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+module ActiveRecord #:nodoc:
+ module Serialization
+ def self.included(base)
+ base.cattr_accessor :include_root_in_json, :instance_writer => false
+ base.extend ClassMethods
+ end
+
+ # Returns a JSON string representing the model. Some configuration is
+ # available through +options+.
+ #
+ # Without any +options+, the returned JSON string will include all
+ # the model's attributes. For example:
+ #
+ # konata = User.find(1)
+ # konata.to_json
+ # # => {"id": 1, "name": "Konata Izumi", "age": 16,
+ # "created_at": "2006/08/01", "awesome": true}
+ #
+ # The <tt>:only</tt> and <tt>:except</tt> options can be used to limit the attributes
+ # included, and work similar to the +attributes+ method. For example:
+ #
+ # konata.to_json(:only => [ :id, :name ])
+ # # => {"id": 1, "name": "Konata Izumi"}
+ #
+ # konata.to_json(:except => [ :id, :created_at, :age ])
+ # # => {"name": "Konata Izumi", "awesome": true}
+ #
+ # To include any methods on the model, use <tt>:methods</tt>.
+ #
+ # konata.to_json(:methods => :permalink)
+ # # => {"id": 1, "name": "Konata Izumi", "age": 16,
+ # "created_at": "2006/08/01", "awesome": true,
+ # "permalink": "1-konata-izumi"}
+ #
+ # To include associations, use <tt>:include</tt>.
+ #
+ # konata.to_json(:include => :posts)
+ # # => {"id": 1, "name": "Konata Izumi", "age": 16,
+ # "created_at": "2006/08/01", "awesome": true,
+ # "posts": [{"id": 1, "author_id": 1, "title": "Welcome to the weblog"},
+ # {"id": 2, author_id: 1, "title": "So I was thinking"}]}
+ #
+ # 2nd level and higher order associations work as well:
+ #
+ # konata.to_json(:include => { :posts => {
+ # :include => { :comments => {
+ # :only => :body } },
+ # :only => :title } })
+ # # => {"id": 1, "name": "Konata Izumi", "age": 16,
+ # "created_at": "2006/08/01", "awesome": true,
+ # "posts": [{"comments": [{"body": "1st post!"}, {"body": "Second!"}],
+ # "title": "Welcome to the weblog"},
+ # {"comments": [{"body": "Don't think too hard"}],
+ # "title": "So I was thinking"}]}
+ def to_json(options = {})
+ if include_root_in_json
+ "{#{self.class.json_class_name}: #{JsonSerializer.new(self, options).to_s}}"
+ else
+ JsonSerializer.new(self, options).to_s
+ end
+ end
+
+ def from_json(json)
+ self.attributes = ActiveSupport::JSON.decode(json)
+ self
+ end
+
+ class JsonSerializer < ActiveRecord::Serialization::Serializer #:nodoc:
+ def serialize
+ serializable_record.to_json
+ end
+ end
+
+ module ClassMethods
+ def json_class_name
+ @json_class_name ||= name.demodulize.underscore.inspect
+ end
+ end
+ end
+end