module Toy module Serialization extend ActiveSupport::Concern include ActiveModel::Serializers::JSON include ActiveModel::Serializers::Xml def serializable_attributes attributes.keys.sort.map(&:to_sym) end def serializable_hash(options = nil) hash = {} options ||= {} options[:only] = Array.wrap(options[:only]).map(&:to_sym) options[:except] = Array.wrap(options[:except]).map(&:to_sym) serializable_stuff = serializable_attributes.map(&:to_sym) if options[:only].any? serializable_stuff &= options[:only] elsif options[:except].any? serializable_stuff -= options[:except] end serializable_stuff += Array.wrap(options[:methods]).map(&:to_sym).select do |method| respond_to?(method) end serializable_stuff.each do |name| value = send(name) hash[name.to_s] = if value.is_a?(Array) value.map { |v| v.respond_to?(:serializable_hash) ? v.serializable_hash : v } elsif value.respond_to?(:serializable_hash) value.serializable_hash else value end end hash end end end