Class AWS::Record::StringAttribute
In: lib/aws/record/attributes/string.rb
Parent: Attribute

@private

Methods

allow_set?   serialize   type_cast  

Public Class methods

serialize(string, options = {})

Returns a serialized representation of the string value suitable for storing in SimpleDB. @param [String] string @param [Hash] options @return [String] The serialized string.

type_cast(raw_value, options = {})

Returns the value cast to a string. Empty strings are returned as nil by default. Type casting is done by calling to_s on the value. 

  string_attr.type_cast(123)
  # => '123'

  string_attr.type_cast('')
  # => nil

  string_attr.type_cast('', :preserve_empty_strings => true)
  # => ''

@param [Mixed] value @param [Hash] options @option options [Boolean] :preserve_empty_strings (false) When true, 

  empty strings are preserved and not cast to nil.

@return [String,nil] The type casted value.

[Validate]