allow schema types to be pluggable

this refactoring allows developers to add support of new schema types

README.md

@@ -458,6 +458,27 @@ class MyApi::Base < JsonApiClient::Resource
 end
 ```
 
+
+### Type Casting
+
+You can define your own types and its casting mechanism for schema.
+
+```ruby
+require 'money'
+class MyMoneyCaster
+  def self.cast(value, default)
+    begin
+      Money.new(1000, "USD")
+    rescue ArgumentError
+      default
+    end
+  end
+end
+
+JsonApiClient::Schema::TypeFactory.register money: MyMoneyCaster
+```
+
+
 ## Changelog
 
 See [changelog](https://github.com/chingor13/json_api_client/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md)

lib/json_api_client/schema.rb

@@ -1,36 +1,108 @@
 require 'bigdecimal'
 module JsonApiClient
   class Schema
-    Property = Struct.new(:name, :type, :default) do
-      def cast(value)
-        return nil if value.nil?
-        return value if type.nil?
+    module Types
 
-        case type.to_sym
-        when :int, :integer
+      class Integer
+        def self.cast(value, _)
           value.to_i
-        when :string
+        end
+      end
+
+      class String
+        def self.cast(value, _)
           value.to_s
-        when :float
+        end
+      end
+
+      class Float
+        def self.cast(value, _)
           value.to_f
-        when :time
-          value.is_a?(Time) ? value : Time.parse(value.to_s)
-        when :decimal
+        end
+      end
+
+      class Time
+        def self.cast(value, _)
+          value.is_a?(::Time) ? value : ::Time.parse(value)
+        end
+      end
+
+      class Decimal
+        def self.cast(value, _)
           BigDecimal.new(value)
-        when :boolean
+        end
+      end
+
+      class Boolean
+        def self.cast(value, default)
           case value
-          when "false", "0", 0, false
-            false
-          when "true", "1", 1, true
-            true
-          else
-            # if it's unknown, use the default value
-            default
+            when "false", "0", 0, false
+              false
+            when "true", "1", 1, true
+              true
+            else
+              # if it's unknown, use the default value
+              default
           end
-        else
-          value
         end
       end
+
+    end
+
+    class TypeFactory
+      @@types = {}
+      # Register a new type key or keys with appropriate classes
+      #
+      # eg:
+      #
+      #   require 'money'
+      #
+      #   class MyMoneyCaster
+      #      def self.cast(value, default)
+      #         begin
+      #           Money.new(1000, "USD")
+      #         rescue ArgumentError
+      #           default
+      #         end
+      #      end
+      #   end
+      #
+      #   JsonApiClient::Schema::Types.register money: MyMoneyCaster
+      #
+      # You can setup several at once:
+      #
+      #   JsonApiClient::Schema::Types.register money: MyMoneyCaster,
+      #                                         date: MyJsonDateTypeCaster
+      #
+      #
+      #
+      #
+      def self.register(type_hash)
+        @@types.merge!(type_hash)
+      end
+
+      def self.type_for(type)
+        @@types[type]
+      end
+
+      self.register int: Types::Integer,
+                    integer: Types::Integer,
+                    string: Types::String,
+                    float: Types::Float,
+                    time: Types::Time,
+                    decimal: Types::Decimal,
+                    boolean: Types::Boolean
+
+    end
+
+    Property = Struct.new(:name, :type, :default) do
+      def cast(value)
+        return nil if value.nil?
+        return value if type.nil?
+        type_caster = TypeFactory.type_for(type)
+        return value if type_caster.nil?
+        type_caster.cast(value, default)
+      end
     end
 
     def initialize
@@ -54,11 +126,13 @@ def add(name, options)
     def size
       @properties.size
     end
+
     alias_method :length, :size
 
     def each_property(&block)
       @properties.values.each(&block)
     end
+
     alias_method :each, :each_property
 
     # Look up a property by name
@@ -68,6 +142,7 @@ def each_property(&block)
     def find(property_name)
       @properties[property_name.to_sym]
     end
+
     alias_method :[], :find
   end
 end

test/unit/schemable_test.rb

@@ -1,5 +1,13 @@
 require 'test_helper'
 
+class CustomTypeCaster
+  def self.cast(*)
+     :mock
+  end
+end
+
+JsonApiClient::Schema::TypeFactory.register custom: CustomTypeCaster
+
 class SchemaResource < TestResource
   property :a, type: :string, default: 'foo'
   property :b, type: :boolean, default: false
@@ -11,6 +19,10 @@ class SchemaResource2 < TestResource
   property :a, type: :float
 end
 
+class SchemaResource3 < TestResource
+  property :a, type: :custom
+end
+
 class MultipleSchema < TestResource
   properties :name, :short_name, :long_name, type: :string
 end
@@ -131,4 +143,10 @@ def test_boolean_defaults_to_default
     assert_equal false, resource.b
   end
 
+  def test_custom_types
+    resource = SchemaResource3.new(a: 'anything')
+    assert_equal :mock, resource.a
+    assert_equal :mock, resource['a']
+  end
+
 end