require File.expand_path(File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/spec_helper') describe JsonSerialize do describe "#json_serialize" do context "[getter]" do it "should JSON-decode the value" do require 'logger' object = Json.create! Json.update_all(data: '{"foo":"bar"}') object.reload.data.should eql('foo' => 'bar') end it "should return nil if the value is nil" do object = Json.create! Json.update_all(data: nil) object.reload.data.should be_nil end end context "[setter]" do it "should JSON-encode the value" do object = Json.create!(data: { foo: 'bar' }) object.send(:read_attribute, :data).should eql({ foo: 'bar' }.to_json) end it "should leave nil as nil" do object = Json.create!(data: nil) object.send(:read_attribute, :data).should be_nil end end context "[database backing]" do it "should back the instance object with the database" do object = Json.create!(data: { foo: 'bar' }) object.data[:foo2] = 'bar2' object.save! object.data.should eql('foo' => 'bar', 'foo2' => 'bar2') end it "should clear the in-memory reference on reload" do object = Json.create!(data: { foo: 'bar' }) object.data[:foo2] = 'bar2' object.reload object.data.should eql('foo' => 'bar') end end end end