From 05ce69ad9d9ba557afa60d8a5503d306245664d2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: mrmalvi <malviyak00@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2025 15:42:36 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 01/26] Support rails 7 +

---
 Appraisals                                    |   5 +
 README.md                                     |   6 +-
 gemfiles/rails_7.gemfile                      |   8 ++
 gemfiles/rails_7.gemfile.lock                 | 116 ++++++++++++++++++
 lib/serial_preference.rb                      |   1 +
 lib/serial_preference/has_preference_map.rb   |   7 +-
 .../preference_definition.rb                  | 112 ++++++++---------
 lib/serial_preference/safe_yaml_coder.rb      |  19 +++
 serial_preference.gemspec                     |   5 +-
 spec/fixtures/dummy_class.rb                  |   2 +-
 spec/spec_helper.rb                           |   2 +
 11 files changed, 220 insertions(+), 63 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 gemfiles/rails_7.gemfile
 create mode 100644 gemfiles/rails_7.gemfile.lock
 create mode 100644 lib/serial_preference/safe_yaml_coder.rb

diff --git a/Appraisals b/Appraisals
index 90179a1..3dcddf3 100644
--- a/Appraisals
+++ b/Appraisals
@@ -25,3 +25,8 @@ appraise "rails-6" do
   gem "activesupport", "6.0.0"
   gem "activerecord", "6.0.0"
 end
+
+appraise "rails-7" do
+  gem "activesupport", "~> 7.0.0"
+  gem "activerecord", "~> 7.0.0"
+end
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 9745e31..2c2d6f5 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -17,6 +17,10 @@ and other niceties.
 
 Scratching my own itch.
 
+## Rails 6 & 7 changes
+
+For boolean fields default value should be given as `"true"` `"false"` with quotes
+
 ## Installation
 
 Add this line to your application's Gemfile:
@@ -40,7 +44,7 @@ Or install it yourself as:
 
       preferences do
 
-        preference :taxable data_type: :boolean, required: true
+        preference :taxable data_type: :boolean, required: true, default: "true"
         preference :vat_no required: false
         preference :max_invoice_items data_type: :integer
 
diff --git a/gemfiles/rails_7.gemfile b/gemfiles/rails_7.gemfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bceb4d7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gemfiles/rails_7.gemfile
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+# This file was generated by Appraisal
+
+source "https://rubygems.org"
+
+gem "activesupport", "~> 7.0.0"
+gem "activerecord", "~> 7.0.0"
+
+gemspec path: "../"
diff --git a/gemfiles/rails_7.gemfile.lock b/gemfiles/rails_7.gemfile.lock
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cc9f9b6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gemfiles/rails_7.gemfile.lock
@@ -0,0 +1,116 @@
+PATH
+  remote: ..
+  specs:
+    serial_preference (1.3.0)
+      activerecord (>= 6.0.0)
+      activesupport (>= 6.0.0)
+
+GEM
+  remote: https://rubygems.org/
+  specs:
+    actionpack (7.0.4)
+      actionview (= 7.0.4)
+      activesupport (= 7.0.4)
+      rack (~> 2.0, >= 2.2.0)
+      rack-test (>= 0.6.3)
+      rails-dom-testing (~> 2.0)
+      rails-html-sanitizer (~> 1.0, >= 1.2.0)
+    actionview (7.0.4)
+      activesupport (= 7.0.4)
+      builder (~> 3.1)
+      erubi (~> 1.4)
+      rails-dom-testing (~> 2.0)
+      rails-html-sanitizer (~> 1.1, >= 1.2.0)
+    activemodel (7.0.4)
+      activesupport (= 7.0.4)
+    activerecord (7.0.4)
+      activemodel (= 7.0.4)
+      activesupport (= 7.0.4)
+    activesupport (7.0.4)
+      concurrent-ruby (~> 1.0, >= 1.0.2)
+      i18n (>= 1.6, < 2)
+      minitest (>= 5.1)
+      tzinfo (~> 2.0)
+    appraisal (2.4.1)
+      bundler
+      rake
+      thor (>= 0.14.0)
+    builder (3.2.4)
+    concurrent-ruby (1.1.10)
+    crass (1.0.6)
+    diff-lcs (1.5.0)
+    erubi (1.12.0)
+    i18n (1.12.0)
+      concurrent-ruby (~> 1.0)
+    loofah (2.19.1)
+      crass (~> 1.0.2)
+      nokogiri (>= 1.5.9)
+    method_source (1.0.0)
+    minitest (5.17.0)
+    nokogiri (1.14.0-x86_64-linux)
+      racc (~> 1.4)
+    racc (1.6.2)
+    rack (2.2.6)
+    rack-test (2.0.2)
+      rack (>= 1.3)
+    rails-dom-testing (2.0.3)
+      activesupport (>= 4.2.0)
+      nokogiri (>= 1.6)
+    rails-html-sanitizer (1.4.4)
+      loofah (~> 2.19, >= 2.19.1)
+    railties (7.0.4)
+      actionpack (= 7.0.4)
+      activesupport (= 7.0.4)
+      method_source
+      rake (>= 12.2)
+      thor (~> 1.0)
+      zeitwerk (~> 2.5)
+    rake (13.0.6)
+    rspec (3.12.0)
+      rspec-core (~> 3.12.0)
+      rspec-expectations (~> 3.12.0)
+      rspec-mocks (~> 3.12.0)
+    rspec-core (3.12.0)
+      rspec-support (~> 3.12.0)
+    rspec-expectations (3.12.2)
+      diff-lcs (>= 1.2.0, < 2.0)
+      rspec-support (~> 3.12.0)
+    rspec-mocks (3.12.3)
+      diff-lcs (>= 1.2.0, < 2.0)
+      rspec-support (~> 3.12.0)
+    rspec-rails (6.0.1)
+      actionpack (>= 6.1)
+      activesupport (>= 6.1)
+      railties (>= 6.1)
+      rspec-core (~> 3.11)
+      rspec-expectations (~> 3.11)
+      rspec-mocks (~> 3.11)
+      rspec-support (~> 3.11)
+    rspec-support (3.12.0)
+    shoulda (4.0.0)
+      shoulda-context (~> 2.0)
+      shoulda-matchers (~> 4.0)
+    shoulda-context (2.0.0)
+    shoulda-matchers (4.5.1)
+      activesupport (>= 4.2.0)
+    sqlite3 (1.6.0-x86_64-linux)
+    thor (1.2.1)
+    tzinfo (2.0.5)
+      concurrent-ruby (~> 1.0)
+    zeitwerk (2.6.6)
+
+PLATFORMS
+  x86_64-linux
+
+DEPENDENCIES
+  activerecord (~> 7.0.0)
+  activesupport (~> 7.0.0)
+  appraisal
+  rspec (>= 3.0.0)
+  rspec-rails
+  serial_preference!
+  shoulda
+  sqlite3
+
+BUNDLED WITH
+   2.4.3
diff --git a/lib/serial_preference.rb b/lib/serial_preference.rb
index 28adf2e..5e39d1e 100644
--- a/lib/serial_preference.rb
+++ b/lib/serial_preference.rb
@@ -2,5 +2,6 @@
 require 'active_record'
 require "serial_preference/version"
 require 'serial_preference/preference_definition'
+require 'serial_preference/safe_yaml_coder'
 require "serial_preference/preferenzer"
 require "serial_preference/has_preference_map"
diff --git a/lib/serial_preference/has_preference_map.rb b/lib/serial_preference/has_preference_map.rb
index e255335..aaf0a8e 100644
--- a/lib/serial_preference/has_preference_map.rb
+++ b/lib/serial_preference/has_preference_map.rb
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+require "rails"
 module SerialPreference
   module HasSerialPreferences
     extend ActiveSupport::Concern
@@ -32,7 +33,11 @@ def preference_names
       private
 
       def build_preference_definitions
-        serialize self._preferences_attribute, Hash
+        if Gem::Version.new(Rails.version) >= Gem::Version.new("7.1")
+          serialize self._preferences_attribute, coder: SerialPreference::SafeYamlCoder, type: Hash
+        else
+          serialize self._preferences_attribute, Hash
+        end
 
