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1.1.2 / 2012-01-20¶ ↑

• Fix states not being initialized properly on ActiveRecord 3.2+

1.1.1 / 2011-12-31¶ ↑

• Fix fields being defined for Mongoid / MongoMapper state attributes even if they're already defined in the model

• Raise error when states / events are referenced in a definition with different types (e.g. both Strings and Symbols)

• Allow all states / events to be looked up by their string / symbol equivalent

• Allow state_machine to be loaded without extensions to the Ruby core

1.1.0 / 2011-11-13¶ ↑

• Allow the transitions / known states for an event to be reset

• Add fire_#{name}_event instance method for firing an arbitrary event on a state machine

• Improve InvalidTransition exception messages to include the failure reason(s) in ORM integrations

• Don't allow around_transitions to attempt to be called in multiple execution contexts when run in jruby

• Allow :from option to be used in transitions defined within state contexts

• Fix arguments / block not being preserved when chaining methods defined in state contexts

• Fix super not being allowed when a method is defined for multiple state contexts

• Change loopbacks to only cause objects to be persisted when the ORM decides it's necessary, instead of always forcing persistence

• Fix Mongoid 2.3.x integrations not initializing dynamic states in the same manner as other integrations with initialize callbacks

1.0.3 / 2011-11-03¶ ↑

• Fix MongoMapper 0.10.0+ integrations not matching versions properly

• Update warnings for method conflicts to include instructions on how to ignore conflicts

• Fix state initialization in Mongoid 2.3.x integrations [Durran Jordan]

• Fix after_transition callbacks sometimes not running in Mongoid 2.2.x integrations

• Automatically load the plugins required in Sequel integrations

• Allow all / any matcher helpers to be used when defining states / events

• Allow states / events to be referenced by the string equivalent of their name

• Fix observer callbacks being run incorrectly when using nil states in ActiveModel-based integrations

• Remove ActiveModel Observer method chains in order to better ensure compatibility

• Update DataMapper integration for 1.2.0+ support [Markus Schirp]

• Provide access to the human state name in invalid_transition translations

• Add support for i18n keys in the form of #{i18n_scope}.state_machines.#{model_name}.states/events.#{value}

• Clarify documentation on writing to state machine attributes, using factory_girl and can_#{event} / #{event}_transition helpers

• Add documentation for dynmically generating state machines

1.0.2 / 2011-08-09¶ ↑

• Allow transitions to be defined within a state, event, or machine context

• Use supported framework hooks for integrating Sequel 3.24.0+

• Use appraisal for testing integrations

• Improve documentation on the handling of method conflicts

• Update Mongoid integration for 2.1.0+ support

• Fix ActiveRecord machine state predicates incorrectly calling superclass implementation when using targeted attributes

• Fix error when defining states with the same name as the state's machine in ActiveRecord, MongoMapper, and Mongoid integrations

• Fix machine state predicate not calling superclass implementation if defined after machine definition

• Generate warnings when defining a helper method more than once

• Fix multiple machines not being able to target the same attribute if all possible states aren't defined in each

• Fix ActiveModel / DataMapper integrations not overriding StateMachine::Machine#after_initialize properly

• Improve documentation for overriding states and integration transactions

1.0.1 / 2011-05-30¶ ↑

• Add the ability to ignore method conflicts for helpers

• Generate warnings for any helper, not just state helpers, that has a conflicting method defined in the class

• Fix scopes in Sequel not working if the table name contains double underscores or is not a string/symbol

• Add full support for chaining state scopes within Sequel integrations

• Fix Rails 3.1 deprecation warnings for configuring engine locales [Stefan Penner]

1.0.0 / 2011-05-12¶ ↑

• Celebrate

0.10.4 / 2011-04-14¶ ↑

• Fix translations not being available under certain environments in Rails applications

0.10.3 / 2011-04-07¶ ↑

• Fix state initialization failing in ActiveRecord 3.0.2+ when using with_state scopes for the default scope

0.10.2 / 2011-03-31¶ ↑

• Use more integrated state initialization hooks for ActiveRecord, Mongoid, and Sequel

• Remove mass-assignment filtering usage in all ORM integrations

• Only support official Mongoid 2.0.0 release and up (no more RC support)

• Fix attributes getting initialized more than once if different state machines use the same attribute

• Only initialize states if state is blank and blank is not a valid state

• Fix instance / class helpers failing when used with certain libraries (such as Thin)

0.10.1 / 2011-03-22¶ ↑

• Fix classes with multiple state machines failing to initialize in ActiveRecord / Mongoid / Sequel integrations

