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class ActiveRecord::Type::String

Active Model String Type

Attribute type for strings. It is registered under the :string key.

This class is a specialization of ActiveModel::Type::ImmutableString. It performs coercion in the same way, and can be configured in the same way. However, it accounts for mutable strings, so dirty tracking can properly check if a string has changed.

Inherits From

Public instance methods

Source code GitHub
# File activemodel/lib/active_model/type/string.rb, line 16
def changed_in_place?(raw_old_value, new_value)
  if new_value.is_a?(::String)
    raw_old_value != new_value
  end
end
Source code GitHub
# File activemodel/lib/active_model/type/string.rb, line 22
def to_immutable_string
  ImmutableString.new(
    true: @true,
    false: @false,
    limit: limit,
    precision: precision,
    scale: scale,
  )
end

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