Redmine/app/models/user_preference.rb

# redMine - project management software
# Copyright (C) 2006  Jean-Philippe Lang
#
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# modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
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# 
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class UserPreference < ActiveRecord::Base
  belongs_to :user
  serialize :others
  
  attr_protected :others
  
  def initialize(attributes = nil)
    super
    self.others ||= {}
  end
  
  def before_save
    self.others ||= {}
  end
  
  def [](attr_name)
    if attribute_present? attr_name
      super
    else
      others ? others[attr_name] : nil
    end
  end
  
  def []=(attr_name, value)
    if attribute_present? attr_name
      super
    else
      self.others ||= {}
      self.others.store attr_name, value
    end
  end
end