         _preference_map.all_preference_definitions.each do |preference|
 
diff --git a/lib/serial_preference/preference_definition.rb b/lib/serial_preference/preference_definition.rb
index c165170..5ba7db0 100644
--- a/lib/serial_preference/preference_definition.rb
+++ b/lib/serial_preference/preference_definition.rb
@@ -1,105 +1,101 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
 module SerialPreference
   class PreferenceDefinition
-
-    SUPPORTED_TYPES = [:string,:integer,:decimal,:float,:boolean]
+    SUPPORTED_TYPES = %i[string integer decimal float boolean].freeze
 
     attr_accessor :data_type, :name, :default, :required, :field_type
 
-    def initialize(name,*args)
+    def initialize(name, *args)
       opts = args.extract_options!
-      self.name = name.to_s
-      opts.assert_valid_keys(:data_type,:default,:required,:field_type)
-      self.data_type = @type = opts[:data_type] || :string
-      @column = ActiveRecord::ConnectionAdapters::Column.new(name.to_s, opts[:default], column_type(@type))
-      self.default = opts[:default]
-      self.required = !!opts[:required]
+      opts.assert_valid_keys(:data_type, :default, :required, :field_type)
+
+      self.name       = name.to_s
+      self.data_type  = opts[:data_type]&.to_sym || :string
+      self.default    = opts[:default]
+      self.required   = !!opts[:required]
       self.field_type = opts[:field_type]
+
+      # Use ActiveModel::Type for consistent casting across Rails versions
+      begin
+        @type = ActiveModel::Type.lookup(self.data_type)
+      rescue ArgumentError
+        @type = ActiveModel::Type::Value.new
+      end
     end
 
+    # Return the name of the preference
     def name
-      @column.name
+      @name
     end
 
     def default_value
-      @column.default
+      @default
     end
 
     def required?
-      required
+      @required
     end
 
     def numerical?
-      [:integer, :float, :decimal].include?(@column.type)
+      %i[integer float decimal].include?(data_type)
     end
 
     def boolean?
-      @column.type == :boolean
+      data_type == :boolean
     end
 
+    # Cast a value using ActiveModel type system
     def type_cast(value)
-      v = @column.type_cast(value)
-      v.nil? ? default_value : v
+      casted_value = @type.cast(value)
+      casted_value.nil? ? default_value : casted_value
     end
 
+    # Used for UI field mapping, default to string for numeric fields
     def field_type
       @field_type || (numerical? ? :string : data_type)
     end
 
+    # Check if a given value is "truthy" for queries
     def query(value)
-      if !(value = type_cast(value))
-        false
-      elsif numerical?
-        !value.zero?
+      value = type_cast(value)
+      return false if value.nil?
+
+      if numerical?
+        !value.to_f.zero?
       else
         !value.blank?
       end
     end
 
+    # Value coercion used for serialization
     def value(v)
       v = v.nil? ? default : v
-      if !v.nil?
-        case data_type
-        when :string, :password
-          v.to_s
-        when  :integer
-          v.respond_to?(:to_i) ? v.to_i : nil
-        when :float, :real
-          v.respond_to?(:to_f) ? v.to_f : nil
-        when :boolean
-          return false if v == 0
-          return false if v == ""
-          return false if v == nil
-          return false if v.to_s.downcase == "false"
-          return false if v == "0"
-          return false if v.to_s.downcase == "no"
-          !!v
-        else
-          nil
-        end
-      end
-    end
+      return nil if v.nil?
 
-    def column_type(type)
-      if greater_or_equal_rails_42?
-        case type
-        when :boolean
-          ActiveRecord::Type::Boolean.new
-        when :integer
-          ActiveRecord::Type::Integer.new
-        when :float
-          ActiveRecord::Type::Float.new
-        when :decimal
-          ActiveRecord::Type::Decimal.new
-        else
-          ActiveRecord::Type::String.new
-        end
+      case data_type
+      when :string, :password
+        v.to_s
+      when :integer
+        v.is_a?(Integer) ? v : v.try(:to_i)
+      when :float, :real, :decimal
+        v.is_a?(Numeric) ? v.to_f : v.try(:to_f)
+      when :boolean
+        boolean_cast(v)
       else
-        type.to_s
+        v
       end
     end
 
-    def greater_or_equal_rails_42?
-      ActiveRecord::VERSION::MAJOR > 4 || (ActiveRecord::VERSION::MAJOR == 4 && ActiveRecord::VERSION::MINOR == 2)
+    private
+
+    def boolean_cast(v)
+      return v if !v
+      if v.is_a?(String)
+        return false if v.downcase == "no"
+      end
+
+      ActiveModel::Type::Boolean.new.cast(v.to_s.downcase)
     end
   end
 end
diff --git a/lib/serial_preference/safe_yaml_coder.rb b/lib/serial_preference/safe_yaml_coder.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0bdcf89
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/serial_preference/safe_yaml_coder.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+module SerialPreference
+  module SafeYamlCoder
+    def self.dump(obj)
+      obj = obj.to_h if obj.is_a?(ActiveSupport::HashWithIndifferentAccess)
+      YAML.dump(obj)
+    end
+
+    def self.load(yaml)
+      return {} if yaml.blank?
+      Psych.safe_load(
+        yaml,
+        permitted_classes: [Symbol, ActiveSupport::HashWithIndifferentAccess, Date, Time],
+        aliases: true
+      ) || {}
+    rescue Psych::Exception
+      {}
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/serial_preference.gemspec b/serial_preference.gemspec
index 29fccb0..a322c50 100644
--- a/serial_preference.gemspec
+++ b/serial_preference.gemspec
@@ -17,10 +17,11 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |gem|
   gem.test_files    = gem.files.grep(%r{^(test|spec|features)/})
   gem.require_paths = ["lib"]
 
-  gem.add_runtime_dependency "activesupport", ">= 3.0.0"
-  gem.add_runtime_dependency "activerecord", ">= 3.0.0"
+  gem.add_runtime_dependency 'activerecord', '>= 5.0'
+  gem.add_runtime_dependency 'activesupport', '>= 5.0'
 
   gem.add_development_dependency 'sqlite3'
+  gem.add_development_dependency 'debug'
   gem.add_development_dependency 'rspec', ">= 3.0.0"
   gem.add_development_dependency 'rspec-rails'
   gem.add_development_dependency "shoulda"
diff --git a/spec/fixtures/dummy_class.rb b/spec/fixtures/dummy_class.rb
index 53e2dc6..22e7cce 100644
--- a/spec/fixtures/dummy_class.rb
+++ b/spec/fixtures/dummy_class.rb
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 class DummyClass < ActiveRecord::Base
   include SerialPreference::HasSerialPreferences
   preferences do
-    preference :taxable, data_type: :boolean, required: true, default: true
+    preference :taxable, data_type: :boolean, required: true, default: "true"
     preference :required_number, data_type: :integer, required: :true
     preference :vat_no, required: false
     preference :max_invoice_items, data_type: :integer
diff --git a/spec/spec_helper.rb b/spec/spec_helper.rb
index ab4e8f8..2b8f025 100644
--- a/spec/spec_helper.rb
+++ b/spec/spec_helper.rb
@@ -4,11 +4,13 @@
 require 'active_record'
 require 'yaml'
 require 'rspec'
+require 'debug'
 require 'shoulda'
 require "serial_preference/version"
 require 'serial_preference/preference_definition'
 require "serial_preference/preferenzer"
 require "serial_preference/has_preference_map"
+require 'serial_preference/safe_yaml_coder'
 
 FIXTURES_DIR = File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), "fixtures")
 config = YAML::load(IO.read(File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/database.yml'))

From 1d78b0c48d8350ae87e9b2004a06e5b87246b203 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: mrmalvi <malviyak00@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2025 16:55:34 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 02/26] update use past defines

---
 README.md                                      |  2 +-
 lib/serial_preference/preference_definition.rb | 14 ++++++--------
 spec/fixtures/dummy_class.rb                   |  2 +-
 3 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 2c2d6f5..98a8081 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ Or install it yourself as:
 
       preferences do
 
-        preference :taxable data_type: :boolean, required: true, default: "true"
+        preference :taxable data_type: :boolean, required: true, default: true
         preference :vat_no required: false
         preference :max_invoice_items data_type: :integer
 
diff --git a/lib/serial_preference/preference_definition.rb b/lib/serial_preference/preference_definition.rb
index 5ba7db0..2f33c59 100644
--- a/lib/serial_preference/preference_definition.rb
+++ b/lib/serial_preference/preference_definition.rb
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
-# frozen_string_literal: true
-
 module SerialPreference
   class PreferenceDefinition
-    SUPPORTED_TYPES = %i[string integer decimal float boolean].freeze
+    SUPPORTED_TYPES = [:string,:integer,:decimal,:float,:boolean]
 
     attr_accessor :data_type, :name, :default, :required, :field_type
 
@@ -30,15 +28,15 @@ def name
     end
 
     def default_value
-      @default
+      default
     end
 
     def required?
-      @required
+      required
     end
 
     def numerical?
-      %i[integer float decimal].include?(data_type)
+      [:integer, :float, :decimal].include?(data_type)
     end
 
     def boolean?
@@ -47,8 +45,8 @@ def boolean?
 
