An ActiveModel::Type::Value that encrypts/decrypts strings of text.

This is the central piece that connects the encryption system with encrypts declarations in the model classes. Whenever you declare an attribute as encrypted, it configures an EncryptedAttributeType for that attribute.

Methods

Included Modules

Attributes

[R] cast_type
[R] scheme

Class Public methods

new(scheme:, cast_type: ActiveModel::Type::String.new, previous_type: false)

Options

  • :scheme - A Scheme with the encryption properties for this attribute.

  • :cast_type - A type that will be used to serialize (before encrypting) and deserialize (after decrypting). ActiveModel::Type::String by default.

📝 Source code 
# File activerecord/lib/active_record/encryption/encrypted_attribute_type.rb, line 23
      def initialize(scheme:, cast_type: ActiveModel::Type::String.new, previous_type: false)
        super()
        @scheme = scheme
        @cast_type = cast_type
        @previous_type = previous_type
      end
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Instance Public methods

changed_in_place?(raw_old_value, new_value)

📝 Source code 
# File activerecord/lib/active_record/encryption/encrypted_attribute_type.rb, line 42
      def changed_in_place?(raw_old_value, new_value)
        old_value = raw_old_value.nil? ? nil : deserialize(raw_old_value)
        old_value != new_value
      end
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deserialize(value)

📝 Source code 
# File activerecord/lib/active_record/encryption/encrypted_attribute_type.rb, line 30
      def deserialize(value)
        cast_type.deserialize decrypt(value)
      end
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serialize(value)

📝 Source code 
# File activerecord/lib/active_record/encryption/encrypted_attribute_type.rb, line 34
      def serialize(value)
        if serialize_with_oldest?
          serialize_with_oldest(value)
        else
          serialize_with_current(value)
        end
      end
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