I could guess that the method as_json doesn't intend to serialize your module/class name. One option is to provide inside each class an attirbute with the name of the validator, i.e. "validation = self.name"
2014-07-26 20:45 GMT-03:00 Kurt Mueller <[email protected]>: > Hey guys, > > I've been working with Rails and a number of frontend js frameworks and > libs, including Ember, Angular, and React. While all three libraries are > powerful in their own regard, one pain point (for me at least) has always > been form validation. I've always hated having to keep my model validations > (in Rails) in sync with my form validations (in Ember/Angular/React). > > Lately, I've been attempting to serialize a model's validators into json. > However, while calling as_json on a record will give me back a json hash, > it doesn't give me the type of validators for each attribute. > > For example, let's say I have a model called Assignment. When I create a > new Assignment record and call _validators on it, this is what I get. > > pry(main)> Assignment.new._validators > => > { > :title=>[#<ActiveRecord::Validations::PresenceValidator:0x0000010e123900 > @attributes=[:title], @options={}>], > > :full_prompt=>[#<ActiveRecord::Validations::PresenceValidator:0x0000010e122e60 > @attributes=[:full_prompt], @options={}>], > > :submission_window=>[#<ActiveRecord::Validations::PresenceValidator:0x0000010e1223c0 > @attributes=[:submission_window], @options={}>] > } > > Now here's what I get when I add on the as_json call: > > pry(main)> Assignment.new._validators.as_json > => > { > "title"=>[{"attributes"=>["title"], "options"=>{}}], > "full_prompt"=>[{"attributes"=>["full_prompt"], "options"=>{}}], > "submission_window"=>[{"attributes"=>["submission_window"], "options" > =>{}}] > } > > > As you can see, calling as_json removes what types of validators were > attached to each model attribute. > > Has anybody run into a similar situation and/or has a workaround? Thanks > for any help. > > Kurt > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rubyonrails-talk/972fd145-9b6b-46ee-90c9-289035a1c6ad%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rubyonrails-talk/972fd145-9b6b-46ee-90c9-289035a1c6ad%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Att, *Antônio Augusto de Sousa Britto* *Systems Analyst & Software Developer* *+553491382738* <https://www.facebook.com/augustobr> <https://twitter.com/xtrdev> <http://br.linkedin.com/in/antoniobr/> <https://github.com/antoniosb> <https://plus.google.com/u/0/111953897116031502239/> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rubyonrails-talk/CAK6FffJsyFKc4AHBo0-tYoQWjohY5Nq9Qt%2BqRkUCindTHGycKw%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