     # Cast a value using ActiveModel type system
     def type_cast(value)
-      casted_value = @type.cast(value)
-      casted_value.nil? ? default_value : casted_value
+      v = @type.cast(value)
+      v.nil? ? default_value : v
     end
 
     # Used for UI field mapping, default to string for numeric fields
diff --git a/spec/fixtures/dummy_class.rb b/spec/fixtures/dummy_class.rb
index 22e7cce..53e2dc6 100644
--- a/spec/fixtures/dummy_class.rb
+++ b/spec/fixtures/dummy_class.rb
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 class DummyClass < ActiveRecord::Base
   include SerialPreference::HasSerialPreferences
   preferences do
-    preference :taxable, data_type: :boolean, required: true, default: "true"
+    preference :taxable, data_type: :boolean, required: true, default: true
     preference :required_number, data_type: :integer, required: :true
     preference :vat_no, required: false
     preference :max_invoice_items, data_type: :integer

From 3284ab023a7fee18325c67c1427e34047b2bb516 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kamlesh Parmar <76098794+mrmalvi@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2026 18:31:19 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 03/26] more improve

---
 lib/serial_preference/preference_definition.rb | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/lib/serial_preference/preference_definition.rb b/lib/serial_preference/preference_definition.rb
index 6602ccf..0d185e9 100644
--- a/lib/serial_preference/preference_definition.rb
+++ b/lib/serial_preference/preference_definition.rb
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ def initialize(name,*args)
     end
 
     def default_value
-      default
+      type_cast(default)
     end
 
     def required?

From be502010857307facb340273741a7dd3bd407cc9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kamlesh Parmar <76098794+mrmalvi@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2026 17:20:08 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 04/26] Remove Rails 6 & 7 boolean fields section

Removed section on Rails 6 & 7 changes regarding boolean fields.
---
 README.md | 4 ----
 1 file changed, 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 98a8081..b0971db 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -17,10 +17,6 @@ and other niceties.
 
 Scratching my own itch.
 
-## Rails 6 & 7 changes
-
-For boolean fields default value should be given as `"true"` `"false"` with quotes
-
 ## Installation
 
 Add this line to your application's Gemfile:

From 1ae1d2068e1bffe7349f5da50a66a70a8384177b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kamlesh Parmar <76098794+mrmalvi@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2026 18:05:17 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 05/26] Update preference_definition.rb

---
 lib/serial_preference/preference_definition.rb | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/lib/serial_preference/preference_definition.rb b/lib/serial_preference/preference_definition.rb
index 0d185e9..d5586cd 100644
--- a/lib/serial_preference/preference_definition.rb
+++ b/lib/serial_preference/preference_definition.rb
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ def numerical?
     end
 
     def boolean?
-      data_type == :boolean
+      data_type.type == :boolean
     end
 
     def type_cast(value)

From 614405dfb81cce673f437347c2f0a5ec46c19b57 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kamlesh Parmar <76098794+mrmalvi@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2026 18:06:01 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 06/26] Update boolean? method to use @type_caster

---
 lib/serial_preference/preference_definition.rb | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/lib/serial_preference/preference_definition.rb b/lib/serial_preference/preference_definition.rb
index d5586cd..6c40dc0 100644
--- a/lib/serial_preference/preference_definition.rb
+++ b/lib/serial_preference/preference_definition.rb
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ def numerical?
     end
 
     def boolean?
-      data_type.type == :boolean
+      @type_caster.type == :boolean
     end
 
     def type_cast(value)

From 7d87f75469b73f5e2a76c180a6f7ca9ec0741b1b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kamlesh Parmar <76098794+mrmalvi@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2026 18:09:06 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 07/26] Update numerical? method to use @type_caster.type

---
 lib/serial_preference/preference_definition.rb | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/lib/serial_preference/preference_definition.rb b/lib/serial_preference/preference_definition.rb
index 6c40dc0..643e664 100644
--- a/lib/serial_preference/preference_definition.rb
+++ b/lib/serial_preference/preference_definition.rb
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ def required?
     end
 
     def numerical?
-      [:integer, :float, :decimal].include?(data_type)
+      [:integer, :float, :decimal].include?(@type_caster.type)
     end
 
     def boolean?

From 1f80e1cf2b0c6db0504ac90b3f5d12ebdd918c40 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kamlesh Parmar <76098794+mrmalvi@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2026 18:12:30 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 08/26] Refactor type casting to use @column instead of
 @type_caster

---
 lib/serial_preference/preference_definition.rb | 8 ++++----
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lib/serial_preference/preference_definition.rb b/lib/serial_preference/preference_definition.rb
index 643e664..4f64e3e 100644
--- a/lib/serial_preference/preference_definition.rb
+++ b/lib/serial_preference/preference_definition.rb
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ def initialize(name,*args)
       self.name = name.to_s
       opts.assert_valid_keys(:data_type, :default, :required, :field_type)
       self.data_type = @type = opts[:data_type] || :string
-      @type_caster = column_type(@type)
+      @column = column_type(@type)
       self.default = opts[:default]
       self.required = !!opts[:required]
       self.field_type = opts[:field_type]
@@ -25,15 +25,15 @@ def required?
     end
 
     def numerical?
-      [:integer, :float, :decimal].include?(@type_caster.type)
+      [:integer, :float, :decimal].include?(@column.type)
     end
 
     def boolean?
-      @type_caster.type == :boolean
+      @column.type == :boolean
     end
 
     def type_cast(value)
-      v = @type_caster.cast(value)
+      v = @column.cast(value)
       v.nil? ? default_value : v
     end
 

From 566f04e4358e53cb9c3818521b2bc5d6b23ea4a6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kamlesh Parmar <76098794+mrmalvi@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2026 12:44:01 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 09/26] Modify gem dependencies for compatibility for test

Updated gem dependencies to support older versions of ActiveRecord and ActiveSupport.
---
 gemfiles/rails_7.gemfile.lock | 33 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 31 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/gemfiles/rails_7.gemfile.lock b/gemfiles/rails_7.gemfile.lock
index cc9f9b6..b513187 100644
--- a/gemfiles/rails_7.gemfile.lock
+++ b/gemfiles/rails_7.gemfile.lock
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@ PATH
   remote: ..
   specs:
     serial_preference (1.3.0)
-      activerecord (>= 6.0.0)
-      activesupport (>= 6.0.0)
+      activerecord (>= 3.0.0)
+      activesupport (>= 3.0.0)
 
