Validation issue when upgrading to state_machines gem - ruby-on-rails

Question

I wanted to change from state_machine to state_machines. As I started to do this I encountered that the state was no longer changing from the initial state.
reviewed some stackoverflow and other guides: -
https://teamtreehouse.com/community/statemachines-usage
state-machines/state_machines-activerecord#33
Validation before persistance on state_machine gem
So changes i have made:
using state-machines-activerecord gem
add def initialize...
(see below)
I am now getting a rake setup error on my data. it
seems to have an issue with the validation the Contact ( a related
model that gets created first). Regardless of state, the Contact is
always created first. This ran fine before changing the gem.
any ideas? i think i have included all relevant code.
gem-file:
ruby "2.2.2"
gem "rails", "4.2.1"
gem "pg", "0.17.1" # postgresql database
gem "state_machines-activerecord"
gem-lock file
state_machines (0.4.0)
state_machines-activemodel (0.3.0)
activemodel (~> 4.1)
state_machines (>= 0.4.0)
state_machines-activerecord (0.3.0)
activerecord (~> 4.1)
state_machines-activemodel (>= 0.3.0)`
lead.rb (model) is:
`class Lead < ActiveRecord::Base
belongs_to :created_by_user, class_name: "User", inverse_of: :leads_created
belongs_to :contact
belongs_to :user
accepts_nested_attributes_for :contact
validates :contact, presence: true
state_machine :state, initial: :new_lead do
state :claimed
state :referred
state :broadcast
state :unclaimed`
`event :claim! do
transition all => :claimed
end
event :unclaim! do
transition claimed: :unclaimed
end
event :refer! do
transition new_lead: :referred
end
event :broadcast! do
transition all => :broadcast
end`
`def initialize(*)
super() # NOTE: This *must* be called, otherwise states won't get
initialized
end`
CONTROLLER
def lead_attributes
params.require(:lead).permit( :claimed,
:contact_id,
:status,
:state,
:user_id
setup_acceptance.rake
def create_contact(options={})
user = User.find_by(last_name: "Smith")
contact_attributes = { created_by_user: user, user: user }
attributes = contact_attributes.merge options
contact = Contact.create! attributes
contact.save!
contact
end
def create_lead(options={})
user = User.find_by(last_name: "Smith")
client_attributes = { user: user, created_by_user: user }
attributes = client_attributes.merge options
Lead.create! attributes ****(LINE 1311 where error message occurs)****
end
rake.setup
Lead.transaction do #(NOTE: THIS IS LINE 435)
create_lead( #(NOTE: THIS IS LINE 436)
user: User.find_by(last_name: "Smith"),
contact: Contact.find_by(last_name: "Lozar"),
status: 0,
state: "claimed"
}
]
)
error:
rake aborted!
ActiveRecord::RecordInvalid: Validation failed: Contact Please enter a value
/Users/workspace/ab/lib/tasks/setup_acceptance.rake:1311:in `create_lead'
/Users/workspace/ab/lib/tasks/setup.rake:436:in `block (2 levels) in <top (required)>
/Users/workspace/ab/lib/tasks/setup.rake:435:in `block in <top (required)>'
Tasks: TOP => setup_sample_data
(See full trace by running task with --trace)

Answer 1

with great thanks #avdi
The solution was to change:
super()
...which discards all the initialization arguments
to:
super
...which retains them implicitly.