0.10.0 / 2011-03-19¶ ↑

• Support callback terminators in MongoMapper 0.9.0+

• Fix pluralization integration on DataMapper 1.0.0 and 1.1.0

• Allow transition guards to be bypassed for event / transition / path helpers

• Allow state / condition requirements to be specified for all event / transition / path helpers

• Add the ability to skip automatically initializing state machines on initialize

• Add #{name}_paths for walking the available paths in a state machine

• Add Mongoid 2.0.0+ support

• Use around hooks to improve compatibility with other libraries in ActiveModel / ActiveRecord / MongoMapper integrations

• Add support for MassAssignmentSecurity feature in ActiveModel integrations

• Add support for more observer hooks within MongoMapper integrations

• Add i18n support for MongoMapper validation errors

• Update support for MongoMapper integration based on rails3 branch

• Fix objects not getting marked as dirty in all integrations when #{name}_event is set

• Generate warnings when conflicting state / event names are detected

• Allow fallback to generic state predicates when individual predicates are already defined in the owner class

• Replace :include_failures after_transition option with new after_failure callback

• Provide access to transition context when raising InvalidEvent / InvalidTransition exceptions

0.9.4 / 2010-08-01¶ ↑

• Fix validation / save hooks in Sequel 3.14.0+

• Fix integration with dirty attribute tracking on DataMapper 1.0.1+

• Fix DataMapper 1.0.1+ tests producing warnings

• Fix validation error warnings in ActiveModel / ActiveRecord 3.0.0 beta5+

• Fix mass-assignment sanitization breaking in ActiveRecord 3.0.0 beta5+ [Akira Matsuda]

0.9.3 / 2010-06-26¶ ↑

• Allow access to human state / event names in transitions and for the current state

• Use human state / event names in error messages

• Fix event names being used inconsistently in error messages

• Allow access to the humanized version of state / event names via human_state_name / human_state_event_name

• Allow MongoMapper 0.8.0+ scopes to be chainable

• Fix i18n deprecation warnings in ActiveModel / ActiveRecord 3.0.0.beta4

• Fix default error message translations overriding existing locales in ActiveModel / ActiveRecord

0.9.2 / 2010-05-24¶ ↑

• Fix MongoMapper integration failing in Ruby 1.9.2

• Fix Rakefile not loading in Ruby 1.9.2 [Andrea Longhi]

• Fix nil / false :integration configuration not being respected

0.9.1 / 2010-05-02¶ ↑

• Fix ActiveRecord 2.0.0 - 2.2.3 integrations failing if version info isn't already loaded

• Fix integration with dirty attribute tracking on DataMapper 0.10.3

• Fix observers failing in ActiveRecord 3.0.0.beta4+ integrations

• Fix deprecation warning in Rails 3 railtie [Chris Yuan]

0.9.0 / 2010-04-12¶ ↑

• Use attribute-based event transitions whenever possible to ensure consistency

• Fix action helpers being defined when the action is only defined in the machine's owner class

• Disable attribute-based event transitions in DataMapper 0.9.4 - 0.9.6 when dm-validations is being used

• Add support for DataMapper 0.10.3+

• Add around_transition callbacks

• Fix transition failures during save not being handled correctly in Sequel 2.12.0+

• Fix attribute-based event transitions not hooking in properly in DataMapper 0.10.0+ and Sequel 2.12.0+

• Fix dynamic initial states causing errors in Ruby 1.9+ if no arguments are defined in the block

• Add MongoMapper 0.5.5+ support

• Add ActiveModel 3.0+ support for use with integrations that implement its interface

• Fix DataMapper integration failing when ActiveSupport is loaded in place of Extlib

• Add version dependencies for ruby-graphviz

• Remove app-specific rails / merb rake tasks in favor of always running state_machine:draw

• Add Rails 3 railtie for automatically loading rake tasks when installed as a gem

0.8.1 / 2010-03-14¶ ↑

• Release gems via rake-gemcutter instead of rubyforge

• Move rake tasks to lib/tasks

• Dispatch state behavior to the superclass if it's undefined for a particular state [Sandro Turriate and Tim Pope]

• Fix state / event names not supporting i18n in ActiveRecord

• Fix original ActiveRecord::Observer#update not being used for non-state_machine callbacks [Jeremy Wells]

• Add support for ActiveRecord 3.0

• Fix without_{name} scopes not quoting columns in ActiveRecord [Jon Evans]

• Fix without_{name} scopes not scoping columns to the table in ActiveRecord and Sequel [Jon Evans]

• Fix custom state attributes not being marked properly as changed in ActiveRecord

• Fix tracked attributes changes in ActiveRecord / DataMapper integrations not working correctly for non-loopbacks [Joe Lind]