 GEM
   remote: https://rubygems.org/
@@ -38,17 +38,35 @@ GEM
     builder (3.2.4)
     concurrent-ruby (1.1.10)
     crass (1.0.6)
+    date (3.5.1)
+    debug (1.11.1)
+      irb (~> 1.10)
+      reline (>= 0.3.8)
     diff-lcs (1.5.0)
+    erb (6.0.1)
     erubi (1.12.0)
     i18n (1.12.0)
       concurrent-ruby (~> 1.0)
+    io-console (0.8.2)
+    irb (1.16.0)
+      pp (>= 0.6.0)
+      rdoc (>= 4.0.0)
+      reline (>= 0.4.2)
     loofah (2.19.1)
       crass (~> 1.0.2)
       nokogiri (>= 1.5.9)
     method_source (1.0.0)
     minitest (5.17.0)
+    nokogiri (1.14.0-x86_64-darwin)
+      racc (~> 1.4)
     nokogiri (1.14.0-x86_64-linux)
       racc (~> 1.4)
+    pp (0.6.3)
+      prettyprint
+    prettyprint (0.2.0)
+    psych (5.3.1)
+      date
+      stringio
     racc (1.6.2)
     rack (2.2.6)
     rack-test (2.0.2)
@@ -66,6 +84,12 @@ GEM
       thor (~> 1.0)
       zeitwerk (~> 2.5)
     rake (13.0.6)
+    rdoc (7.1.0)
+      erb
+      psych (>= 4.0.0)
+      tsort
+    reline (0.6.3)
+      io-console (~> 0.5)
     rspec (3.12.0)
       rspec-core (~> 3.12.0)
       rspec-expectations (~> 3.12.0)
@@ -93,19 +117,24 @@ GEM
     shoulda-context (2.0.0)
     shoulda-matchers (4.5.1)
       activesupport (>= 4.2.0)
+    sqlite3 (1.6.0-x86_64-darwin)
     sqlite3 (1.6.0-x86_64-linux)
+    stringio (3.2.0)
     thor (1.2.1)
+    tsort (0.2.0)
     tzinfo (2.0.5)
       concurrent-ruby (~> 1.0)
     zeitwerk (2.6.6)
 
 PLATFORMS
+  x86_64-darwin-22
   x86_64-linux
 
 DEPENDENCIES
   activerecord (~> 7.0.0)
   activesupport (~> 7.0.0)
   appraisal
+  debug
   rspec (>= 3.0.0)
   rspec-rails
   serial_preference!

From ed4f6171cd16e2d2d30b0d84f8d062c60c5e4379 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kamlesh Parmar <76098794+mrmalvi@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2026 13:00:41 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 10/26] Update Rails gems to version 7.0.4

---
 gemfiles/{rails_7.gemfile => rails_7.0.4.gemfile} | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
 rename gemfiles/{rails_7.gemfile => rails_7.0.4.gemfile} (59%)

diff --git a/gemfiles/rails_7.gemfile b/gemfiles/rails_7.0.4.gemfile
similarity index 59%
rename from gemfiles/rails_7.gemfile
rename to gemfiles/rails_7.0.4.gemfile
index bceb4d7..c363a4d 100644
--- a/gemfiles/rails_7.gemfile
+++ b/gemfiles/rails_7.0.4.gemfile
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 source "https://rubygems.org"
 
-gem "activesupport", "~> 7.0.0"
-gem "activerecord", "~> 7.0.0"
+gem "activesupport", "7.0.4"
+gem "activerecord", "7.0.4"
 
 gemspec path: "../"

From 96736074db590884df04b0add4ad96355678ef18 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kamlesh Parmar <76098794+mrmalvi@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2026 13:00:58 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 11/26] Update gemfile.lock for Rails 7.0.4

---
 gemfiles/{rails_7.gemfile.lock => rails_7.0.4.gemfile.lock} | 0
 1 file changed, 0 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
 rename gemfiles/{rails_7.gemfile.lock => rails_7.0.4.gemfile.lock} (100%)

diff --git a/gemfiles/rails_7.gemfile.lock b/gemfiles/rails_7.0.4.gemfile.lock
similarity index 100%
rename from gemfiles/rails_7.gemfile.lock
rename to gemfiles/rails_7.0.4.gemfile.lock

From d76d8dc85d1540c2fb0b6af6b0480af9345808ed Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kamlesh Parmar <76098794+mrmalvi@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2026 13:01:31 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 12/26] Update Rails appraisal to version 7.0.4

---
 Appraisals | 8 ++++----
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Appraisals b/Appraisals
index 3dcddf3..94e5c5a 100644
--- a/Appraisals
+++ b/Appraisals
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ appraise "rails-6" do
   gem "activerecord", "6.0.0"
 end
 
-appraise "rails-7" do
-  gem "activesupport", "~> 7.0.0"
-  gem "activerecord", "~> 7.0.0"
-end
\ No newline at end of file
+appraise "rails-7.0.4" do
+  gem "activesupport", "7.0.4"
+  gem "activerecord", "7.0.4"
+end

From 080b4c2d0fd2a1b1498d5934b538745e361e6ca8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kamlesh Parmar <malviyak00@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 17 Jan 2026 11:57:29 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 13/26] test on 7.2

---
 Appraisals                        |  12 ++
 gemfiles/rails_7.0.4.gemfile.lock |   4 +-
 gemfiles/rails_7.1.gemfile        |   9 ++
 gemfiles/rails_7.1.gemfile.lock   | 164 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 gemfiles/rails_7.2.gemfile        |   9 ++
 gemfiles/rails_7.2.gemfile.lock   | 176 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 6 files changed, 372 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 gemfiles/rails_7.1.gemfile
 create mode 100644 gemfiles/rails_7.1.gemfile.lock
 create mode 100644 gemfiles/rails_7.2.gemfile
 create mode 100644 gemfiles/rails_7.2.gemfile.lock

diff --git a/Appraisals b/Appraisals
index 94e5c5a..5876a44 100644
--- a/Appraisals
+++ b/Appraisals
@@ -30,3 +30,15 @@ appraise "rails-7.0.4" do
   gem "activesupport", "7.0.4"
   gem "activerecord", "7.0.4"
 end
+
+appraise "rails-7.1" do
+  gem "activesupport", "7.1.0"
+  gem "activerecord", "7.1.0"
+  gem "sqlite3", "~> 1.4"
+end
+
+appraise "rails-7.2" do
+  gem "activesupport", "~> 7.2.0"
+  gem "activerecord",  "~> 7.2.0"
+  gem "sqlite3", "~> 2.0"
+end
diff --git a/gemfiles/rails_7.0.4.gemfile.lock b/gemfiles/rails_7.0.4.gemfile.lock
index b513187..26aa944 100644
--- a/gemfiles/rails_7.0.4.gemfile.lock
+++ b/gemfiles/rails_7.0.4.gemfile.lock
@@ -131,8 +131,8 @@ PLATFORMS
   x86_64-linux
 
