Override ActiveRecord attribute methods

Question

An example of what I\'m talking about:

class Person < ActiveRecord::Base
  def name=(name)
    super(name.capitalize)
  end
  def name
    super().downcas         


        

Answer 1

As an extension to Aaron Longwell's answer, you can also use a "hash notation" to access attributes that have overridden accessors and mutators:

def name=(name)
  self[:name] = name.capitalize
end

def name
  self[:name].downcase
end