ActiveFedora::RegisteredAttributes

An ActiveFedora extension for consolidating the attribute definitions for an object.

By registering an attribute, we can introspect on the model for:

• generating forms
• generating default views
• generating reasonably helpful API documentation/explanation
• helping developers readily see what the data attributes are

Add this line to your application's Gemfile:

gem 'active_fedora-registered_attributes'

And then execute:

$ bundle

Or install it yourself as:

$ gem install active_fedora-registered_attributes

class Foo < ActiveFedora::Base
  include ActiveFedora::RegisteredAttributes

  has_metadata name: "descMetadata", type: FooMetadataDatastream

  attribute :title,
    datastream: :descMetadata, multiple: false,
    label: "Title of your Senior Thesis",
    validates: { presence: { message: 'Your must have a title.' } }

  attribute :creator,
    datastream: :descMetadata, multiple: true,
    label: "Author",
    hint: "Enter your preferred name",
    writer: :parse_person_names,
    reader: :parse_person_names,
    validates: { presence: { message: "You must have an author."} }
end

See ActiveFedora::RegisteredAttributes::Attribute

If you utilize internationalization, such as below, then regardless of what your model indicates as the label, it will use the internationalization.

en:
  activemodel:
    attributes:
      foo:
        internationalized_field: Welcome

• Add internationalization support for hints and validation messages.

1. Fork it
2. Create your feature branch (git checkout -b my-new-feature)
3. Commit your changes (git commit -am 'Add some feature')
4. Push to the branch (git push origin my-new-feature)
5. Create new Pull Request