Added support for Rails 4.1+ enums.

README.md

@@ -278,6 +278,31 @@ class Job < ActiveRecord::Base
 end
 ```
 
+#### ActiveRecord enums
+
+You can use
+[enumerations](http://edgeapi.rubyonrails.org/classes/ActiveRecord/Enum.html)
+in Rails 4.1+ for your state column:
+
+```ruby
+class Job < ActiveRecord::Base
+  include AASM
+
+  enum state {
+    sleeping: 5,
+    running: 99
+  }
+
+  aasm :column => :state, :enum => :states do
+    state :sleeping, :initial => true
+    state :running
+  end
+end
+```
+
+You need to pass the name of the method which provides access to the
+enumeration mapping as a value of ```enum```.
+
 ### Mongoid
 
 AASM also supports persistence to Mongodb if you're using Mongoid. Make sure

lib/aasm/base.rb

@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ module AASM
 
       # use requires_new for nested transactions
       configure :requires_new_transaction, true
+
+      configure :enum, nil
     end
 
     def initial_state(new_initial_state=nil)

lib/aasm/persistence/active_record_persistence.rb

@@ -85,10 +85,11 @@ module AASM
         # NOTE: intended to be called from an event
         def aasm_write_state(state)
           old_value = read_attribute(self.class.aasm_column)
-          write_attribute(self.class.aasm_column, state.to_s)
+          aasm_write_attribute state
 
-          success = if AASM::StateMachine[self.class].config.skip_validation_on_save
-            self.class.where(self.class.primary_key => self.id).update_all(self.class.aasm_column => state.to_s) == 1
+          success = if aasm_skipping_validations
+            value = aasm_raw_attribute_value state
+            self.class.where(self.class.primary_key => self.id).update_all(self.class.aasm_column => value) == 1
           else
             self.save
           end
@@ -113,10 +114,29 @@ module AASM
         #
         # NOTE: intended to be called from an event
         def aasm_write_state_without_persistence(state)
-          write_attribute(self.class.aasm_column, state.to_s)
+          aasm_write_attribute state
         end
 
       private
+        def aasm_enum
+          AASM::StateMachine[self.class].config.enum
+        end
+
+        def aasm_skipping_validations
+          AASM::StateMachine[self.class].config.skip_validation_on_save
+        end
+
+        def aasm_write_attribute(state)
+          write_attribute self.class.aasm_column, aasm_raw_attribute_value(state)
+        end
+
+        def aasm_raw_attribute_value(state)
+          if aasm_enum
+            value = self.class.send(aasm_enum)[state]
+          else
+            value = state.to_s
+          end
+        end
 
         # Ensures that if the aasm_state column is nil and the record is new
         # that the initial state gets populated before validation on create

spec/unit/persistence/active_record_persistence_spec.rb

@@ -23,6 +23,118 @@ describe "instance methods" do
     expect(gate).to respond_to(:aasm_write_state_without_persistence)
   end
 
+  context "when AASM is configured to use enum" do
+    let(:state_sym) { :running }
+    let(:state_code) { 2 }
+    let(:enum_name) { :states }
+    let(:enum) { Hash[state_sym, state_code] }
+
+    before :each do
+      gate
+        .stub(:aasm_enum)
+        .and_return(enum_name)
+      gate.stub(:aasm_write_attribute)
+      gate.stub(:write_attribute)
+
+      gate
+        .class
+        .stub(enum_name)
+        .and_return(enum)
+    end
+
+    describe "aasm_write_state" do
+      context "when AASM is configured to skip validations on save" do
+        before :each do
+          gate
+            .stub(:aasm_skipping_validations)
+            .and_return(true)
+        end
+
+        it "passes state code instead of state symbol to update_all" do
+          # stub_chain does not allow us to give expectations on call
+          # parameters in the middle of the chain, so we need to use
+          # intermediate object instead.
+          obj = double(Object, update_all: 1)
+          gate
+            .class
+            .stub(:where)
+            .and_return(obj)
+
+          gate.aasm_write_state state_sym
+
+          expect(obj).to have_received(:update_all)
+            .with(Hash[gate.class.aasm_column, state_code])
+        end
+      end
+
+      context "when AASM is not skipping validations" do
+        it "delegates state update to the helper method" do
+          # Let's pretend that validation is passed
+          gate.stub(:save).and_return(true)
+
+          gate.aasm_write_state state_sym
+
+          expect(gate).to have_received(:aasm_write_attribute).with(state_sym)
+          expect(gate).to_not have_received :write_attribute
+        end
+      end
+    end
+
+    describe "aasm_write_state_without_persistence" do
+      it "delegates state update to the helper method" do
+        gate.aasm_write_state_without_persistence state_sym
+
+        expect(gate).to have_received(:aasm_write_attribute).with(state_sym)
+        expect(gate).to_not have_received :write_attribute
+      end
+    end
+
+    describe "aasm_raw_attribute_value" do
+      it "converts state symbol to state code" do
+        expect(gate.send(:aasm_raw_attribute_value, state_sym))
+          .to eq state_code
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
+  context "when AASM is configured to use string field" do
+    let(:state_sym) { :running }
+
+    before :each do
+      gate
+        .stub(:aasm_enum)
+        .and_return(nil)
+    end
+
+    describe "aasm_raw_attribute_value" do
+      it "converts state symbol to string" do
+        expect(gate.send(:aasm_raw_attribute_value, state_sym))
+          .to eq state_sym.to_s
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
+  describe "aasm_write_attribute helper method" do
+    let(:sym) { :sym }
+    let(:value) { 42 }
+
+    before :each do
+      gate.stub(:write_attribute)
+      gate.stub(:aasm_raw_attribute_value)
+        .and_return(value)
+
+      gate.send(:aasm_write_attribute, sym)
+    end
+
+    it "generates attribute value using a helper method" do
+      expect(gate).to have_received(:aasm_raw_attribute_value).with(sym)
+    end
+
+    it "writes attribute to the model" do
+      expect(gate).to have_received(:write_attribute).with(:aasm_state, value)
+    end
+  end
+
   it "should return the initial state when new and the aasm field is nil" do
     expect(gate.aasm.current_state).to eq(:opened)
   end