Simple library to declare read only attributes on value-objects that are initialized via attributes hash.

Install the gem anima via your preferred method.

require 'anima'

# Definition
class Person
  include Anima.new(:salutation, :firstname, :lastname)
end

# Every day operation
a = Person.new(
  salutation: 'Mr',
  firstname:  'Markus',
  lastname:   'Schirp'
)

# Returns expected values
a.salutation # => "Mr"
a.firstname  # => "Markus"
a.lastname   # => "Schirp"
a.frozen?    # => false

b = Person.new(
  salutation: 'Mr',
  firstname:  'John',
  lastname:   'Doe'
)

c = Person.new(
  salutation: 'Mr',
  firstname:  'Markus',
  lastname:   'Schirp'
)

# Equality based on attributes
a == b      # => false
a.eql?(b)   # => false
a.equal?(b) # => false

a == c      # => true
a.eql?(c)   # => true
a.equal?(c) # => false

# Functional-style updates
d = b.with(
  salutation: 'Mrs',
  firstname:  'Sue',
)

# It returns copies, no inplace modification
d.equal?(b) # => false

# Hash representation
d.to_h # => { salutation: 'Mrs', firstname: 'Sue', lastname: 'Doe' }

# Disallows initialization with incompatible attributes

Person.new(
  # :saluatation key missing
  "firstname" => "Markus", # does NOT coerce this by intention
  :lastname   => "Schirp"
) # raises Anima::Error with message "Person attributes missing: [:salutation, :firstname], unknown: ["firstname"]

• Markus Schirp [email protected]

• Fork the project.
• Make your feature addition or bug fix.
• Add tests for it. This is important so I don't break it in a future version unintentionally.
• Commit, do not mess with Rakefile or version (if you want to have your own version, that is fine but bump version in a commit by itself I can ignore when I pull)
• Send me a pull request. Bonus points for topic branches.

Copyright (c) 2013 Markus Schirp

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