Enumerated attributes with I18n and ActiveRecord/Mongoid/MongoMapper/Sequel support
- Installation
- Supported Versions
- Usage
- Database support
- I18n Support
- Boolean Helper Methods
- Optimzations and Tips
- Forms
- Testing
- Contributing
Add this line to your application's Gemfile:
gem 'enumerize'
And then execute:
$ bundle
Or install it yourself as:
$ gem install enumerize
- Ruby 3.1+
- Rails 7.0+
Basic:
class User
extend Enumerize
enumerize :role, in: [:user, :admin]
endNote that enumerized values are just identifiers so if you want to use multi-word, etc. values then you should use I18n feature.
class CreateUsers < ActiveRecord::Migration
def change
create_table :users do |t|
t.string :status
t.string :role
t.timestamps
end
end
end
class User < ActiveRecord::Base
extend Enumerize
enumerize :status, in: [:student, :employed, :retired], default: lambda { |user| StatusIdentifier.status_for_age(user.age).to_sym }
enumerize :role, in: [:user, :admin], default: :user
endenumerize adds inclusion validation to the model. You can skip validations by passing skip_validations option.
class User < ActiveRecord::Base
extend Enumerize
enumerize :status, in: [:student, :employed, :retired], skip_validations: lambda { |user| user.new_record? }
enumerize :role, in: [:user, :admin], skip_validations: true
endclass User
include Mongoid::Document
extend Enumerize
field :role
enumerize :role, in: [:user, :admin], default: :user
endclass User
include MongoMapper::Document
extend Enumerize
key :role
enumerize :role, in: [:user, :admin], default: :user
enden:
enumerize:
user:
status:
student: "Student"
employed: "Employed"
retired: "Retiree"or if you use status attribute across several models you can use defaults scope:
en:
enumerize:
defaults:
status:
student: "Student"
employed: "Employed"
retired: "Retiree"You can also pass i18n_scope option to specify scope (or array of scopes) storing the translations.
class Person
extend Enumerize
extend ActiveModel::Naming
enumerize :status, in: %w[student employed retired], i18n_scope: "status"
enumerize :roles, in: %w[user admin], i18n_scope: ["user.roles", "roles"]
enumerize :color, in: %w[green blue], i18n_scope: proc { |value| "color" }
end
# localization file
en:
status:
student: "Student"
employed: "Employed"
retired: "Retiree"
user:
roles:
user: "User"
roles:
admin: "Admin"Note that if you want to use I18n feature with plain Ruby object don't forget to extend it with ActiveModel::Naming:
class User
extend Enumerize
extend ActiveModel::Naming
endAttribute's I18n text value:
@user.status_text # or @user.status.textList of possible values for an enumerized attribute:
User.status.values # or User.enumerized_attributes[:status].values
# => ['student', 'employed', 'retired']List of possible I18n text values for an enumerized attribute:
User.status.values.collect(&:text)
# => ['Student', 'Employed', 'Retiree']Use it with forms (it supports :only and :except options):
<%= form_for @user do |f| %>
<%= f.select :status, User.status.options %>
<% end %>user.status = :student
user.status.student? #=> true
user.status.retired? #=> falseclass User
extend Enumerize
enumerize :status, in: %w(student employed retired), predicates: true
end
user = User.new
user.student? # => false
user.employed? # => false
user.status = :student
user.student? # => true
user.employed? # => falseenumerize is used with Mongoid, it's not recommended to use "writer" as a field value since writer? is defined by Mongoid. See more.
class User
extend Enumerize
enumerize :status, in: %w(student employed retired), predicates: { prefix: true }
end
user = User.new
user.status = 'student'
user.status_student? # => trueUse :only and :except options to specify what values create predicate methods for.
To make some attributes shared across different classes it's possible to define them in a separate module and then include it into classes:
module RoleEnumerations
extend Enumerize
enumerize :roles, in: %w[user admin]
end
class Buyer
include RoleEnumerations
end
class Seller
include RoleEnumerations
endIt's also possible to store enumerized attribute value using custom values (e.g. integers). You can pass a hash as :in option to achieve this:
class User < ActiveRecord::Base
extend Enumerize
enumerize :role, in: { user: 1, admin: 2 }
end
user = User.new
user.role = :user
user.role #=> 'user'
user.role_value #=> 1
User.role.find_value(:user).value #=> 1
User.role.find_value(:admin).value #=> 2class User < ActiveRecord::Base
extend Enumerize
enumerize :role, in: [:user, :admin], scope: true
enumerize :status, in: { student: 1, employed: 2, retired: 3 }, scope: :having_status
end
User.with_role(:admin)
# SELECT "users".* FROM "users" WHERE "users"."role" IN ('admin')
User.without_role(:admin)
# SELECT "users".* FROM "users" WHERE "users"."role" NOT IN ('admin')
User.having_status(:employed).with_role(:user, :admin)
# SELECT "users".* FROM "users" WHERE "users"."status" IN (2) AND "users"."role" IN ('user', 'admin')Adds named scopes to the class directly.
