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# If we build our ActiveRecord objects from attributes that had *real* classes, we could # define the validation, and any other behaviour, in that attribute class. Would this # make things like "blog url", "name", and "address" reusable? composed_of EditorialSummary, :called => :editorial_summary composed_of Url, :called => :image_url composed_of Address, :something => [:address_line_1, :address_line_2, :postcode, :country] class EditorialSummary < Attribute def initialize(string) @string = string end def paragraphs @string.split(/\n\s*\n/m) end def valid? # whatever end end def editorial_summary EditorialSummary.new(super) end