Added support for YAML serialization/de-serialization of Spira::Base inst

lib/spira/resource/instance_methods.rb

@@ -563,5 +563,31 @@ def rename!(new_subject)
       include Spira::Resource::Validations
 
     end  
+
+    ##
+    # Support for Psych (YAML) custom serializer.
+    #
+    # This causes the subject and all attributes to be saved to a YAML or JSON serialization
+    # in such a way that they can be restored in the future.
+    #
+    # @param [Psych::Coder] coder
+    def encode_with(coder)
+      coder["subject"] = subject
+      attributes.each {|p,v| coder[p.to_s] = v if v}
+    end
+
+    ##
+    # Support for Psych (YAML) custom de-serializer.
+    #
+    # Updates a previously allocated Spira::Base instance to that of a previously
+    # serialized instance.
+    #
+    # @param [Psych::Coder] coder
+    def init_with(coder)
+      self.instance_variable_set(:"@subject", coder["subject"])
+      self.reload
+      attributes.each {|p,v| self.attribute_set(p, coder.map[p.to_s])}
+    end
+
   end
 end

spec/psych.spec

@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+require File.dirname(File.expand_path(__FILE__)) + '/spec_helper'
+
+# Tests serializing and de-serializing with Psych (YAML).
+
+describe Spira, :ruby => "1.9" do
+  require 'psych'
+
+  before :all do
+    class ::Person
+      include Spira::Resource
+      base_uri "http://example.org/example/people"
+      property :name, :predicate => RDFS.label
+      property :age,  :predicate => FOAF.age,  :type => Integer
+    end
+
+    class Employee
+      include Spira::Resource
+      property :name, :predicate => RDFS.label
+      property :age,  :predicate => FOAF.age, :type => Integer
+    end
+
+    require 'rdf/ntriples'
+    @person_repository = RDF::Repository.load(fixture('bob.nt'))
+    Spira.add_repository(:default, @person_repository)
+  end
+
+  before :each do
+    @person_repository = RDF::Repository.load(fixture('bob.nt'))
+    Spira.add_repository(:default, @person_repository)
+
+    @person = Person.for(RDF::URI.new('http://example.org/newperson'))
+  end
+
+  it "serializes to YAML" do
+    yaml = Psych.dump(@person)
+    yaml.should be_a(String)
+  end
+
+  it "de-serializes from YAML" do
+    yaml = Psych.dump(@person)
+    person2 = Psych.load(yaml)
+    person2.should == @person
+  end
+end

spec/spec_helper.rb

@@ -3,11 +3,20 @@
 #$:.unshift(File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__),'..','..','rdf-spec','lib'))
 #$:.unshift(File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__),'..','..','rdf','lib'))
 #$:.unshift(File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__),'..','..','rdf-isomorphic','lib'))
+require "bundler/setup" rescue nil
 require 'spira'
 require 'rdf/spec/enumerable'
 require 'rdf/spec'
 require 'rdf/isomorphic'
 
+RSpec.configure do |config|
+  config.filter_run :focus => true
+  config.run_all_when_everything_filtered = true
+  config.exclusion_filter = {
+    :ruby           => lambda { |version| RUBY_VERSION.to_s !~ /^#{version}/},
+  }
+end
+
 def fixture(filename)
   File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__),'fixtures',filename)
 end