 DEPENDENCIES
-  activerecord (~> 7.0.0)
-  activesupport (~> 7.0.0)
+  activerecord (= 7.0.4)
+  activesupport (= 7.0.4)
   appraisal
   debug
   rspec (>= 3.0.0)
diff --git a/gemfiles/rails_7.1.gemfile b/gemfiles/rails_7.1.gemfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..136eccc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gemfiles/rails_7.1.gemfile
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+# This file was generated by Appraisal
+
+source "https://rubygems.org"
+
+gem "activesupport", "7.1.0"
+gem "activerecord", "7.1.0"
+gem "sqlite3", "~> 1.4"
+
+gemspec path: "../"
diff --git a/gemfiles/rails_7.1.gemfile.lock b/gemfiles/rails_7.1.gemfile.lock
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d0968c7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gemfiles/rails_7.1.gemfile.lock
@@ -0,0 +1,164 @@
+PATH
+  remote: ..
+  specs:
+    serial_preference (1.3.0)
+      activerecord (>= 3.0.0)
+      activesupport (>= 3.0.0)
+
+GEM
+  remote: https://rubygems.org/
+  specs:
+    actionpack (7.1.0)
+      actionview (= 7.1.0)
+      activesupport (= 7.1.0)
+      nokogiri (>= 1.8.5)
+      rack (>= 2.2.4)
+      rack-session (>= 1.0.1)
+      rack-test (>= 0.6.3)
+      rails-dom-testing (~> 2.2)
+      rails-html-sanitizer (~> 1.6)
+    actionview (7.1.0)
+      activesupport (= 7.1.0)
+      builder (~> 3.1)
+      erubi (~> 1.11)
+      rails-dom-testing (~> 2.2)
+      rails-html-sanitizer (~> 1.6)
+    activemodel (7.1.0)
+      activesupport (= 7.1.0)
+    activerecord (7.1.0)
+      activemodel (= 7.1.0)
+      activesupport (= 7.1.0)
+      timeout (>= 0.4.0)
+    activesupport (7.1.0)
+      base64
+      bigdecimal
+      concurrent-ruby (~> 1.0, >= 1.0.2)
+      connection_pool (>= 2.2.5)
+      drb
+      i18n (>= 1.6, < 2)
+      minitest (>= 5.1)
+      mutex_m
+      tzinfo (~> 2.0)
+    appraisal (2.5.0)
+      bundler
+      rake
+      thor (>= 0.14.0)
+    base64 (0.3.0)
+    bigdecimal (4.0.1)
+    builder (3.3.0)
+    concurrent-ruby (1.3.6)
+    connection_pool (3.0.2)
+    crass (1.0.6)
+    date (3.5.1)
+    debug (1.11.1)
+      irb (~> 1.10)
+      reline (>= 0.3.8)
+    diff-lcs (1.6.2)
+    drb (2.2.3)
+    erb (6.0.1)
+    erubi (1.13.1)
+    i18n (1.14.8)
+      concurrent-ruby (~> 1.0)
+    io-console (0.8.2)
+    irb (1.16.0)
+      pp (>= 0.6.0)
+      rdoc (>= 4.0.0)
+      reline (>= 0.4.2)
+    loofah (2.25.0)
+      crass (~> 1.0.2)
+      nokogiri (>= 1.12.0)
+    minitest (6.0.1)
+      prism (~> 1.5)
+    mutex_m (0.3.0)
+    nokogiri (1.19.0-x86_64-darwin)
+      racc (~> 1.4)
+    pp (0.6.3)
+      prettyprint
+    prettyprint (0.2.0)
+    prism (1.8.0)
+    psych (5.3.1)
+      date
+      stringio
+    racc (1.8.1)
+    rack (3.2.4)
+    rack-session (2.1.1)
+      base64 (>= 0.1.0)
+      rack (>= 3.0.0)
+    rack-test (2.2.0)
+      rack (>= 1.3)
+    rackup (2.3.1)
+      rack (>= 3)
+    rails-dom-testing (2.3.0)
+      activesupport (>= 5.0.0)
+      minitest
+      nokogiri (>= 1.6)
+    rails-html-sanitizer (1.6.2)
+      loofah (~> 2.21)
+      nokogiri (>= 1.15.7, != 1.16.7, != 1.16.6, != 1.16.5, != 1.16.4, != 1.16.3, != 1.16.2, != 1.16.1, != 1.16.0.rc1, != 1.16.0)
+    railties (7.1.0)
+      actionpack (= 7.1.0)
+      activesupport (= 7.1.0)
+      irb
+      rackup (>= 1.0.0)
+      rake (>= 12.2)
+      thor (~> 1.0, >= 1.2.2)
+      zeitwerk (~> 2.6)
+    rake (13.3.1)
+    rdoc (7.1.0)
+      erb
+      psych (>= 4.0.0)
+      tsort
+    reline (0.6.3)
+      io-console (~> 0.5)
+    rspec (3.13.2)
+      rspec-core (~> 3.13.0)
+      rspec-expectations (~> 3.13.0)
+      rspec-mocks (~> 3.13.0)
+    rspec-core (3.13.6)
+      rspec-support (~> 3.13.0)
+    rspec-expectations (3.13.5)
+      diff-lcs (>= 1.2.0, < 2.0)
+      rspec-support (~> 3.13.0)
+    rspec-mocks (3.13.7)
+      diff-lcs (>= 1.2.0, < 2.0)
+      rspec-support (~> 3.13.0)
+    rspec-rails (7.1.1)
+      actionpack (>= 7.0)
+      activesupport (>= 7.0)
+      railties (>= 7.0)
+      rspec-core (~> 3.13)
+      rspec-expectations (~> 3.13)
+      rspec-mocks (~> 3.13)
+      rspec-support (~> 3.13)
+    rspec-support (3.13.6)
+    shoulda (4.0.0)
+      shoulda-context (~> 2.0)
+      shoulda-matchers (~> 4.0)
+    shoulda-context (2.0.0)
+    shoulda-matchers (4.5.1)
+      activesupport (>= 4.2.0)
+    sqlite3 (1.6.0-x86_64-darwin)
+    stringio (3.2.0)
+    thor (1.5.0)
+    timeout (0.6.0)
+    tsort (0.2.0)
+    tzinfo (2.0.6)
+      concurrent-ruby (~> 1.0)
+    zeitwerk (2.7.4)
+
+PLATFORMS
+  x86_64-darwin-22
+
+DEPENDENCIES
+  activerecord (= 7.1.0)
+  activesupport (= 7.1.0)
+  appraisal
+  debug
+  rspec (>= 3.0.0)
+  rspec-rails
+  serial_preference!
+  shoulda
+  sqlite3 (~> 1.4)
+
+BUNDLED WITH
+   2.3.26
diff --git a/gemfiles/rails_7.2.gemfile b/gemfiles/rails_7.2.gemfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0584516
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gemfiles/rails_7.2.gemfile
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+# This file was generated by Appraisal
+
+source "https://rubygems.org"
+
+gem "activesupport", "~> 7.2.0"
+gem "activerecord", "~> 7.2.0"
+gem "sqlite3", "~> 2.0"
+
+gemspec path: "../"
diff --git a/gemfiles/rails_7.2.gemfile.lock b/gemfiles/rails_7.2.gemfile.lock
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5f9d3ae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gemfiles/rails_7.2.gemfile.lock
@@ -0,0 +1,176 @@
+PATH
+  remote: ..
+  specs:
+    serial_preference (1.3.0)
+      activerecord (>= 3.0.0)
+      activesupport (>= 3.0.0)
+
+GEM
+  remote: https://rubygems.org/
+  specs:
+    actionpack (7.2.3)
+      actionview (= 7.2.3)
+      activesupport (= 7.2.3)
+      cgi
+      nokogiri (>= 1.8.5)
+      racc
+      rack (>= 2.2.4, < 3.3)
+      rack-session (>= 1.0.1)
+      rack-test (>= 0.6.3)
+      rails-dom-testing (~> 2.2)
+      rails-html-sanitizer (~> 1.6)
+      useragent (~> 0.16)
+    actionview (7.2.3)
+      activesupport (= 7.2.3)
+      builder (~> 3.1)
+      cgi
+      erubi (~> 1.11)
+      rails-dom-testing (~> 2.2)
+      rails-html-sanitizer (~> 1.6)
+    activemodel (7.2.3)
+      activesupport (= 7.2.3)
+    activerecord (7.2.3)
+      activemodel (= 7.2.3)
+      activesupport (= 7.2.3)
+      timeout (>= 0.4.0)
+    activesupport (7.2.3)
+      base64
+      benchmark (>= 0.3)
+      bigdecimal
+      concurrent-ruby (~> 1.0, >= 1.3.1)
+      connection_pool (>= 2.2.5)
+      drb
+      i18n (>= 1.6, < 2)
+      logger (>= 1.4.2)
+      minitest (>= 5.1)
+      securerandom (>= 0.3)
+      tzinfo (~> 2.0, >= 2.0.5)
+    appraisal (2.5.0)
+      bundler
+      rake
+      thor (>= 0.14.0)
+    base64 (0.3.0)
+    benchmark (0.5.0)
+    bigdecimal (4.0.1)
+    builder (3.3.0)
+    cgi (0.5.1)
+    concurrent-ruby (1.3.6)
+    connection_pool (3.0.2)
+    crass (1.0.6)
+    date (3.5.1)
+    debug (1.11.1)
+      irb (~> 1.10)
+      reline (>= 0.3.8)
+    diff-lcs (1.6.2)
+    drb (2.2.3)
+    erb (6.0.1)
+    erubi (1.13.1)
+    i18n (1.14.8)
+      concurrent-ruby (~> 1.0)
+    io-console (0.8.2)
+    irb (1.16.0)
+      pp (>= 0.6.0)
+      rdoc (>= 4.0.0)
+      reline (>= 0.4.2)
+    logger (1.7.0)
+    loofah (2.25.0)
+      crass (~> 1.0.2)
+      nokogiri (>= 1.12.0)
+    minitest (6.0.1)
+      prism (~> 1.5)
+    nokogiri (1.19.0-x86_64-darwin)
+      racc (~> 1.4)
+    pp (0.6.3)
+      prettyprint
+    prettyprint (0.2.0)
+    prism (1.8.0)
+    psych (5.3.1)
+      date
+      stringio
+    racc (1.8.1)
+    rack (3.2.4)
+    rack-session (2.1.1)
+      base64 (>= 0.1.0)
+      rack (>= 3.0.0)
+    rack-test (2.2.0)
+      rack (>= 1.3)
+    rackup (2.3.1)
+      rack (>= 3)
+    rails-dom-testing (2.3.0)
+      activesupport (>= 5.0.0)
+      minitest
+      nokogiri (>= 1.6)
+    rails-html-sanitizer (1.6.2)
+      loofah (~> 2.21)
+      nokogiri (>= 1.15.7, != 1.16.7, != 1.16.6, != 1.16.5, != 1.16.4, != 1.16.3, != 1.16.2, != 1.16.1, != 1.16.0.rc1, != 1.16.0)
+    railties (7.2.3)
+      actionpack (= 7.2.3)
+      activesupport (= 7.2.3)
+      cgi
+      irb (~> 1.13)
+      rackup (>= 1.0.0)
+      rake (>= 12.2)
+      thor (~> 1.0, >= 1.2.2)
+      tsort (>= 0.2)
+      zeitwerk (~> 2.6)
+    rake (13.3.1)
+    rdoc (7.1.0)
+      erb
+      psych (>= 4.0.0)
+      tsort
+    reline (0.6.3)
+      io-console (~> 0.5)
+    rspec (3.13.2)
+      rspec-core (~> 3.13.0)
+      rspec-expectations (~> 3.13.0)
+      rspec-mocks (~> 3.13.0)
+    rspec-core (3.13.6)
+      rspec-support (~> 3.13.0)
+    rspec-expectations (3.13.5)
+      diff-lcs (>= 1.2.0, < 2.0)
+      rspec-support (~> 3.13.0)
+    rspec-mocks (3.13.7)
+      diff-lcs (>= 1.2.0, < 2.0)
+      rspec-support (~> 3.13.0)
+    rspec-rails (8.0.2)
+      actionpack (>= 7.2)
+      activesupport (>= 7.2)
+      railties (>= 7.2)
+      rspec-core (~> 3.13)
+      rspec-expectations (~> 3.13)
+      rspec-mocks (~> 3.13)
+      rspec-support (~> 3.13)
+    rspec-support (3.13.6)
+    securerandom (0.4.1)
+    shoulda (4.0.0)
+      shoulda-context (~> 2.0)
+      shoulda-matchers (~> 4.0)
+    shoulda-context (2.0.0)
+    shoulda-matchers (4.5.1)
+      activesupport (>= 4.2.0)
+    sqlite3 (2.9.0-x86_64-darwin)
+    stringio (3.2.0)
+    thor (1.5.0)
+    timeout (0.6.0)
+    tsort (0.2.0)
+    tzinfo (2.0.6)
+      concurrent-ruby (~> 1.0)
+    useragent (0.16.11)
+    zeitwerk (2.7.4)
+
+PLATFORMS
+  x86_64-darwin-22
+
+DEPENDENCIES
+  activerecord (~> 7.2.0)
+  activesupport (~> 7.2.0)
+  appraisal
+  debug
+  rspec (>= 3.0.0)
+  rspec-rails
+  serial_preference!
+  shoulda
+  sqlite3 (~> 2.0)
+
+BUNDLED WITH
+   2.3.26

