Why this change?
This commit introduces an experimental `type: objects` theme setting
which will allow theme developers to store a collection of objects as
JSON in the database. Currently, the feature is still in development and
this commit is simply setting up the ground work for us to introduce the
feature in smaller pieces.
What does this change do?
1. Adds a `json_value` column as `jsonb` data type to the `theme_settings` table.
2. Adds a `experimental_objects_type_for_theme_settings` site setting to
determine whether `ThemeSetting` records of with the `objects` data
type can be created.
3. Updates `ThemeSettingsManager` to support read/write access from the
`ThemeSettings#json_value` column.
Why this change?
Returning an array makes it hard to immediately retrieve a setting by
name and makes the retrieval an O(N) operation. By returning an array,
we make it easier for us to lookup a setting by name and retrieval is
O(1) as well.
When a theme setting of type `upload` has a default upload, it should return the URL of the specified default upload until a custom upload is used for the setting. However, currently this isn't the case and we get null instead of the default upload URL.
The reason for this is because the `super` method of `#value` already returns the default upload URL (if there's one), so we can't pass that to `cdn_url` which expects an upload ID:
c961dcc757/lib/theme_settings_manager.rb (L212)
This commit fixes the bug by skipping the call to `cdn_url` when we fallback to the default upload for the setting value.
It's very easy to forget to add `require 'rails_helper'` at the top of every core/plugin spec file, and omissions can cause some very confusing/sporadic errors.
By setting this flag in `.rspec`, we can remove the need for `require 'rails_helper'` entirely.
Alan Guo Xiang Tan
Osama Sayegh
David Taylor
Loïc Guitaut
Phil Pirozhkov
Jarek Radosz