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Explicitly set serializer for associations #696

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@ggordon ggordon commented Oct 24, 2014

Adding back the ability to specify the serializer for an association.
Ex. has_one :author, serializer: PersonSerializer

if resource.respond_to?(:to_ary)
config.array_serializer
else
get_serializer_for(resource.class)
options.fetch(:options, {})
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Trying to fetch :options from :options don't contribute to readability. But it's okay for me. It's just a detail, I liked the implementation 👍
If you want to try a different approach you could simply add options[:options] content to the type level.

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@ggordon, would be cool to update the README either 😄
LGTM 👍

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ggordon commented Oct 24, 2014

@joaomdmoura Thanks for feedback, I'll update the README.

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mieko commented Nov 7, 2014

I noticed the implementation doesn't guard against nil associations like the implicit version of the call, that is:

class UserSerializer < ActiveModel::Serializer
  # ...
end

# Assume comment.user == nil
class CommentSerializer < ActiveModel::Serializer
  # This call guards against nil, outputting null, when implicitly using UserSerializer
  belongs_to :user

  # When it's made explicit, if user is nil, a UserSerializer is created anyway, 
  # with the nil object, and errors out trying to access members.
  belongs_to :user, serializer: UserSerializer
end

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ggordon commented Nov 7, 2014

@mieko Thanks, I'll look into it.

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kurko commented Nov 12, 2014

@ggordon can you rebase? Also, can you find a better name for the options commented? Perhaps association_options?

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ggordon commented Nov 12, 2014

@kurko I'll fix and rebase in the morning.

Document specifying serializer for assocaition
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Explicitly set serializer for associations
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kurko commented Jan 6, 2015

Thanks for your work, @ggordon, and sorry for the huuuuge delay.

@ggordon ggordon deleted the explicit_serializer branch January 6, 2015 12:16
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ggordon commented Jan 6, 2015

No problem. @kurko, thanks for merging!

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