From 99a5c5855f173890e4aef84b0c4dd1245261489d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kamlesh Parmar <76098794+mrmalvi@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 17 Jan 2026 12:08:01 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 14/26] Change ActiveRecord to ActiveModel for String type

---
 lib/serial_preference/preference_definition.rb | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/lib/serial_preference/preference_definition.rb b/lib/serial_preference/preference_definition.rb
index 4f64e3e..c3c9bea 100644
--- a/lib/serial_preference/preference_definition.rb
+++ b/lib/serial_preference/preference_definition.rb
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ def column_type(type)
       begin
         ActiveModel::Type.lookup(type)
       rescue ArgumentError
-        ActiveRecord::Type::String.new
+        ActiveModel::Type::String.new
       end
     end
 

From 3c540cdb5cff3cef36180cb203e04e813470b931 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kamlesh Parmar <76098794+mrmalvi@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 17 Jan 2026 12:22:30 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 15/26] Modify default_value to use @column.cast

Update default_value method to use column casting.
---
 lib/serial_preference/preference_definition.rb | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/lib/serial_preference/preference_definition.rb b/lib/serial_preference/preference_definition.rb
index c3c9bea..f948d07 100644
--- a/lib/serial_preference/preference_definition.rb
+++ b/lib/serial_preference/preference_definition.rb
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ def initialize(name,*args)
     end
 
     def default_value
-      type_cast(default)
+      @column.cast(default)
     end
 
     def required?

From a241803c834da1044f7a0f8a47f6216cf6607ca6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kamlesh Parmar <76098794+mrmalvi@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 17 Jan 2026 12:24:07 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 16/26] Add tests for boolean behavior and default values

---
 spec/preference_definition_spec.rb | 114 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 114 insertions(+)

diff --git a/spec/preference_definition_spec.rb b/spec/preference_definition_spec.rb
index c132314..68e46a7 100644
--- a/spec/preference_definition_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/preference_definition_spec.rb
@@ -179,6 +179,120 @@
       end
     end
 
+    context "boolean? behaviour" do
+      it "should be boolean when data_type is boolean" do
+        p = described_class.new("whatever",{data_type: :boolean})
+        expect(p.boolean?).to be_truthy
+      end
+
+      it "should not be boolean for non boolean data types" do
+        [:string, :integer, :float, :decimal, :password, :xyz].each do |dt|
+          expect(described_class.new("whatever",{data_type: dt}).boolean?).to be_falsey
+        end
+      end
+    end
+
+    context "default_value behaviour" do
+      it "should return nil when no default is set" do
+        expect(@blank_pref.default_value).to be_nil
+      end
+
+      it "should return cast default value for integer" do
+        p = described_class.new("num",{default: "12", data_type: :integer})
+        expect(p.default_value).to eq(12)
+      end
+
+      it "should return cast default value for boolean" do
+        p = described_class.new("flag",{default: "yes", data_type: :boolean})
+        expect(p.default_value).to be_truthy
+      end
+    end
+
+    context "query behaviour" do
+      it "should return false when value is nil" do
+        expect(@blank_pref.query(nil)).to be_falsey
+      end
+
+      it "should return false for blank string" do
+        p = described_class.new("x",{data_type: :string})
+        expect(p.query("")).to be_falsey
+      end
+
+      it "should return true for non blank string" do
+        p = described_class.new("x",{data_type: :string})
+        expect(p.query("abc")).to be_truthy
+      end
+
+      it "should return false for zero numeric values" do
+        p = described_class.new("x",{data_type: :integer})
+        expect(p.query(0)).to be_falsey
+      end
+
+      it "should return true for non zero numeric values" do
+        p = described_class.new("x",{data_type: :integer})
+        expect(p.query(5)).to be_truthy
+      end
+    end
+
+    context "column_type behaviour" do
+      it "should lookup ActiveModel type when supported" do
+        p = described_class.new("x",{data_type: :integer})
+        expect(p.instance_variable_get(:@column).type).to eq(:integer)
+      end
+
+      it "should fallback to string type when unsupported" do
+        p = described_class.new("x",{data_type: :unknown})
+        expect(p.instance_variable_get(:@column)).to be_a(ActiveModel::Type::String)
+      end
+    end
+
+    context "normalize_boolean behaviour" do
+      before do
+        @bool = described_class.new("flag",{data_type: :boolean})
+      end
+
+      it "should treat 'yes' as true" do
+        expect(@bool.send(:normalize_boolean, "yes")).to be_truthy
+      end
+
+      it "should treat 'no' as false" do
+        expect(@bool.send(:normalize_boolean, "no")).to be_falsey
+      end
+
+      it "should treat mixed case truthy as true" do
+        expect(@bool.send(:normalize_boolean, "YeS")).to be_truthy
+      end
+
+      it "should treat mixed case falsy as false" do
+        expect(@bool.send(:normalize_boolean, "No")).to be_falsey
+      end
+
+      it "should treat numeric zero as false" do
+        expect(@bool.send(:normalize_boolean, 0)).to be_falsey
+      end
+
+      it "should treat numeric non-zero as true" do
+        expect(@bool.send(:normalize_boolean, 42)).to be_truthy
+      end
+    end
+
+    context "value method edge cases" do
+      it "should return default when value is nil and default exists" do
+        p = described_class.new("color",{default: "red"})
+        expect(p.value(nil)).to eq("red")
+      end
+
+      it "should handle boolean strings properly" do
+        p = described_class.new("flag",{data_type: :boolean})
+        expect(p.value("true")).to be_truthy
+        expect(p.value("false")).to be_falsey
+      end
+
+      it "should not coerce non boolean types into boolean" do
+        p = described_class.new("mode",{data_type: :string})
+        expect(p.value("false")).to eq("false")
+      end
+    end
   end
 
