lib/configure_me/setting.rb in configure_me-0.2.1 vs lib/configure_me/setting.rb in configure_me-0.3.1

@@ -1,16 +1,27 @@
 module ConfigureMe
   class Setting
-    attr_reader :name, :default
+    attr_reader :name, :type, :default
 
-    def initialize(owner, name, *args)
+    def initialize(owner, name, type, *args)
       options = args.extract_options!
 
-      @owner, @name = owner, name.to_s
+      @owner, @name, @type = owner, name.to_s
       @default = options.key?(:default) ? options[:default] : nil
     end
 
     def define_methods!
       @owner.define_attribute_methods(true)
+    end
+
+    def convert(value)
+      case type
+      when :string    then value
+      when :text      then value
+      when :integer   then value.to_i rescue value ? 1 : 0
+      when :float     then value.to_f
+      when :date      then ActiveRecord::ConnectionAdapters::Column.string_to_date(value)
+      else value
+      end
     end
   end
 end