class Hash # Return a hash containing the entries that differ to the passed hash. # Blank objects are considered equal. # # { 1 => 1, 2 => 3 }.substantial_differences_to({ 1 => 4, 2 => 3 }) => { 1 => 1 } # { 1 => 1 }.substantial_differences_to({ 1 => 1 }) => {} def substantial_differences_to(hash) reject do |key, value| hash[key] == value || (hash[key].blank? && value.blank?) end end def substantial_difference_to?(hash) substantial_differences_to(hash).any? end end module ActiveRecord module Acts module Modified def self.included(base) base.extend(SingletonMethods) base.attribute_method_suffix "_modified?", "_original" base.class_inheritable_array :excluded_attributes, :included_attributes base.excluded_attributes = %w(updated_at updated_on) end module SingletonMethods # == Configuration options # # * :clear_after_save - should the original attributes be cleared after saving, defaults to false. Causes modified? to return false after save has been called. # * :except - A list of attributes that should not be monitored for modifications. # * :only - If specified, only the attributes listed will be monitored for modifications. def acts_as_modified(options = {}) options.assert_valid_keys :clear_after_save, :except, :only after_save :clear_original_attributes if options[:clear_after_save] self.excluded_attributes = [*options[:except]].map!(&:to_s) if options[:except] self.included_attributes = [*options[:only]].map!(&:to_s) if options[:only] unless self.included_modules.include?(ActiveRecord::Acts::Modified::InstanceMethods) class << self include ClassMethods alias_method_chain :belongs_to, :original end include InstanceMethods alias_method_chain :write_attribute, :original_attributes alias_method_chain :reload, :clear_original_attributes end end end module ClassMethods # Use original_+association+ to get the original object of a belongs_to association. # # person.original_school instead of School.find(person.school_id_original) # # person = Person.find(:first) # person.school_id # 1 # person.school_id = 3 # person.original_school # will do School.find_by_id(1) def belongs_to_with_original(association_id, options = {}) returning belongs_to_without_original(association_id, options) do reflection = reflections[association_id] class_eval <<-END def original_#{association_id} reflection = self.class.reflections[:#{association_id}] original_foreign_key = read_original_attribute(reflection.primary_key_name) unless original_foreign_key.blank? reflection.klass.find_by_id(original_foreign_key) end end END end end end module InstanceMethods # Updates the attribute identified by attr_name with the specified +value+. Empty strings for fixnum and float columns are turned into nil. # The first call causes the original values of all attributes to be stored def write_attribute_with_original_attributes(attr_name, value) #:nodoc: ensure_original_attribute_stored(attr_name) write_attribute_without_original_attributes(attr_name, value) end # Like ActiveRecord::Base#attributes_before_type_cast, but returns original attribute values def original_attributes_before_type_cast clone_attributes :read_original_attribute_before_type_cast end # Like ActiveRecord::Base#attributes, but returns original attribute values def original_attributes clone_attributes :read_original_attribute end # Like ActiveRecord::Base#read_attribute, but returns original attribute value def read_original_attribute(attr_name) attr_name = attr_name.to_s unless original_attributes_hash.include?(attr_name) __send__(attr_name) else if !(value = original_attributes_hash[attr_name]).nil? if column = column_for_attribute(attr_name) if unserializable_attribute?(attr_name, column) unserialize_attribute(attr_name) else column.type_cast(value) end else value end else nil end end end # Like ActiveRecord::Base#read_attribute_before_type_cast, but returns original attribute value def read_original_attribute_before_type_cast(attr_name) attr_name = attr_name.to_s if original_attributes_hash.include?(attr_name) original_attributes_hash[attr_name] else read_attribute_before_type_cast(attr_name) end end # Replaces the current set of original values with the current attribute values. # This makes it as if the attributes were never modified. # # person = Person.find(:first) # person.name = 'New name' # person.modified? # true # # person.clear_original_attributes # # person.modified? # false def clear_original_attributes original_attributes_hash.clear end # Returns true if any of the attributes have changed. New records always return false. # # person = Person.find(:first) # person.modified? # false # person.name = "New name" # person.modified? # true def modified? new_record? || original_attributes.substantial_difference_to?(attributes) end # Returns a hash containing changed attributes and their original values. # Pass :changed to return the current attribute values instead. # # person = Person.find(:first) # person.name # Jonathan # person.name = 'New name' # person.modified_attributes # { "name" => "Jonathan" } # person.modified_attributes(:changed) # { "name" => "New name" } def modified_attributes(changed = nil) returning original_attributes.substantial_differences_to(attributes) do |values| if changed values.update(attributes.slice(*values.keys)) end end end # Restore the attributes to their original values. Use :only or :except to restore specific attributes. # # person = Person.find(:first) # person.name # Jonathan # person.age # 100 # person.name = 'New name' # person.age = 25 # # person.restore_attributes # Restores name and age to original values # person.restore_attributes :only => :name # Restores name to its original value # person.restore_attributes :except => [:name, :age] # Restores all attributes except name and age to their original values def restore_attributes @attributes.update(original_attributes_before_type_cast) @attributes_cache.clear end # Use +attribute+_modified? to find out if a specific attribute has been modified. # # person = Person.find(:first) # person.name_modified? # false # person.name = 'New name' # person.name_modified? # true def attribute_modified?(attr_name) modified_attributes.include?(attr_name.to_s) end # When Base#reload is called, the original attributes should be cleared def reload_with_clear_original_attributes(options = nil) #:nodoc: clear_original_attributes reload_without_clear_original_attributes(options) end private def original_attributes_hash @original_attributes ||= {} end def attribute_original(attr_name) read_original_attribute(attr_name) end def included_attribute?(attr_name) included_attributes && included_attributes.include?(attr_name.to_s) end def excluded_attribute?(attr_name) excluded_attributes && excluded_attributes.include?(attr_name.to_s) end def store_original_attribute?(attr_name) attr_name = attr_name.to_s # If attributes are exclusively included, this attribute must be one of them and not excluded if included_attributes return included_attribute?(attr_name) && !excluded_attribute?(attr_name) end # Otherwise, this attribute just needs to not be excluded !excluded_attribute?(attr_name) end def ensure_original_attribute_stored(attr_name) attr_name = attr_name.to_s if store_original_attribute?(attr_name) and !original_attributes_hash.include?(attr_name) original_attributes_hash[attr_name] = @attributes[attr_name] end end end end end end ActiveRecord::Base.class_eval do include ActiveRecord::Acts::Modified end