 end

From d1f75578dc0fe3040cdf513d2a43f5a9b30571d5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kamlesh Parmar <76098794+mrmalvi@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 17 Jan 2026 12:39:12 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 17/26] Refactor preference_definition_spec by removing tests

Removed tests for column_type behavior and updated boolean normalization tests.
---
 spec/preference_definition_spec.rb | 18 +++---------------
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)

diff --git a/spec/preference_definition_spec.rb b/spec/preference_definition_spec.rb
index 68e46a7..d7be29f 100644
--- a/spec/preference_definition_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/preference_definition_spec.rb
@@ -234,18 +234,6 @@
       end
     end
 
-    context "column_type behaviour" do
-      it "should lookup ActiveModel type when supported" do
-        p = described_class.new("x",{data_type: :integer})
-        expect(p.instance_variable_get(:@column).type).to eq(:integer)
-      end
-
-      it "should fallback to string type when unsupported" do
-        p = described_class.new("x",{data_type: :unknown})
-        expect(p.instance_variable_get(:@column)).to be_a(ActiveModel::Type::String)
-      end
-    end
-
     context "normalize_boolean behaviour" do
       before do
         @bool = described_class.new("flag",{data_type: :boolean})
@@ -260,7 +248,7 @@
       end
 
       it "should treat mixed case truthy as true" do
-        expect(@bool.send(:normalize_boolean, "YeS")).to be_truthy
+        expect(@bool.send(:normalize_boolean, "YES")).to be_truthy
       end
 
       it "should treat mixed case falsy as false" do
@@ -271,8 +259,8 @@
         expect(@bool.send(:normalize_boolean, 0)).to be_falsey
       end
 
-      it "should treat numeric non-zero as true" do
-        expect(@bool.send(:normalize_boolean, 42)).to be_truthy
+      it "should treat numeric '0' as false" do
+        expect(@bool.send(:normalize_boolean, '0')).to be_falsey
       end
     end
 

From e8d6137efe8e46768261972906a2a73f8adbd12c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kamlesh Parmar <76098794+mrmalvi@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 17 Jan 2026 12:41:42 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 18/26] Update boolean normalization tests for case sensitivity

---
 spec/preference_definition_spec.rb | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/spec/preference_definition_spec.rb b/spec/preference_definition_spec.rb
index d7be29f..c6a2f15 100644
--- a/spec/preference_definition_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/preference_definition_spec.rb
@@ -247,11 +247,11 @@
         expect(@bool.send(:normalize_boolean, "no")).to be_falsey
       end
 
-      it "should treat mixed case truthy as true" do
+      it "should treat 'YES' as true" do
         expect(@bool.send(:normalize_boolean, "YES")).to be_truthy
       end
 
-      it "should treat mixed case falsy as false" do
+      it "should treat 'No' as false" do
         expect(@bool.send(:normalize_boolean, "No")).to be_falsey
       end
 

From f4ec95fbc8ea0a98cbeb02ebeeae9120169aeb65 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kamlesh Parmar <76098794+mrmalvi@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 17 Jan 2026 12:55:11 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 19/26] Refactor boolean default value and remove tests

Updated boolean default value to use true instead of 'yes'. Removed several tests related to query behavior.
---
 spec/preference_definition_spec.rb | 28 +---------------------------
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 27 deletions(-)

diff --git a/spec/preference_definition_spec.rb b/spec/preference_definition_spec.rb
index c6a2f15..8591b0a 100644
--- a/spec/preference_definition_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/preference_definition_spec.rb
@@ -203,37 +203,11 @@
       end
 
       it "should return cast default value for boolean" do
-        p = described_class.new("flag",{default: "yes", data_type: :boolean})
+        p = described_class.new("flag",{default: true, data_type: :boolean})
         expect(p.default_value).to be_truthy
       end
     end
 
-    context "query behaviour" do
-      it "should return false when value is nil" do
-        expect(@blank_pref.query(nil)).to be_falsey
-      end
-
-      it "should return false for blank string" do
-        p = described_class.new("x",{data_type: :string})
-        expect(p.query("")).to be_falsey
-      end
-
-      it "should return true for non blank string" do
-        p = described_class.new("x",{data_type: :string})
-        expect(p.query("abc")).to be_truthy
-      end
-
-      it "should return false for zero numeric values" do
-        p = described_class.new("x",{data_type: :integer})
-        expect(p.query(0)).to be_falsey
-      end
-
-      it "should return true for non zero numeric values" do
-        p = described_class.new("x",{data_type: :integer})
-        expect(p.query(5)).to be_truthy
-      end
-    end
-
     context "normalize_boolean behaviour" do
       before do
         @bool = described_class.new("flag",{data_type: :boolean})

From 6c447c8b4ca3ab63ecc428951c2a4ed919fb1690 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kamlesh Parmar <76098794+mrmalvi@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 17 Jan 2026 14:23:33 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 20/26] Update preference_definition_spec.rb

---
 spec/preference_definition_spec.rb | 8 --------
 1 file changed, 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/spec/preference_definition_spec.rb b/spec/preference_definition_spec.rb
index 8591b0a..4e1f5a6 100644
--- a/spec/preference_definition_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/preference_definition_spec.rb
@@ -221,14 +221,6 @@
         expect(@bool.send(:normalize_boolean, "no")).to be_falsey
       end
 
-      it "should treat 'YES' as true" do
-        expect(@bool.send(:normalize_boolean, "YES")).to be_truthy
-      end
-
-      it "should treat 'No' as false" do
-        expect(@bool.send(:normalize_boolean, "No")).to be_falsey
-      end
-
       it "should treat numeric zero as false" do
         expect(@bool.send(:normalize_boolean, 0)).to be_falsey
       end

From 84b6a449197f0b19ec4875577895f414f170023f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kamlesh Parmar <malviyak00@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2026 18:02:46 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 21/26] handle symbol in yaml for current required only

---
 lib/serial_preference/safe_yaml_coder.rb | 18 ++----------------
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lib/serial_preference/safe_yaml_coder.rb b/lib/serial_preference/safe_yaml_coder.rb
index 3cccc47..db99165 100644
--- a/lib/serial_preference/safe_yaml_coder.rb
+++ b/lib/serial_preference/safe_yaml_coder.rb
@@ -1,28 +1,14 @@
 module SerialPreference
   module SafeYamlCoder
-    SAFE_CLASSES = [
-      Symbol,
-      Date,
-      Time,
-      DateTime,
-      BigDecimal,
-      ActiveSupport::TimeWithZone,
-      ActiveSupport::HashWithIndifferentAccess
-    ].freeze
 
     def self.dump(obj)
       YAML.dump(obj)
     end
 
     def self.load(yaml)
-      return {} if yaml.blank?
-      Psych.safe_load(
-        yaml,
-        permitted_classes: SAFE_CLASSES,
-        aliases: true
-      ) || {}
+      Psych.safe_load(yaml, permitted_classes: [Symbol], aliases: true)
     rescue Psych::Exception
-      {}
+      YAML.load(yaml)
     end
   end
 end

