core_ext/array/extract_options' module ActiveRecord module SafeInitialize def safe_initialize(*attributes, &block) options = attributes.extract_options! default = options.fetch(:with, block) raise ArgumentError, "Missing initialization value" unless default warn "Both :with and block are present; using :with value" if options[:with] && block_given? after_initialize(options) do attributes.each do |attribute| if has_attribute?(attribute) && read_attribute(attribute).nil? value = default value = instance_exec(&value) if value.respond_to?(:call) value = self.send(value) if value.is_a?(Symbol) self.send "#{attribute}=", value end end end end end end ActiveRecord::Base.extend ActiveRecord::SafeInitialize