make-private is an ActiveRecord extension that will make all your active record properties private and give you control over what is private and what should be public.
By default active record makes all properties and associations public which does make it faster to develop with but breaks encapsulation by default. make-private has been developed to bring back encapsulation to active record model.
##Install
gem install make-private
make-private is currently in development
To use make-private private you simply have to include the module in your model, simple.
require 'make-private'
class BusinessModel < ActiveRecord::Base
#a_property: string
include MakePrivate
end
business_model = BusinessModel.new
business_model.a_property # This will throw a NoMethodError exceptionProperties can be set as normal from within the model
require 'make-private'
class BusinessModel < ActiveRecord::Base
#a_property: string
include MakePrivate
def do_something_useful parameter
##some logic
self.a_property = parameter
end
endIf you require to make a property publicly readable set the method to public
require 'make-private'
class BusinessModel < ActiveRecord::Base
#a_property: string
include MakePrivate
public :a_property
end
business_model = BusinessModel.new
business_model.a_property # This will no longer throw a NoMethodError exception
business_model.a_property = "something interesting" # This will still throw a NoMethodError exceptionSimilarly if you really really really need to make the property setter public.
require 'make-private'
class BusinessModel < ActiveRecord::Base
#a_property: string
include MakePrivate
public :a_property, :a_property=
end
business_model = BusinessModel.new
business_model.a_property # This will no longer throw a NoMethodError exception
business_model.a_property = "something interesting" # This will not throw a NoMethodError exception##Notes
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