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# stored_attribute [![Build Status](https://secure.travis-ci.org/Arjeno/stored_attribute.png?branch=master)](http://travis-ci.org/Arjeno/stored_attribute)

A simple extension to ActiveRecord for type casting serialized stored attributes using the `store` (introduced in Rails 3.2.0) method.

## Usage

Add to your Gemfile:

```ruby
gem 'stored_attribute'
```

## Example code

```ruby
class Post < ActiveRecord::Base
  store :data, :accessors => [:show_date, :show_author, :background_color]

  attribute :show_date,         :type => :boolean,  :default => false
  attribute :show_author,       :type => :boolean,  :default => true
  attribute :background_color,  :type => :string,   :default => '#FFFFFF'
end

post = Post.create
post.show_date # => false

post.update_attributes({ :show_date => true })
post.show_date # => true
```

Version data entries

1 entries across 1 versions & 1 rubygems

Version	Path
stored_attribute-0.0.2	README.md