Simplify fixture generation and add customization hooks

lib/fixture_builder/builder.rb

@@ -96,26 +96,25 @@ def dump_tables
       Date::DATE_FORMATS[:default] = Date::DATE_FORMATS[:db]
       begin
         fixtures = tables.inject([]) do |files, table_name|
-          table_klass = table_name.classify.constantize rescue nil
-          if table_klass && table_klass < ActiveRecord::Base
-            rows = table_klass.unscoped do
-              table_klass.all.collect do |obj|
-                attrs = obj.attributes
-                attrs.inject({}) do |hash, (attr_name, value)|
-                  hash[attr_name] = serialized_value_if_needed(table_klass, attr_name, value)
-                  hash
-                end
-              end
-            end
-          else
-            rows = ActiveRecord::Base.connection.select_all(select_sql % {table: ActiveRecord::Base.connection.quote_table_name(table_name)})
+          # Always create our own Class (inheriting from ActiveRecord) so that:
+          # 1) We can always use ActiveRecord, even if the app doesn't have an
+          #    ActiveRecord model defined (e.g. some join tables)
+          # 2) We don't have to worry about default scopes and other things that
+          #    may be present on the application's class.
+          table_class = Class.new(ActiveRecord::Base) { self.table_name = table_name }
+
+          records = select_scope_proc.call(table_class).to_a
+
+          rows = records.map do |record|
+            hashize_record_proc.call(record)
           end
+
           next files if rows.empty?
 
           row_index = '000'
-          fixture_data = rows.inject({}) do |hash, record|
-            hash.merge(record_name(record, table_name, row_index) => record)
-          end
+          fixture_data = rows.map do |row|
+            [record_name(row, table_name, row_index), row]
+          end.to_h
 
           write_fixture_file fixture_data, table_name
 
@@ -127,22 +126,6 @@ def dump_tables
       say "Built #{fixtures.to_sentence}"
     end
 
-    def serialized_value_if_needed(table_klass, attr_name, value)
-      if table_klass.respond_to?(:type_for_attribute)
-        if table_klass.type_for_attribute(attr_name).respond_to?(:serialize)
-          table_klass.type_for_attribute(attr_name).serialize(value)
-        else
-          table_klass.type_for_attribute(attr_name).type_cast_for_database(value)
-        end
-      else
-        if table_klass.serialized_attributes.has_key? attr_name
-          table_klass.serialized_attributes[attr_name].dump(value)
-        else
-          value
-        end
-      end
-    end
-
     def write_fixture_file(fixture_data, table_name)
       File.open(fixture_file(table_name), 'w') do |file|
         file.write fixture_data.to_yaml

lib/fixture_builder/configuration.rb

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ class Configuration
 
     ACCESSIBLE_ATTRIBUTES = [:select_sql, :delete_sql, :skip_tables, :files_to_check, :record_name_fields,
                              :fixture_builder_file, :fixture_directory, :after_build, :legacy_fixtures, :model_name_procs,
-                             :write_empty_files]
+                             :write_empty_files, :select_scope_proc, :hashize_record_proc]
     attr_accessor(*ACCESSIBLE_ATTRIBUTES)
 
     SCHEMA_FILES = ['db/schema.rb', 'db/development_structure.sql', 'db/test_structure.sql', 'db/production_structure.sql']
@@ -35,6 +35,28 @@ def factory(&block)
       write_config
     end
 
+    # this gets called when selecting records from the database to dump into
+    # fixtures. you can use it to customize things like the order in which
+    # records are selected.
+    def select_scope_proc
+      @select_scope_proc ||= ->(table_class) do
+        scope = table_class.unscoped
+        if table_class.primary_key
+          scope = scope.order(table_class.primary_key => :asc)
+        end
+        scope
+      end
+    end
+
+    # this gets called to turn each record into a hash before dumping to yaml.
+    # you can customize it if you want to do things like leave out some fields
+    # (e.g. created_at & updated_at, which are automatically populated by Rails)
+    def hashize_record_proc
+      @hashize_record_proc ||= ->(record) do
+        record.attributes_before_type_cast
+      end
+    end
+
     def select_sql
       @select_sql ||= "SELECT * FROM %{table}"
     end