FakeEntity Virtus model with overridden status.

virtus_spec.rb

require 'spec_helper'

class FakeEntity
  include Virtus.model(coerce: true)

  attribute :status, String
  attribute :internal_status, String

  def initialize(**kwargs)
    super
    self.attributes = attributes.merge({
      internal_status: attributes[:status],
      status: get_status,
    })
  end

  def get_status
    'current'
  end

end

describe FakeEntity do
  let(:entity) { FakeEntity.new(status: 'live') }

  it { expect(entity.status).to eq 'current' }
  it { expect(entity.internal_status).to eq 'live' }
end