instance method `config_accessor`

Ruby on Rails 4.1.16

Since v3.0.20

Available in: v3.0.20 v3.1.12 v3.2.22.5 v4.0.13 v4.1.16 v4.2.9 v5.2.8.1 v6.0.6 v6.1.7.10 v7.0.10 v7.1.6 v7.2.3 v8.0.4 v8.1.2

Compare with:

config_accessor(*names)

Allows you to add shortcut so that you don’t have to refer to attribute through config. Also look at the example for config to contrast.

Defines both class and instance config accessors.

class User
  include ActiveSupport::Configurable
  config_accessor :allowed_access
end

User.allowed_access # => nil
User.allowed_access = false
User.allowed_access # => false

user = User.new
user.allowed_access # => false
user.allowed_access = true
user.allowed_access # => true

User.allowed_access # => false

The attribute name must be a valid method name in Ruby.

class User
  include ActiveSupport::Configurable
  config_accessor :"1_Badname"
end
# => NameError: invalid config attribute name

To opt out of the instance writer method, pass instance_writer: false. To opt out of the instance reader method, pass instance_reader: false.

class User
  include ActiveSupport::Configurable
  config_accessor :allowed_access, instance_reader: false, instance_writer: false
end

User.allowed_access = false
User.allowed_access # => false

User.new.allowed_access = true # => NoMethodError
User.new.allowed_access        # => NoMethodError

Or pass instance_accessor: false, to opt out both instance methods.

class User
  include ActiveSupport::Configurable
  config_accessor :allowed_access, instance_accessor: false
end

User.allowed_access = false
User.allowed_access # => false

User.new.allowed_access = true # => NoMethodError
User.new.allowed_access        # => NoMethodError

Also you can pass a block to set up the attribute with a default value.

class User
  include ActiveSupport::Configurable
  config_accessor :hair_colors do
    [:brown, :black, :blonde, :red]
  end
end

User.hair_colors # => [:brown, :black, :blonde, :red]

Parameters

names rest

Source

# File activesupport/lib/active_support/configurable.rb, line 106
      def config_accessor(*names)
        options = names.extract_options!

        names.each do |name|
          raise NameError.new('invalid config attribute name') unless name =~ /\A[_A-Za-z]\w*\z/

          reader, reader_line = "def #{name}; config.#{name}; end", __LINE__
          writer, writer_line = "def #{name}=(value); config.#{name} = value; end", __LINE__

          singleton_class.class_eval reader, __FILE__, reader_line
          singleton_class.class_eval writer, __FILE__, writer_line

          unless options[:instance_accessor] == false
            class_eval reader, __FILE__, reader_line unless options[:instance_reader] == false
            class_eval writer, __FILE__, writer_line unless options[:instance_writer] == false
          end
          send("#{name}=", yield) if block_given?
        end
      end

Defined in activesupport/lib/active_support/configurable.rb line 106 · View on GitHub · Improve this page · Find usages on GitHub

Defined in ActiveSupport::Configurable::ClassMethods

Signature

Parameters