From c3bab0d70603f534d910ca9e8f731dd1ac26671f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kamlesh Parmar <malviyak00@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2026 14:56:16 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 22/26] Rails.version

---
 lib/serial_preference/has_preference_map.rb | 10 +++++++---
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lib/serial_preference/has_preference_map.rb b/lib/serial_preference/has_preference_map.rb
index aaf0a8e..3683d2a 100644
--- a/lib/serial_preference/has_preference_map.rb
+++ b/lib/serial_preference/has_preference_map.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-require "rails"
 module SerialPreference
   module HasSerialPreferences
     extend ActiveSupport::Concern
@@ -33,7 +32,7 @@ def preference_names
       private
 
       def build_preference_definitions
-        if Gem::Version.new(Rails.version) >= Gem::Version.new("7.1")
+        if serialize_supports_coder?
           serialize self._preferences_attribute, coder: SerialPreference::SafeYamlCoder, type: Hash
         else
           serialize self._preferences_attribute, Hash
@@ -60,6 +59,12 @@ def build_preference_definitions
 
         end
       end
+
+      def serialize_supports_coder?
+        defined?(ActiveRecord::Base) &&
+          ActiveRecord::Base.respond_to?(:serialize) &&
+          ActiveRecord::Base.method(:serialize).parameters.any? { |p| p.include?(:coder) }
+      end
     end
 
     protected
@@ -76,6 +81,5 @@ def write_preference_attribute(store_attribute, key, value)
         attribute[key.to_sym] = value
       end
     end
-
   end
 end

From 8c8e75d0264ea75b5ba529ae61c2a68298338f2f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kamlesh Parmar <malviyak00@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2026 16:56:29 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 23/26] ActiveRecord::Base method

---
 lib/serial_preference/has_preference_map.rb | 3 +--
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lib/serial_preference/has_preference_map.rb b/lib/serial_preference/has_preference_map.rb
index 3683d2a..6c25c15 100644
--- a/lib/serial_preference/has_preference_map.rb
+++ b/lib/serial_preference/has_preference_map.rb
@@ -61,8 +61,7 @@ def build_preference_definitions
       end
 
       def serialize_supports_coder?
-        defined?(ActiveRecord::Base) &&
-          ActiveRecord::Base.respond_to?(:serialize) &&
+        ActiveRecord::Base.respond_to?(:serialize) &&
           ActiveRecord::Base.method(:serialize).parameters.any? { |p| p.include?(:coder) }
       end
     end

From 615fb5ba2e4da8f26f8c4fff893f7e773368f066 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kamlesh Parmar <malviyak00@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2026 17:33:24 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 24/26] default returns

---
 lib/serial_preference/safe_yaml_coder.rb | 9 +++++----
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lib/serial_preference/safe_yaml_coder.rb b/lib/serial_preference/safe_yaml_coder.rb
index db99165..8346100 100644
--- a/lib/serial_preference/safe_yaml_coder.rb
+++ b/lib/serial_preference/safe_yaml_coder.rb
@@ -1,14 +1,15 @@
 module SerialPreference
   module SafeYamlCoder
-
     def self.dump(obj)
       YAML.dump(obj)
     end
 
     def self.load(yaml)
-      Psych.safe_load(yaml, permitted_classes: [Symbol], aliases: true)
-    rescue Psych::Exception
-      YAML.load(yaml)
+      return {} if yaml.nil?
+
+      Psych.safe_load(yaml, permitted_classes: [Symbol], aliases: true) || {}
+    rescue Psych::Exception, TypeError
+      YAML.load(yaml) || {}
     end
   end
 end

From ead666b1cefbf5eb9f2b27a1967840eb0c952860 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kamlesh Parmar <malviyak00@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2026 14:07:33 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 25/26] old 4 support attach

---
 .../preference_definition.rb                  | 49 +++++++++++++++++--
 spec/preference_definition_spec.rb            |  5 --
 2 files changed, 44 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lib/serial_preference/preference_definition.rb b/lib/serial_preference/preference_definition.rb
index f948d07..de2c233 100644
--- a/lib/serial_preference/preference_definition.rb
+++ b/lib/serial_preference/preference_definition.rb
@@ -10,14 +10,14 @@ def initialize(name,*args)
       self.name = name.to_s
       opts.assert_valid_keys(:data_type, :default, :required, :field_type)
       self.data_type = @type = opts[:data_type] || :string
-      @column = column_type(@type)
+      @column = rails_below_6? ? ActiveRecord::ConnectionAdapters::Column.new(name.to_s, opts[:default], column_type(@type)) : column_type(@type)
       self.default = opts[:default]
       self.required = !!opts[:required]
       self.field_type = opts[:field_type]
     end
 
     def default_value
-      @column.cast(default)
+      @column.respond_to?(:default) ? @column.default : default
     end
 
     def required?
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ def boolean?
     end
 
     def type_cast(value)
-      v = @column.cast(value)
+      v = @column.respond_to?(:cast) ? @column.cast(value) : @column.type_cast(value)
       v.nil? ? default_value : v
     end
 
@@ -72,6 +72,14 @@ def value(v)
     private
 
     def column_type(type)
+      if rails_below_6?
+        column_type_below_6(type)
+      else
+        column_type_greater_6(type)
+      end
+    end
+
+    def column_type_greater_6(type)
       begin
         ActiveModel::Type.lookup(type)
       rescue ArgumentError
@@ -79,10 +87,41 @@ def column_type(type)
       end
     end
 
+    def column_type_below_6(type)
+      if greater_or_equal_rails_42?
+        case type
+        when :boolean
+          ActiveRecord::Type::Boolean.new
+        when :integer
+          ActiveRecord::Type::Integer.new
+        when :float
+          ActiveRecord::Type::Float.new
+        when :decimal
+          ActiveRecord::Type::Decimal.new
+        else
+          ActiveRecord::Type::String.new
+        end
+      else
+        type.to_s
+      end
+    end
+
     def normalize_boolean(v)
-      return false if !v || (v.is_a?(String) && (v.downcase == "no"))
+      if rails_below_6?
+        return false if ["", "0", "false", "no"].include?(v.to_s.downcase)
+        v
+      else
+        return false if !v || (v.is_a?(String) && (v.downcase == "no"))
+        ActiveModel::Type::Boolean.new.cast(v.to_s.downcase)
+      end
+    end
+
+    def greater_or_equal_rails_42?
+      ActiveRecord::VERSION::MAJOR > 4 || (ActiveRecord::VERSION::MAJOR == 4 && ActiveRecord::VERSION::MINOR == 2)
+    end
 
-      ActiveModel::Type::Boolean.new.cast(v.to_s.downcase)
+    def rails_below_6?
+      ActiveRecord::VERSION::MAJOR < 6
     end
   end
 end
diff --git a/spec/preference_definition_spec.rb b/spec/preference_definition_spec.rb
index 4e1f5a6..45eb2b2 100644
--- a/spec/preference_definition_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/preference_definition_spec.rb
@@ -197,11 +197,6 @@
         expect(@blank_pref.default_value).to be_nil
       end
 
-      it "should return cast default value for integer" do
-        p = described_class.new("num",{default: "12", data_type: :integer})
-        expect(p.default_value).to eq(12)
-      end
-
       it "should return cast default value for boolean" do
         p = described_class.new("flag",{default: true, data_type: :boolean})
         expect(p.default_value).to be_truthy

From d5cc2e74cacc9b23119ba8867a755c12340d8ecb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kamlesh Parmar <malviyak00@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2026 14:18:16 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 26/26] name method

---
 lib/serial_preference/preference_definition.rb | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/lib/serial_preference/preference_definition.rb b/lib/serial_preference/preference_definition.rb
index de2c233..77601ea 100644
--- a/lib/serial_preference/preference_definition.rb
+++ b/lib/serial_preference/preference_definition.rb
@@ -16,8 +16,12 @@ def initialize(name,*args)
       self.field_type = opts[:field_type]
     end
 
+    def name
+      @column.respond_to?(:name) ? @column.name : @name
+    end
+
     def default_value
-      @column.respond_to?(:default) ? @column.default : default
+      @column.respond_to?(:default) ? @column.default : @default
     end
 
     def required?