• Fix plural scope names being incorrect for DataMapper 0.9.4 - 0.9.6

• Fix deprecation warnings for ruby-graphviz 0.9.0+

• Add support for ActiveRecord 2.0.*

• Fix nil states being overwritten when they're explicitly set in ORM integrations

• Fix default states not getting set in ORM integrations if the column has a default

• Fix event transitions being kept around while running actions/callbacks, sometimes preventing object marshalling

0.8.0 / 2009-08-15¶ ↑

• Add support for DataMapper 0.10.0

• Always interpet nil return values from actions as failed attempts

• Fix loopbacks not causing records to save in ORM integrations if no other fields were changed

• Fix events not failing with useful errors when an object's state is invalid

• Use more friendly NoMethodError messages for state-driven behaviors

• Fix before_transition callbacks getting run twice when using event attributes in ORM integrations

• Add the ability to query for the availability of specific transitions on an object

• Allow after_transition callbacks to be explicitly run on failed attempts

• By default, don't run after_transition callbacks on failed attempts

• Fix not allowing multiple methods to be specified as arguments in callbacks

• Fix initial states being set when loading records from the database in Sequel integration

• Allow static initial states to be set earlier in the initialization of an object

• Use friendly validation errors for nil states

• Fix states not being validated properly when using custom names in ActiveRecord / DataMapper integrations

0.7.6 / 2009-06-17¶ ↑

• Allow multiple state machines on the same class to target the same attribute

• Add support for :attribute to customize the attribute target, assuming the name is the first argument of state_machine

• Simplify reading from / writing to machine-related attributes on objects

• Fix locale for ActiveRecord getting added to the i18n load path multiple times [Reiner Dieterich]

• Fix callbacks, guards, and state-driven behaviors not always working on tainted classes [Brandon Dimcheff]

• Use Ruby 1.9's built-in Object#instance_exec for bound callbacks when it's available

• Improve performance of cached dynamic state lookups by 25%

0.7.5 / 2009-05-25¶ ↑

• Add built-in caching for dynamic state values when the value only needs to be generated once

• Fix flawed example for using record ids as state values

• Don't evaluate state values until they're actually used in an object instance

• Make it easier to use event attributes for actions defined in the same class as the state machine

• Fix save/save! running transitions in ActiveRecord integrations even when a machine's action is not :save

0.7.4 / 2009-05-23¶ ↑

• Fix save! not firing event attributes properly in ActiveRecord integrations

• Fix log files being included in gems

0.7.3 / 2009-04-25¶ ↑

• Require DataMapper version be >= 0.9.4

• Explicitly load Sequel's built-in inflector (>= 2.12.0) for scope names

• Don't use qualified name for event attributes

• Fix valid? being defined for DataMapper resources when dm-validations isn't loaded

• Add auto-validation of values allowed for the state attribute in ORM integrations

0.7.2 / 2009-04-08¶ ↑

• Add support for running multiple methods in a callback without using blocks

• Add more flexibility around how callbacks are defined

• Add security documentation around mass-assignment in ORM integrations

• Fix event attribute transitions being publicly accessible

0.7.1 / 2009-04-05¶ ↑

• Fix machines failing to generate graphs when run from Merb tasks

0.7.0 / 2009-04-04¶ ↑

• Add #{attribute}_event for automatically firing events when the object's action is called

• Make it easier to override state-driven behaviors

• Rollback state changes when the action fails during transitions

• Use :messages instead of :invalid_message for customizing validation errors

• Use more human-readable validation errors

• Add support for more ActiveRecord observer hooks

• Add support for targeting multiple specific state machines in DataMapper observer hooks

• Don't pass the result of the action as an argument to callbacks (access via Transition#result)

• Fix incorrect results being used when running transitions in parallel

• Fix transition args not being set when run in parallel

• Allow callback terminators to be set on an application-wide basis

• Only catch :halt during before / after transition callbacks

• Fix ActiveRecord predicates being overwritten if they're already defined in the class

• Allow machine options to be set on an integration-wide basis

• Turn transactions off by default in DataMapper integrations

• Add support for configuring the use of transactions

• Simplify reading/writing of attributes

• Simplify access to state machines via state_machine(:attribute) without generating dupes

• Fix assumptions that dm-validations is always available in DataMapper integration

• Automatically define DataMapper properties for machine attributes if they don't exist

• Add Transition#qualified_event, qualified_from_name, and qualified_to_name

• Add fire_events / fire_events! for running events on multiple state machines in parallel

• Rename next_#{event}_transition to #{event}_transition

• Add #{attribute}_transitions for getting the list of transitions that can be run on an object

