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Wrapping JSON-based ActiveRecord attributes with classes

Dmitry Tsepelev on February 26, 2019

Posted in Martian Chronicles Have you ever tried to denormalize your DB structure a little bit by using a JSON-based column? It goes without sayin...
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Johan Baaij •

This looks great. I wonder if your gem is suitable for an array of hashes. Each hash backed by it's own model. I've got a feeling that I have to write my own List type for this.

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Dmitry Tsepelev •

It was impossible earlier but I've just released 0.2.0 which supports this behavior:

class Product < ApplicationRecord
  attribute :configurations, Configuration.to_array_type
end
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Thanks for the idea!