SimpleAttributeMapper

Maps attributes values from one object to another

Installation

Add this line to your application's Gemfile:

gem 'simple_attribute_mapper'

And then execute:

$ bundle

Or install it yourself as:

$ gem install simple_attribute_mapper

Usage

class Person
  include Virtus

  attribute :first_name, String
  attribute :last_name, String
  attribute :email, String
  attribute :home_phone, String
  attribute :mailing_address, String
end

class User < ActiveRecord::Base
  # first_name
  # last_name
  # user_name
  # phone_number
  # street
  # city
  # state
  # zip
end

first_name and last_name will be automatically mapped

specify additional mappings, i.e. user_name -> email

user = User.find(0000)
user.user_name # => "[email protected]"
mapper = SimpleAttributeMapper::Mapper.new({:user_name => :email})

# map returns a new instance of Person
person = mapper.map(user, Person)
person.email # => "[email protected]"

# map_attributes will map onto an existing instance
person = Person.new({email: "[email protected]"})
person = mapper.map_attributes(user, person)
person.email # => "[email protected]"

Typically you won't create instances of SimpleAttributeMapper::Mapper in your code, instead you will configure all mappings and use SimpleAttributeMapper.map, see below

Configuration

# in rails: config/initializers/simple_attribute_mapper_config.rb
SimpleAttributeMapper.configure do |config|
  config << SimpleAttributeMapper.from(User).to(Person).with({:user_name => :email}).with({:phone_number => :home_phone})
end

# use later in application to map
user = User.find(0000)
person = SimpleAttributeMapper.map(user, Person)

Mapping options

# default, maps all matching attributes
SimpleAttributeMapper.from(User).to(Person)

# map source to target
SimpleAttributeMapper.from(User).to(Person).with({:user_name => :email})

# map nested source to target
# use array; i.e. User#mailing_address -> Address#country -> Country#name
SimpleAttributeMapper.from(User).to(Person).with({[:mailing_address, :country, :name] => :country_name})

# map composite source to target
# use lambda
SimpleAttributeMapper.from(User).to(Person).with({ lambda { |source| "#{source.street}\n#{source.city}, #{source.state}\n#{source.zip}" } => :mailing_address})

Contributing

1. Fork it
2. Create your feature branch (git checkout -b my-new-feature)
3. Commit your changes (git commit -am 'Add some feature')
4. Push to the branch (git push origin my-new-feature)
5. Create new Pull Request