What is the right way to override a setter method in Ruby on Rails?

Question

I am using Ruby on Rails 3.2.2 and I would like to know if the following is a \"proper\"/\"correct\"/\"sure\" way to override a setter method for a my class attribute.

Answer 1

Using attr_writer to overwrite setter attr_writer :attribute_name

  def attribute_name=(value)
    # manipulate value
    # then send result to the default setter
    super(result)
  end