Abstracting ActiveRecord Attributes
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29-10-2019 - |
Question
What is the best way to abstract an ActiveRecord attribute without further normalizing the database?
For example, let's assume a database table named addresses
with a column zip_code
and a method to determine if the zip code is valid:
class Address < ActiveRecord::Base
def zip_code_valid?
..
end
end
I would prefer to have:
class Address < ActiveRecord::Base
..
end
class ZipCode
def valid?
..
end
end
and when I execute Address.find(1).zip_code
, it returns a ZipCode
vs. a string. I would prefer not to normalize the database by creating a table called zip_codes
. The example is hypothetical, and I currently do not have a real world example of this; I simply want to know how I could potentially do this.
Thank you.
No correct solution
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