Adding cache support to version 0.10.0

It's a new implementation of cache based on ActiveSupport::Cache.
The implementation abstracts the cache in Adapter class on a
private method called cached_object, this method is intended
to be used on Adapters inside serializable_hash method in order
to cache each instance of the object that will be returned by
the serializer.

Some of its features are:
- A different syntax. (no longer need the cache_key method).
- An options argument that have the same arguments of ActiveSupport::Cache::Store, plus a key option that will be the prefix of the object cache on a pattern "#{key}-#{object.id}".
- It cache the objects individually and not the whole Serializer return, re-using it in different requests (as a show and a index method for example.)

lib/active_model/serializer.rb

@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@ module ActiveModel
       attr_accessor :_attributes
       attr_accessor :_associations
       attr_accessor :_urls
+      attr_accessor :_cache
+      attr_accessor :_cache_key
+      attr_accessor :_cache_options
     end
 
     def self.inherited(base)
@@ -36,7 +39,14 @@ module ActiveModel
       end unless method_defined?(key)
     end
 
-    # Defines an association in the object that should be rendered.
+    # Enables a serializer to be automatically cached
+    def self.cache(options = {})
+      @_cache = ActionController::Base.cache_store if Rails.configuration.action_controller.perform_caching
+      @_cache_key = options.delete(:key)
+      @_cache_options = (options.empty?) ? nil : options
+    end
+
+    # Defines an association in the object should be rendered.
     #
     # The serializer object should implement the association name
     # as a method which should return an array when invoked. If a method

lib/active_model/serializer/adapter.rb

@@ -50,6 +50,20 @@ module ActiveModel
         json[meta_key] = meta if meta && root
         json
       end
+
+      private
+
+      def cached_object
+        klass = serializer.class
+        if klass._cache
+          _cache_key = (klass._cache_key) ? "#{klass._cache_key}/#{serializer.object.id}-#{serializer.object.updated_at}" : serializer.object.cache_key
+          klass._cache.fetch(_cache_key, klass._cache_options) do
+            yield
+          end
+        else
+          yield
+        end
+      end
     end
   end
 end

lib/active_model/serializer/adapter/json.rb

@@ -6,19 +6,21 @@ module ActiveModel
           if serializer.respond_to?(:each)
             @result = serializer.map{|s| self.class.new(s).serializable_hash }
           else
-            @result = serializer.attributes(options)
-
-            serializer.each_association do |name, association, opts|
-              if association.respond_to?(:each)
-                array_serializer = association
-                @result[name] = array_serializer.map { |item| item.attributes(opts) }
-              else
-                if association
-                  @result[name] = association.attributes(options)
+            @result = cached_object do
+              @hash = serializer.attributes(options)
+              serializer.each_association do |name, association, opts|
+                if association.respond_to?(:each)
+                  array_serializer = association
+                  @hash[name] = array_serializer.map { |item| item.attributes(opts) }
                 else
-                  @result[name] = nil
+                  if association
+                    @hash[name] = association.attributes(options)
+                  else
+                    @hash[name] = nil
+                  end
                 end
               end
+              @hash
             end
           end
 

lib/active_model/serializer/adapter/json_api.rb

@@ -23,10 +23,12 @@ module ActiveModel
               self.class.new(s, @options.merge(top: @top, fieldset: @fieldset)).serializable_hash[@root]
             end
           else
-            @hash[@root] = attributes_for_serializer(serializer, @options)
-            add_resource_links(@hash[@root], serializer)
+            @hash = cached_object do
+              @hash[@root] = attributes_for_serializer(serializer, @options)
+              add_resource_links(@hash[@root], serializer)
+              @hash
+            end
           end
-
           @hash
         end
 

lib/active_model_serializers.rb

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-require "active_model"
-require "active_model/serializer/version"
-require "active_model/serializer"
-require "active_model/serializer/fieldset"
+require 'active_model'
+require 'active_model/serializer/version'
+require 'active_model/serializer'
+require 'active_model/serializer/fieldset'
 
 begin
   require 'action_controller'