Declare and check for suffixed attribute methods.
Methods
Public Instance methods
Declare a method available for all attributes with the given suffix. Uses method_missing and respond_to? to rewrite the method
#{attr}#{suffix}(*args, &block)
to
attribute#{suffix}(#{attr}, *args, &block)
An attribute#{suffix} instance method must exist and accept at least the attr argument.
For example:
class Person < ActiveRecord::Base attribute_method_suffix '_changed?' private def attribute_changed?(attr) ... end end person = Person.find(1) person.name_changed? # => false person.name = 'Hubert' person.name_changed? # => true
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# File vendor/rails/activerecord/lib/active_record/attribute_methods.rb, line 35 35: def attribute_method_suffix(*suffixes) 36: attribute_method_suffixes.concat suffixes 37: rebuild_attribute_method_regexp 38: end
Returns MatchData if method_name is an attribute method.
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# File vendor/rails/activerecord/lib/active_record/attribute_methods.rb, line 41 41: def match_attribute_method?(method_name) 42: rebuild_attribute_method_regexp unless defined?(@@attribute_method_regexp) && @@attribute_method_regexp 43: @@attribute_method_regexp.match(method_name) 44: end