How do i specify and validate an enum in rails?

Question

I currently have a model Attend that will have a status column, and this status column will only have a few values for it. STATUS_OPTIONS = {:yes, :no, :maybe}

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Answer 1

To define dynamic behavior you can use in: :method_name notation:

class Attend < ActiveRecord::Base
  enum status: [:yes, :no, :maybe]
  validates :status, inclusion: {in: :allowed_statuses}

  private

  # restricts status to be changed from :no to :yes
  def allowed_statuses
    min_status = Attend.statuses[status_was]
    Attend.statuses.select { |_, v| v >= min_status }.keys
  end
end