Reform::Form.class_eval do module MultiParameterAttributes def self.included(base) base.features << self end class DateParamsFilter def call(params) date_attributes = {} params.each do |attribute, value| if value.is_a?(Hash) call(value) # TODO: #validate should only handle local form params. elsif matches = attribute.match(/^(\w+)\(.i\)$/) date_attribute = matches[1] date_attributes[date_attribute] = params_to_date( params.delete("#{date_attribute}(1i)"), params.delete("#{date_attribute}(2i)"), params.delete("#{date_attribute}(3i)") ) end end params.merge!(date_attributes) end private def params_to_date(year, month, day) return nil if blank_date_parameter?(year, month, day) Date.new(year.to_i, month.to_i, day.to_i) # TODO: test fails. end def blank_date_parameter?(year, month, day) year.blank? || month.blank? || day.blank? end end def validate(params) # TODO: make it cleaner to hook into essential reform steps. # TODO: test with nested. DateParamsFilter.new.call(params) super end end end