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# NoIntegrity

## What is This?

Simple hash serialization with loose type coercion.  Built for ActiveRecord models, but does not rely specifically on anything from Rails.

## How do I use it?

For starters, throw this in your Gemfile:

    gem "no_integrity"

Then, add this to your class:

    class MrArbitrary < ActiveRecord::Base
      include NoIntegrity

      attr_accessor :some_random_hash

      no_attribute :misc
      no_attribute :hair, type: 'String'
      no_attribute :age, type: 'Integer'
      no_attribute :height, type: 'String'
      no_attribute :eyes, type: 'String'
      no_attribute :friendly, type: 'Boolean', default: true
      no_attribute :cheese
      no_attribute :ham
      no_attribute :balogne
    end

Finally, you can make calls like this:

    arbs = MrArbitrary.new
    arbs.friendly? # => false
    arbs.friendly = true
    arbs.friendly? # => true

You can define as many attributes as you want, and you can specify any of the following coercion types:

1. `String`
2. `Integer`
3. `Boolean`

## Upgrading From 0.4.0

For `0.5.0` I added the ability to store default values for each of the attributes.  This required some changes to the way that attributes were setup and stored for each object.

In your classes you'll need to convert from:

    no_attribute hair: 'String'

To:

    no_attribute :hair, type: 'String'

Also if you relied on any of the undocumented method calls, you'll need to update them so they can handle the new internal structure.

## Why?

A while back, I needed serialized attributes but it either didn't work for my use case or it wasn't made yet.  So, I wrote this gem.

## Contributing

__Do not modify the gemspec or version unless you absolutely need to!__

1. Fork it
2. Create your feature branch (`git checkout -b my-new-feature`)
3. Commit your changes (`git commit -am 'Add some feature'`)
4. Push to the branch (`git push origin my-new-feature`)
5. Create new Pull Request

Version data entries

3 entries across 3 versions & 1 rubygems

Version	Path
no_integrity-0.6.0	README.md
no_integrity-0.5.2	README.md
no_integrity-0.5.0	README.md