• Add #{attribute}_events for getting the list of events that can be fired on an object

• Use generated non-bang event when running bang version so that overriding one affects the other

• Provide access to arguments passed into an event from transition callbacks via Transition#args

0.6.3 / 2009-03-10¶ ↑

• Add support for customizing the graph's orientation

• Use the standard visualizations for initial (open arrow) and final (double circle) states

• Highlight final states in GraphViz drawings

0.6.2 / 2009-03-08¶ ↑

• Make it easier to override generated instance / class methods

0.6.1 / 2009-03-07¶ ↑

• Add i18n support for ActiveRecord validation errors

• Add a validation error when failing to transition for ActiveRecord / DataMapper / Sequel integrations

0.6.0 / 2009-03-03¶ ↑

• Allow multiple conditions for callbacks / class behaviors

• Add support for state-driven class behavior with :if/:unless options

• Alias Machine#event as Machine#on

• Fix nil from/to states not being handled properly

• Simplify hooking callbacks into loopbacks

• Add simplified transition/callback requirement syntax

0.5.2 / 2009-02-17¶ ↑

• Improve pretty-print of events

• Simplify state/event matching design, improving guard performance by 30%

• Add better error notification when conflicting guard options are defined

• Fix scope name pluralization not being applied correctly

0.5.1 / 2009-02-11¶ ↑

• Allow states to be drawn as ellipses to accommodate long names

• Fix rake tasks not being registered in Rails/Merb applications

• Never automatically define machine attribute accessors when using an integration

0.5.0 / 2009-01-11¶ ↑

• Add to_name and from_name to transition objects

• Add nicely formatted inspect for transitions

• Fix ActiveRecord integrations failing when the database doesn't exist yet

• Fix states not being drawn in GraphViz graphs in the correct order

• Add nicely formatted inspect for states and events

• Simplify machine context-switching

• Store events/states in enumerable node collections

• No longer allow subclasses to change the integration

• Move fire! action logic into the Event class (no longer calls fire action on the object)

• Allow states in subclasses to have different values

• Recommend that all states be referenced as symbols instead of strings

• All states must now be named (and can be associated with other value types)

• Add support for customizing the actual stored value for a state

• Add compatibility with Ruby 1.9+

0.4.3 / 2008-12-28¶ ↑

• Allow dm-observer integration to be optional

• Fix non-lambda callbacks not working for DataMapper/Sequel

0.4.2 / 2008-12-28¶ ↑

• Fix graphs not being drawn the same way consistently

• Add support for sharing transitions across multiple events

• Add support for state-driven behavior

• Simplify initialize hooks, requiring super to be called instead

• Add :namespace option for generated state predicates / event methods

0.4.1 / 2008-12-16¶ ↑

• Fix nil states not being handled properly in guards, known states, or visualizations

• Fix the same node being used for different dynamic states in GraphViz output

• Always include initial state in the list of known states even if it's dynamic

• Use consistent naming scheme for dynamic states in GraphViz output

• Allow blocks to be directly passed into machine class

• Fix attribute predicates not working on attributes that represent columns in ActiveRecord

0.4.0 / 2008-12-14¶ ↑

• Remove the PluginAWeek namespace

• Add generic attribute predicate (e.g. “#{attribute}?(state_name)”) and state predicates (e.g. “#{state}?”)

• Add Sequel support

• Fix aliasing :initialize on ActiveRecord models causing warnings when the environment is reloaded

• Fix ActiveRecord state machines trying to query the database on unmigrated models

• Fix initial states not getting set when the current value is an empty string [Aaron Gibralter]

• Add rake tasks for generating graphviz files for state machines [Nate Murray]

• Fix initial state not being included in list of known states

• Add other_states directive for defining additional states not referenced in transitions or callbacks [Pete Forde]

• Add next_#{event}_transition for getting the next transition that would be performed if the event were invoked

• Add the ability to override the pluralized name of an attribute for creating scopes

• Add the ability to halt callback chains by: throw :halt

• Add support for dynamic to states in transitions (e.g. :to => lambda {Time.now})

• Add support for using real blocks in before_transition/after_transition calls instead of using the :do option

• Add DataMapper support

• Include states referenced in transition callbacks in the list of a machine's known states

• Only generate the known states for a machine on demand, rather than calculating beforehand

• Add the ability to skip state change actions during a transition (e.g. vehicle.ignite(false))

• Add the ability for the state change action (e.g. save for ActiveRecord) to be configurable

• Allow state machines to be defined on any Ruby class, not just ActiveRecord (removes all external dependencies)