class User < ActiveRecord::Base
extend Enumerize
enumerize :status, in: [:student, :employed, :retired], scope: :shallow
enumerize :role, in: { user: 1, admin: 2 }, scope: :shallow
end
User.student
# SELECT "users".* FROM "users" WHERE "users"."status" = 'student'
User.admin
# SELECT "users".* FROM "users" WHERE "users"."role" = 2:multiple option.
Array-like attributes with plain ruby objects:
class User
extend Enumerize
enumerize :interests, in: [:music, :sports], multiple: true
end
user = User.new
user.interests << :music
user.interests << :sportsand with ActiveRecord:
class User < ActiveRecord::Base
extend Enumerize
serialize :interests, Array
enumerize :interests, in: [:music, :sports], multiple: true
endget an array of all text values:
@user.interests.texts # shortcut for @user.interests.map(&:text)Also, the reader method can be overridden, referencing the enumerized attribute value using super:
def status
if current_user.admin?
"Super #{super}"
else
super
end
endIf you are using SimpleForm gem you don't need to specify input type (:select by default) and collection:
<%= simple_form_for @user do |f| %>
<%= f.input :status %>
<% end %>and if you want it as radio buttons:
<%= simple_form_for @user do |f| %>
<%= f.input :status, as: :radio_buttons %>
<% end %>Please note that Enumerize overwrites the I18n keys of SimpleForm collections. The enumerized keys are used instead of the SimpleForm ones for inputs concerning enumerized attributes. If you don't want this just pass :collection option to the input call.
If you are using Formtastic gem you also don't need to specify input type (:select by default) and collection:
<%= semantic_form_for @user do |f| %>
<%= f.input :status %>
<% end %>and if you want it as radio buttons:
<%= semantic_form_for @user do |f| %>
<%= f.input :status, as: :radio %>
<% end %>Also you can use builtin RSpec matcher:
class User
extend Enumerize
enumerize :status, in: [:student, :employed, :retired]
end
describe User do
it { should enumerize(:status) }
# or with RSpec 3 expect syntax
it { is_expected.to enumerize(:status) }
endUse in to test usage of the :in option.
class User
extend Enumerize
enumerize :status, in: [:student, :employed, :retired]
end
describe User do
it { should enumerize(:status).in(:student, :employed, :retired) }
endYou can test enumerized attribute value using custom values with the in
qualifier.
class User
extend Enumerize
enumerize :role, in: { user: 0, admin: 1 }
end
describe User do
it { should enumerize(:role).in(user: 0, admin: 1) }
endUse with_default to test usage of the :default option.
class User
extend Enumerize
enumerize :role, in: [:user, :admin], default: :user
end
describe User do
it { should enumerize(:user).in(:user, :admin).with_default(:user) }
endUse with_i18n_scope to test usage of the :i18n_scope option.
class User
extend Enumerize
enumerize :status, in: [:student, :employed, :retired], i18n_scope: 'status'
end
describe User do
it { should enumerize(:status).in(:student, :employed, :retired).with_i18n_scope('status') }
endUse with_predicates to test usage of the :predicates option.
class User
extend Enumerize
enumerize :status, in: [:student, :employed, :retired], predicates: true
end
describe User do
it { should enumerize(:status).in(:student, :employed, :retired).with_predicates(true) }
endYou can text prefixed predicates with the with_predicates qualifiers.
class User
extend Enumerize
enumerize :status, in: [:student, :employed, :retired], predicates: { prefix: true }
end
describe User do
it { should enumerize(:status).in(:student, :employed, :retired).with_predicates(prefix: true) }
endUse with_scope to test usage of the :scope option.
class User
extend Enumerize
enumerize :status, in: [:student, :employed, :retired], scope: true
end
describe User do
it { should enumerize(:status).in(:student, :employed, :retired).with_scope(true) }
endYou can test a custom scope with the with_scope qualifiers.
class User
extend Enumerize
enumerize :status, in: [:student, :employed], scope: :employable
end
describe User do
it { should enumerize(:status).in(:student, :employed, :retired).with_scope(scope: :employable) }
endUse with_multiple to test usage of the :multiple option.
class User
extend Enumerize
enumerize :status, in: [:student, :employed, :retired], multiple: true
end
describe User do
it { should enumerize(:status).in(:student, :employed, :retired).with_multiple(true) }
endYou can use the RSpec matcher with shoulda in your tests by adding two lines in your test_helper.rb inside class ActiveSupport::TestCase definition:
class ActiveSupport::TestCase
ActiveRecord::Migration.check_pending!
require 'enumerize/integrations/rspec'
extend Enumerize::Integrations::RSpec
...
endEnumerize integrates with the following automatically:
- Fork it
- Create your feature branch (
git checkout -b my-new-feature) - Commit your changes (
git commit -am 'Added some feature') - Push to the branch (
git push origin my-new-feature) - Create new Pull Request