Allow to embed nothing but still side loading

Closes #361, #399, #401

lib/active_model/serializer/associations.rb

@@ -7,9 +7,8 @@ module ActiveModel
       def initialize(name, options={})
         @name          = name.to_s
         @options       = options
-
+        self.embed     = options.fetch(:embed)   { CONFIG.embed }
-        self.embed     = options[:embed] || CONFIG.embed || :objects
+        @embed_in_root = options.fetch(:include) { CONFIG.include }
-        @embed_in_root = @embed_ids && (options[:include] || CONFIG.include)
         @embed_key     = options[:embed_key] || :id
         @key           = options[:key]
         @embedded_key  = options[:root] || name

lib/active_model/serializer/config.rb

@@ -48,5 +48,6 @@ module ActiveModel
     end
 
     CONFIG = Config.new
+    CONFIG.embed = :objects
   end
 end

test/unit/active_model/serializer/has_many_test.rb

@@ -98,6 +98,20 @@ module ActiveModel
         CONFIG.clear
       end
 
+      def test_associations_embedding_nothing_including_objects_serialization_using_as_json
+        CONFIG.embed = nil
+        CONFIG.include = true
+
+        PostSerializer._associations[:comments].send :initialize, @association.name, @association.options
+
+        assert_equal({
+          'post' => { title: 'Title 1', body: 'Body 1' },
+          'comments' => [{ content: 'C1' }, { content: 'C2' }]
+        }, @post_serializer.as_json)
+      ensure
+        CONFIG.clear
+      end
+
       def test_associations_using_a_given_serializer
         @association.embed_in_root = true
         @post_serializer.root = nil