• Refactor transitions, guards, and callbacks for better organization/design

• Use a class containing the transition context in callbacks, rather than an ordered list of each individual attribute

• Add without#{attribute} named scopes (opposite of the existing with#{attribute} named scopes) [Sean O'Brien]

0.3.1 / 2008-10-26¶ ↑

• Fix the initial state not getting set when the state attribute is mass-assigned but protected

• Change how the base module is included to prevent namespacing conflicts

0.3.0 / 2008-09-07¶ ↑

• No longer allow additional arguments to be passed into event actions

• Add support for can_#{event}? for checking whether an event can be fired based on the current state of the record

• Don't use callbacks for performing transitions

• Fix state machines in subclasses not knowing what states/events/transitions were defined by superclasses

• Replace all before/after_exit/enter/loopback callback hooks and :before/:after options for events with before_transition/after_transition callbacks, e.g.

before_transition :from => 'parked', :do => :lock_doors # was before_exit :parked, :lock_doors after_transition :on => 'ignite', :do => :turn_on_radio # was event :ignite, :after => :turn_on_radio do

• Always save when an event is fired even if it results in a loopback [Jürgen Strobel]

• Ensure initial state callbacks are invoked in the proper order when an event is fired on a new record

• Add before_loopback and after_loopback hooks [Jürgen Strobel]

0.2.1 / 2008-07-05¶ ↑

• Add more descriptive exceptions

• Assume the default state attribute is “state” if one is not provided

• Add :except_from option for transitions if you want to blacklist states

• Add PluginAWeek::StateMachine::Machine#states

• Add PluginAWeek::StateMachine::Event#transitions

• Allow creating transitions with no from state (effectively allowing the transition for any from state)

• Reduce the number of objects created for each transition

0.2.0 / 2008-06-29¶ ↑

• Add a non-bang version of events (e.g. park) that will return a boolean value for success

• Raise an exception if the bang version of events are used (e.g. park!) and no transition is successful

• Change callbacks to act a little more like ActiveRecord

• Avoid using string evaluation for dynamic methods

0.1.1 / 2008-06-22¶ ↑

• Remove log files from gems

0.1.0 / 2008-05-05¶ ↑

• Completely rewritten from scratch

• Renamed to state_machine

• Removed database dependencies

• Removed models in favor of an attribute-agnostic design

• Use ActiveSupport::Callbacks instead of eval_call

• Remove dry_transaction_rollbacks dependencies

• Added functional tests

• Updated documentation

0.0.1 / 2007-09-26¶ ↑

• Add dependency on custom_callbacks

• Move test fixtures out of the test application root directory

• Improve documentation

• Remove the StateExtension module in favor of adding singleton methods to the stateful class

• Convert dos newlines to unix newlines

• Fix error message when a given event can't be found in the database

• Add before_#{action} and #{action} callbacks when an event is performed

• All state and event callbacks can now explicitly return false in order to cancel the action

• Refactor ActiveState callback creation

• Refactor unit tests so that they use mock classes instead of themselves

• Allow force_reload option to be set in the state association

• Don't save the entire model when updating the state_id

• Raise exception if a class tries to define a state more than once

• Add tests for PluginAWeek::Has::States::ActiveState

• Refactor active state/active event creation

• Fix owner_type not being set correctly in active states/events of subclasses

• Allow subclasses to override the initial state

• Fix problem with migrations using default null when column cannot be null

• Moved deadline support into a separate plugin (has_state_deadlines).

• Added many more unit tests.

• Simplified many of the interfaces for maintainability.

• Added support for turning off recording state changes.

• Removed the short_description and long_description columns, in favor of an optional human_name column.

• Fixed not overriding the correct equality methods in the StateTransition class.

• Added to_sym to State and Event.

• State#name and Event#name now return the string version of the name instead of the symbol version.

• Added State#human_name and Event#human_name to automatically figure out what the human name is if it isn't specified in the table.

• Updated manual rollbacks to use the new Rails edge api (ActiveRecord::Rollback exception).

• Moved StateExtension class into a separate file in order to help keep the has_state files clean.

• Renamed InvalidState and InvalidEvent exceptions to StateNotFound and EventNotFound in order to follow the ActiveRecord convention (i.e. RecordNotFound).

• Added StateNotActive and EventNotActive exceptions to help differentiate between states which don't exist and states which weren't defined in the class.

• Added support for defining callbacks like so:

def before_exit_parked end

def after_enter_idling end

• Added support for defining callbacks using class methods:

before_exit_parked :fasten_seatbelt

• Added event callbacks after the transition has occurred (e.g. after_park)

• State callbacks no longer receive any of the arguments that were provided in the event action

• Updated license to include our names.