Extend serializer lookup to the parent serializer.

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ Breaking changes:
 
 Features:
 
+- [#1225](https://github.com/rails-api/active_model_serializers/pull/1125) Better serializer lookup, use nested serializer when it exists (@beauby)
 - [#1172](https://github.com/rails-api/active_model_serializers/pull/1172) Better serializer registration, get more than just the first module (@bf4)
 - [#1158](https://github.com/rails-api/active_model_serializers/pull/1158) Add support for wildcards in `include` option (@beauby)
 - [#1127](https://github.com/rails-api/active_model_serializers/pull/1127) Add support for nested

docs/general/getting_started.md

@@ -57,6 +57,37 @@ class CommentSerializer < ActiveModel::Serializer
 end
 ```
 
+### Namespaced Models
+
+When serializing a model inside a namespace, such as `Api::V1::Post`, AMS will expect the corresponding serializer to be inside the same namespace (namely `Api::V1::PostSerializer`).
+
+### Model Associations and Nested Serializers
+
+When declaring a serializer for a model with associations, such as:
+```ruby
+class PostSerializer < ActiveModel::Serializer
+  has_many :comments
+end
+```
+AMS will look for `PostSerializer::CommentSerializer` in priority, and fall back to `::CommentSerializer` in case the former does not exist. This allows for more control over the way a model gets serialized as an association of an other model.
+
+For example, in the following situation:
+
+```ruby
+class CommentSerializer < ActiveModel::Serializer
+  attributes :body, :date, :nb_likes
+end
+
+class PostSerializer < ActiveModel::Serializer
+  has_many :comments
+  class CommentSerializer < ActiveModel::Serializer
+    attributes :body_short
+  end
+end
+```
+
+AMS will use `PostSerializer::CommentSerializer` (thus including only the `:body_short` attribute) when serializing a `Comment` as part of a `Post`, but use `::CommentSerializer` when serializing a `Comment` directly (thus including `:body, :date, :nb_likes`).
+
 ## Rails Integration
 
 AMS will automatically integrate with you Rails app, you won't need to update your controller, this is a example of how it will look like:

lib/active_model/serializer.rb

@@ -108,10 +108,25 @@ module ActiveModel
       Digest::MD5.hexdigest(serializer_file_contents)
     end
 
+    # @api private
+    def self.serializer_lookup_chain_for(klass)
+      chain = []
+
+      resource_class_name = klass.name.demodulize
+      resource_namespace = klass.name.deconstantize
+      serializer_class_name = "#{resource_class_name}Serializer"
+
+      chain.push("#{name}::#{serializer_class_name}") if self != ActiveModel::Serializer
+      chain.push("#{resource_namespace}::#{serializer_class_name}")
+
+      chain
+    end
+
+    # @api private
     def self.get_serializer_for(klass)
       serializers_cache.fetch_or_store(klass) do
-        serializer_class_name = "#{klass.name}Serializer"
+        # NOTE(beauby): When we drop 1.9.3 support we can lazify the map for perfs.
-        serializer_class = serializer_class_name.safe_constantize
+        serializer_class = serializer_lookup_chain_for(klass).map(&:safe_constantize).find { |x| x }
 
         if serializer_class
           serializer_class

lib/active_model/serializer/array_serializer.rb

@@ -11,9 +11,8 @@ module ActiveModel
         @root = options[:root]
         @object = resources
         @serializers = resources.map do |resource|
-          serializer_class = options.fetch(:serializer) do
+          serializer_context_class = options.fetch(:serializer_context_class, ActiveModel::Serializer)
-            ActiveModel::Serializer.serializer_for(resource)
+          serializer_class = options.fetch(:serializer) { serializer_context_class.serializer_for(resource) }
-          end
 
           if serializer_class.nil?
             fail NoSerializerError, "No serializer found for resource: #{resource.inspect}"

lib/active_model/serializer/reflection.rb

@@ -42,13 +42,13 @@ module ActiveModel
       def build_association(subject, parent_serializer_options)
         association_value = subject.send(name)
         reflection_options = options.dup
-        serializer_class = ActiveModel::Serializer.serializer_for(association_value, reflection_options)
+        serializer_class = subject.class.serializer_for(association_value, reflection_options)
 
         if serializer_class
           begin
             serializer = serializer_class.new(
               association_value,
-              serializer_options(parent_serializer_options, reflection_options)
+              serializer_options(subject, parent_serializer_options, reflection_options)
             )
           rescue ActiveModel::Serializer::ArraySerializer::NoSerializerError
             reflection_options[:virtual_value] = association_value.try(:as_json) || association_value
@@ -62,11 +62,12 @@ module ActiveModel
 
       private
 
-      def serializer_options(parent_serializer_options, reflection_options)
+      def serializer_options(subject, parent_serializer_options, reflection_options)
         serializer = reflection_options.fetch(:serializer, nil)
 
