actually use the plugin parser in the write method (yikes)

lib/validates_timeliness.rb

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ require 'active_support/core_ext/date_time/acts_like'
 require 'active_support/core_ext/date_time/conversions'
 
 module ValidatesTimeliness
+  autoload :Parser,  'validates_timeliness/parser'
   autoload :VERSION, 'validates_timeliness/version'
 
   # Add plugin to supported ORMs (only :active_record for now)
@@ -45,7 +46,6 @@ module ValidatesTimeliness
   end
 end
 
-require 'validates_timeliness/parser'
 require 'validates_timeliness/conversion'
 require 'validates_timeliness/validator'
 require 'validates_timeliness/helper_methods'

lib/validates_timeliness/attribute_methods.rb

@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ module ValidatesTimeliness
           def #{attr_name}=(value)
             @attributes_cache ||= {}
             @attributes_cache["_#{attr_name}_before_type_cast"] = value
+            #{ "value = ValidatesTimeliness::Parser.parse(value, :#{type}) if value.is_a?(String)" if ValidatesTimeliness.use_plugin_parser }
             super
           end
         EOV

spec/spec_helper.rb

@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ class Person
   define_attribute_methods model_attributes
 end
 
+ActiveRecord::Base.time_zone_aware_attributes = true
 ActiveRecord::Base.establish_connection({:adapter => 'sqlite3', :database => ':memory:'})
 ActiveRecord::Migration.verbose = false
 ActiveRecord::Schema.define(:version => 1) do

spec/validates_timeliness/attribute_methods_spec.rb

@@ -6,16 +6,43 @@ describe ValidatesTimeliness::AttributeMethods do
   end
   
   context "attribute write method" do
-    class EmployeeCopy < ActiveRecord::Base
+    class EmployeeWithCache < ActiveRecord::Base
       set_table_name 'employees'
       validates_datetime :birth_datetime
     end
 
     it 'should cache attribute raw value' do
-      r = EmployeeCopy.new
+      r = EmployeeWithCache.new
       r.birth_datetime = date_string = '2010-01-01'
       r._timeliness_raw_value_for(:birth_datetime).should == date_string
     end
+
+    context "with plugin parser" do
+      class EmployeeWithParser < ActiveRecord::Base
+        set_table_name 'employees'
+        validates_datetime :birth_date
+      end
+
+      before :all do
+        ValidatesTimeliness.use_plugin_parser = true
+      end
+
+      it 'should parse a string value' do
+        ValidatesTimeliness::Parser.should_receive(:parse) 
+        r = EmployeeWithParser.new
+        r.birth_date = '2010-01-01'
+      end
+
+      it 'should be strict on day values' do
+        r = EmployeeWithParser.new
+        r.birth_date = '2010-02-31'
+        r.birth_date.should be_nil
+      end
+
+      after :all do
+        ValidatesTimeliness.use_plugin_parser = false
+      end
+    end
   end
 
   context "before_type_cast method" do