active_model_serializers/lib/active_model/serializer/reflection.rb
Benjamin Fleischer d7de53ce30 Consider evaluating association in serializer context
For discussion:

Consider evaluating association in serializer context

That way, associations are really just anything that
can be conditionally included.  They no longer
have to actually be methods on the object or serializer.

e.g.

```diff
has_many :comments do
- last(1)
+ Comment.active.for_serialization(object).last(1)
end
```
2015-12-29 22:16:42 -06:00

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module ActiveModel
class Serializer
# Holds all the meta-data about an association as it was specified in the
# ActiveModel::Serializer class.
#
# @example
# class PostSerializer < ActiveModel::Serializer
# has_one :author, serializer: AuthorSerializer
# has_many :comments
# has_many :comments, key: :last_comments do
# object.comments.last(1)
# end
# end
#
# Notice that the association block is evaluated in the context of the serializer.
# Specifically, the association 'comments' is evaluated two different ways:
# 1) as 'comments' and named 'comments'.
# 2) as 'object.comments.last(1)' and named 'last_comments'.
#
# PostSerializer._reflections #=>
# # [
# # HasOneReflection.new(:author, serializer: AuthorSerializer),
# # HasManyReflection.new(:comments)
# # ]
#
# So you can inspect reflections in your Adapters.
#
Reflection = Struct.new(:name, :options, :block) do
# @api private
def value(instance)
if block
instance.instance_eval(&block)
else
instance.read_attribute_for_serialization(name)
end
end
# Build association. This method is used internally to
# build serializer's association by its reflection.
#
# @param [Serializer] subject is a parent serializer for given association
# @param [Hash{Symbol => Object}] parent_serializer_options
#
# @example
# # Given the following serializer defined:
# class PostSerializer < ActiveModel::Serializer
# has_many :comments, serializer: CommentSummarySerializer
# end
#
# # Then you instantiate your serializer
# post_serializer = PostSerializer.new(post, foo: 'bar') #
# # to build association for comments you need to get reflection
# comments_reflection = PostSerializer._reflections.detect { |r| r.name == :comments }
# # and #build_association
# comments_reflection.build_association(post_serializer, foo: 'bar')
#
# @api private
#
def build_association(subject, parent_serializer_options)
association_value = value(subject)
reflection_options = options.dup
serializer_class = subject.class.serializer_for(association_value, reflection_options)
if serializer_class
begin
serializer = serializer_class.new(
association_value,
serializer_options(subject, parent_serializer_options, reflection_options)
)
rescue ActiveModel::Serializer::CollectionSerializer::NoSerializerError
reflection_options[:virtual_value] = association_value.try(:as_json) || association_value
end
elsif !association_value.nil? && !association_value.instance_of?(Object)
reflection_options[:virtual_value] = association_value
end
Association.new(name, serializer, reflection_options)
end
private
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
end
end