         serializer_options = parent_serializer_options.except(:serializer)
         serializer_options[:serializer] = serializer if serializer
+        serializer_options[:serializer_context_class] = subject.class
         serializer_options
       end
     end

test/serializers/associations_test.rb

@@ -125,6 +125,88 @@ module ActiveModel
         assert expected_association_keys.include? :writer
         assert expected_association_keys.include? :site
       end
+
+      class NamespacedResourcesTest < Minitest::Test
+        class ResourceNamespace
+          Post    = Class.new(::Model)
+          Comment = Class.new(::Model)
+          Author  = Class.new(::Model)
+          Description = Class.new(::Model)
+          class PostSerializer < ActiveModel::Serializer
+            has_many :comments
+            belongs_to :author
+            has_one :description
+          end
+          CommentSerializer     = Class.new(ActiveModel::Serializer)
+          AuthorSerializer      = Class.new(ActiveModel::Serializer)
+          DescriptionSerializer = Class.new(ActiveModel::Serializer)
+        end
+
+        def setup
+          @comment = ResourceNamespace::Comment.new
+          @author = ResourceNamespace::Author.new
+          @description = ResourceNamespace::Description.new
+          @post = ResourceNamespace::Post.new(comments: [@comment],
+                                              author: @author,
+                                              description: @description)
+          @post_serializer = ResourceNamespace::PostSerializer.new(@post)
+        end
+
+        def test_associations_namespaced_resources
+          @post_serializer.associations.each do |association|
+            case association.key
+            when :comments
+              assert_instance_of(ResourceNamespace::CommentSerializer, association.serializer.first)
+            when :author
+              assert_instance_of(ResourceNamespace::AuthorSerializer, association.serializer)
+            when :description
+              assert_instance_of(ResourceNamespace::DescriptionSerializer, association.serializer)
+            else
+              flunk "Unknown association: #{key}"
+            end
+          end
+        end
+      end
+
+      class NestedSerializersTest < Minitest::Test
+        Post    = Class.new(::Model)
+        Comment = Class.new(::Model)
+        Author  = Class.new(::Model)
+        Description = Class.new(::Model)
+        class PostSerializer < ActiveModel::Serializer
+          has_many :comments
+          CommentSerializer = Class.new(ActiveModel::Serializer)
+          belongs_to :author
+          AuthorSerializer = Class.new(ActiveModel::Serializer)
+          has_one :description
+          DescriptionSerializer = Class.new(ActiveModel::Serializer)
+        end
+
+        def setup
+          @comment = Comment.new
+          @author = Author.new
+          @description = Description.new
+          @post = Post.new(comments: [@comment],
+                           author: @author,
+                           description: @description)
+          @post_serializer = PostSerializer.new(@post)
+        end
+
+        def test_associations_namespaced_resources
+          @post_serializer.associations.each do |association|
+            case association.key
+            when :comments
+              assert_instance_of(PostSerializer::CommentSerializer, association.serializer.first)
+            when :author
+              assert_instance_of(PostSerializer::AuthorSerializer, association.serializer)
+            when :description
+              assert_instance_of(PostSerializer::DescriptionSerializer, association.serializer)
+            else
+              flunk "Unknown association: #{key}"
+            end
+          end
+        end
+      end
     end
   end
 end

test/serializers/serializer_for_test.rb

@@ -27,8 +27,19 @@ module ActiveModel
       end
 
       class SerializerTest < Minitest::Test
+        module ResourceNamespace
+          Post    = Class.new(::Model)
+          Comment = Class.new(::Model)
+
+          class PostSerializer < ActiveModel::Serializer
+            class CommentSerializer < ActiveModel::Serializer
+            end
+          end
+        end
+
         class MyProfile < Profile
         end
+
         class CustomProfile
           def serializer_class; ProfileSerializer; end
         end
@@ -59,6 +70,18 @@ module ActiveModel
           serializer = ActiveModel::Serializer.serializer_for(@custom_profile)
           assert_equal ProfileSerializer, serializer
         end
+
+        def test_serializer_for_namespaced_resource
+          post = ResourceNamespace::Post.new
+          serializer = ActiveModel::Serializer.serializer_for(post)
+          assert_equal(ResourceNamespace::PostSerializer, serializer)
+        end
+
+        def test_serializer_for_nested_resource
+          comment = ResourceNamespace::Comment.new
+          serializer = ResourceNamespace::PostSerializer.serializer_for(comment)
+          assert_equal(ResourceNamespace::PostSerializer::CommentSerializer, serializer)
+        end
       end
     end
   end