Adding info to the readme on how to specify the type, adding an additional

test to cover a computed property without a type
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Matt Rogish
2012-12-11 10:33:17 -05:00
parent 25c564bd6f
commit 72652ce37e
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@@ -232,6 +232,20 @@ class PostSerializer < ActiveModel::Serializer
end
```
The type of a computed attribute (like :full_name above) is not easily
calculated without some sophisticated static code analysis. To specify the
type of a computed attribute:
```ruby
class PersonSerializer < ActiveModel::Serializer
attributes :first_name, :last_name, {:full_name => :string}
def full_name
"#{object.first_name} #{object.last_name}"
end
end
```
If you would like the key in the outputted JSON to be different from its name
in ActiveRecord, you can use the `:key` option to customize it: