Class ActiveRecord::Reflection::MacroReflection
In: vendor/rails/activerecord/lib/active_record/reflection.rb
Parent: Object

Abstract base class for AggregateReflection and AssociationReflection that describes the interface available for both of those classes. Objects of AggregateReflection and AssociationReflection are returned by the Reflection::ClassMethods.

Methods

==   klass   macro   name   new   options  

Attributes

active_record  [R] 

Public Class methods

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    # File vendor/rails/activerecord/lib/active_record/reflection.rb, line 71
71:       def initialize(macro, name, options, active_record)
72:         @macro, @name, @options, @active_record = macro, name, options, active_record
73:       end

Public Instance methods

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    # File vendor/rails/activerecord/lib/active_record/reflection.rb, line 97
97:       def ==(other_aggregation)
98:         name == other_aggregation.name && other_aggregation.options && active_record == other_aggregation.active_record
99:       end

Returns the class for the macro, so "composed_of :balance, :class_name => ‘Money’" would return the Money class and "has_many :clients" would return the Client class.

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    # File vendor/rails/activerecord/lib/active_record/reflection.rb, line 95
95:       def klass() end

Returns the name of the macro, so it would return :composed_of for "composed_of :balance, :class_name => ‘Money’" or :has_many for "has_many :clients".

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    # File vendor/rails/activerecord/lib/active_record/reflection.rb, line 83
83:       def macro
84:         @macro
85:       end

Returns the name of the macro, so it would return :balance for "composed_of :balance, :class_name => ‘Money’" or :clients for "has_many :clients".

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    # File vendor/rails/activerecord/lib/active_record/reflection.rb, line 77
77:       def name
78:         @name
79:       end

Returns the hash of options used for the macro, so it would return { :class_name => "Money" } for "composed_of :balance, :class_name => ‘Money’" or {} for "has_many :clients".

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    # File vendor/rails/activerecord/lib/active_record/reflection.rb, line 89
89:       def options
90:         @options
91:       end

[Validate]