require 'thread' module Heredity module InheritableClassInstanceVariables def self.included(klass) Thread.exclusive do klass.extend(::Heredity::InheritableClassInstanceVariables::ClassMethods) klass.class_eval do @_inheritable_class_instance_variables = [ :_inheritable_class_instance_variables ] class << self alias_method :inheritable_attribute, :inheritable_attributes alias_method :class_inheritable_attributes, :inheritable_attributes alias_method :class_inheritable_attribute, :inheritable_attributes end end end end module ClassMethods def inheritable_attributes(*args) Thread.exclusive do args.flatten.compact.uniq.each do |class_instance_variable| unless @_inheritable_class_instance_variables.include?(class_instance_variable) @_inheritable_class_instance_variables << class_instance_variable end end @_inheritable_class_instance_variables.each do |attr_symbol| unless self.respond_to?("#{attr_symbol}") class_eval %Q{ class << self; attr_reader :#{attr_symbol}; end } end unless self.respond_to?("#{attr_symbol}=") class_eval %Q{ class << self; attr_writer :#{attr_symbol}; end } end end @_inheritable_class_instance_variables end end def inherited(klass) super # ActiveRecord needs the inherited hook to setup fields Thread.exclusive do @_inheritable_class_instance_variables.each do |attribute| attr_sym = :"@#{attribute}" klass.instance_variable_set(attr_sym, self.instance_variable_get(attr_sym)) end end end end end end