lib/maintain.rb in maintain-0.2.6 vs lib/maintain.rb in maintain-0.2.8

@@ -68,9 +68,18 @@
       def #{attribute}
         @#{attribute} ||= self.class.maintainers[:#{attribute}].value(self)
       end
     EOC
 
+    class_eval <<-EOC, __FILE__
+      class << self
+        def maintain_#{attribute}
+          @#{attribute} ||= maintainers[:#{attribute}].states.sort{|a, b| (a[1][:compare_value] || a[1][:value]) <=> (b[1][:compare_value] || b[1][:value]) }.map{|key, value| key == value[:value] ? key : [key, value[:value]]}
+        end
+        #{"alias :#{attribute} :maintain_#{attribute}" unless respond_to?(attribute)}
+      end
+    EOC
+
     # Last! Not least! Save our maintainer directly on this class. We'll use it in our setters (as in above)
     # and we'll also modify it instead of replacing it outright, so subclasses or mixins can extend functionality
     # without replacing it.
     maintainers[attribute.to_sym] = maintainer
   end