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

==   class_name   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 75
75:       def initialize(macro, name, options, active_record)
76:         @macro, @name, @options, @active_record = macro, name, options, active_record
77:       end

Public Instance methods

Returns true if self and other_aggregation have the same name attribute, active_record attribute, and other_aggregation has an options hash assigned to it.

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     # File vendor/rails/activerecord/lib/active_record/reflection.rb, line 111
111:       def ==(other_aggregation)
112:         name == other_aggregation.name && other_aggregation.options && active_record == other_aggregation.active_record
113:       end

Returns the class name for the macro. For example, composed_of :balance, :class_name => ‘Money‘ returns ‘Money‘ and has_many :clients returns ‘Client‘.

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     # File vendor/rails/activerecord/lib/active_record/reflection.rb, line 105
105:       def class_name
106:         @class_name ||= options[:class_name] || derive_class_name
107:       end

Returns the class for the macro. For example, composed_of :balance, :class_name => ‘Money‘ returns the Money class and has_many :clients returns the Client class.

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     # File vendor/rails/activerecord/lib/active_record/reflection.rb, line 99
 99:       def klass
100:         @klass ||= class_name.constantize
101:       end

Returns the macro type. For example, composed_of :balance, :class_name => ‘Money‘ will return :composed_of or for has_many :clients will return :has_many.

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    # File vendor/rails/activerecord/lib/active_record/reflection.rb, line 87
87:       def macro
88:         @macro
89:       end

Returns the name of the macro. For example, composed_of :balance, :class_name => ‘Money‘ will return :balance or for has_many :clients it will return :clients.

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    # File vendor/rails/activerecord/lib/active_record/reflection.rb, line 81
81:       def name
82:         @name
83:       end

Returns the hash of options used for the macro. For example, 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 93
93:       def options
94:         @options
95:       end

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