FantasyIdentifiable

This gem allows you to create unique readable fantasy names as identifiers for your active record objects.

You can also define multiple identifier columns and alternatively use a UUID or friendly_token as identifier.

Add this line to your application's Gemfile:

gem 'fantasy_identifiable'

And then execute:

$ bundle

Or install it yourself as:

$ gem install fantasy_identifiable

Make sure your ActiveRecord Model has a string field that you want to use as an identifier.

Here you can see the db schema and model definitions for multiple usage examples.

DB Schema:

ActiveRecord::Schema.define do
  self.verbose = false

  create_table :fantasy_objects, force: true do |t|
    t.string :identifier
  end

  create_table :friendly_objects, force: true do |t|
    t.string :identifier
  end

  create_table :uuid_objects, force: true do |t|
    t.string :identifier
  end

  create_table :multi_objects, force: true do |t|
    t.string :identifier
    t.string :friendly_name
  end
end

ActiveRecord Models

class FantasyObject < ActiveRecord::Base
  include FantasyIdentifiable
  identifiable({ identifier: :fantasy })
end

class FriendlyObject < ActiveRecord::Base
  include FantasyIdentifiable
  identifiable({ identifier: :friendly })
end

class UuidObject < ActiveRecord::Base
  include FantasyIdentifiable
  identifiable({ identifier: :uuid })
end

class MultiObject < ActiveRecord::Base
  include FantasyIdentifiable
  identifiable({
    friendly_name: :friendly,
    identifier: :uuid
  })
end

After checking out the repo, run bin/setup to install dependencies. Then, run rake test to run the tests. You can also run bin/console for an interactive prompt that will allow you to experiment.

To install this gem onto your local machine, run bundle exec rake install. To release a new version, update the version number in version.rb, and then run bundle exec rake release, which will create a git tag for the version, push git commits and tags, and push the .gem file to rubygems.org.

Bug reports and pull requests are welcome on GitHub at https://github.com/arusa/fantasy_identifiable. This project is intended to be a safe, welcoming space for collaboration, and contributors are expected to adhere to the Contributor Covenant code of conduct.

The gem is available as open source under the terms of the MIT License.

Everyone interacting in the FantasyIdentifiable project’s codebases, issue trackers, chat rooms and mailing lists is expected to follow the code of conduct.