Hide deprecated and duplicate attributes

Some virtual_attributes are not needed in reporting nor the api.
Some deprecated attributes should not be advertised for customers to start using.

Now, the attributes are still accessible. So nothing will break. But
these attributes are no longer advertised on the public apis (i.e.: report builder and rest api).

This allows us to control which parts of our models are exposed.

This fixes #18130
This enables #20532

Hide deprecated and duplicate attributes

Some virtual_attributes are not needed in reporting nor the api.
Some deprecated attributes should not be advertised for customers to use.

After this change, the attributes are still accessible. So nothing will break, but
these attributes are no longer advertised in the public apis (i.e.: report builder and rest api).

This allows us to control which parts of our models are exposed.

This fixes #18130
This enables #20532

app/models/application_record.rb

@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ class ApplicationRecord < ActiveRecord::Base
   include ArNestedCountBy
   include ArHrefSlug
   include ToModelHash
+  include ArVisibleAttribute
 
   extend ArTableLock
   extend ArReferences

app/models/ext_management_system.rb

@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@ class ExtManagementSystem < ApplicationRecord
   include SupportsFeatureMixin
   include ExternalUrlMixin
   include VerifyCredentialsMixin
+  include DeprecationMixin
+
+  hide_attribute "aggregate_memory" # better to use total_memory (coin toss - they're similar)
 
   def self.with_tenant(tenant_id)
     tenant = Tenant.find(tenant_id)

app/models/mixins/deprecation_mixin.rb

@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ def deprecate_belongs_to(old_belongs_to, new_belongs_to)
     def deprecate_attribute(old_attribute, new_attribute)
       deprecate_attribute_methods(old_attribute, new_attribute)
       virtual_attribute(old_attribute, -> { type_for_attribute(new_attribute.to_s) })
+      hide_attribute(old_attribute)
     end
 
     def deprecate_attribute_methods(old_attribute, new_attribute)

lib/acts_as_ar_model.rb

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 class ActsAsArModel
   include Vmdb::Logging
+  include ArVisibleAttribute
 
   def self.connection
     ActiveRecord::Base.connection

lib/extensions/ar_visible_attribute.rb

@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+module ArVisibleAttribute
+  extend ActiveSupport::Concern
+
+  included do
+    cattr_accessor :hidden_attribute_names
+    self.hidden_attribute_names = []
+  end
+
+  class_methods do
+    # @param [String|Symbol] attribute name of attribute to be hidden from the api and reporting
+    # this attribute is accessible to all ruby methods. But it is not advertised.
+    # we do this when deprecating an attribute or when introducing an internal attribute
+    def hide_attribute(attribute)
+      hidden_attribute_names << attribute.to_s
+    end
+
+    # @return Array[String] attribute names that can be advertised in the api and reporting
+    # Other attributes are accessible, they are just no longer in our public api (or never were)
+    def visible_attribute_names
+      attribute_names - hidden_attribute_names
+    end
+  end
+end

lib/miq_expression.rb

@@ -909,7 +909,7 @@ def self.build_relats(model, parent = {}, seen = [])
     parent[:class_path] ||= model.name
     parent[:assoc_path] ||= model.name
     parent[:root] ||= model.name
-    result = {:columns => model.attribute_names, :parent => parent}
+    result = {:columns =>model.visible_attribute_names, :parent => parent}
     result[:reflections] = {}
 
     model.reflections_with_virtual.each do |assoc, ref|

spec/lib/extensions/ar_visible_attribute_spec.rb

@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+RSpec.describe ArVisibleAttribute do
+  context "visible_attribute_names" do
+    let(:klass) do
+      Class.new(ApplicationRecord) do
+        # ApplicationRecord already included ArVisibleAttribute
+        self.table_name = "vms"
+      end
+    end
+
+    it "shows regular attributes" do
+      expect(klass.visible_attribute_names).to include("format")
+    end
+
+    it "hides hidden attributes" do
+      klass.hide_attribute :format
+      expect(klass.visible_attribute_names).not_to include("format")
+    end
+  end
+end