Simple Enum is a simple and useful plugin for using enum attribute.

• version 0.2.4

• by Caryl

• Rails 3.1 or greater

gem 'simple_enums'

Example:

class User
    include SimpleEnum
    has_enum :status, :enums => [[:unactived, 0, "未激活"],[:normal, 1, "正常"],[:locked, 2, "已锁定"]], \
      :column => :status_id, :default => :normal
end

options:

has_enum name, enums[, column][, default]

• name: enum name

• enum: a array to define enums, each enum defined by [key(symbol), value(integer), human_name(string)]

• column: optional, must be a column, attr_accessor or a getter and setter method pair

  • default is name + ‘_id’

• default: enum’s default value, can assigned by a symbol(key) integer(value) or string(human name)

  • default is the first enum

This will define the following methods dynamically:

• User.status_enums => [[:unactived, 0, “未激活”],[:normal, 1, “正常”],[:locked, 2, “已锁定”]]

• User.options_for_status => [[“正常”, 1], [“草稿”, 0], [“锁定回复”, 2], [“隐藏”, 3]]

• User.status_name(:normal) => “正常” #return enum’s human name

  • params: array, symbol, integer, string or array

• User.status_value(:normal) => 1 #return enum value

  • params: array, symbol, integer, string or array

• User.new => #default value has been set: user.status == 1

• User.status_is(:normal) => same as User.status_in(:normal)

• user.status => #same as status_id

• user.status= => #same as status_id =

• user.status_key => :locked #enum key

• user.status_name => ‘正常’ #enum’s human name

• user.status_is?(:normal) => true

  • params: array, symbol, integer, string or array

• user.status_default_value => #default value , assign by :default option, default is the first of :enums

• user.set_status_value(:locked) #set value, same as user.status=2 or user.status_id=2

  • params: array, symbol, integer, string or array

• user.update_status_value(:locked) #update value

  • params: array, symbol, integer, string or array

• User.status_in(:locked)

  • params: array, symbol, integer, string or array