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

==   belongs_to?   class_name   klass   macro   name   new   options  

Attributes

active_record  [R] 

Public Class methods

new(macro, name, options, active_record)

[Source]

    # File vendor/rails/activerecord/lib/active_record/reflection.rb, line 76
76:       def initialize(macro, name, options, active_record)
77:         @macro, @name, @options, @active_record = macro, name, options, active_record
78:       end

Public Instance methods

==(other_aggregation)

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.

[Source]

     # File vendor/rails/activerecord/lib/active_record/reflection.rb, line 112
112:       def ==(other_aggregation)
113:         other_aggregation.kind_of?(self.class) && name == other_aggregation.name && other_aggregation.options && active_record == other_aggregation.active_record
114:       end
belongs_to?()

Returns true if self is a belongs_to reflection.

[Source]

     # File vendor/rails/activerecord/lib/active_record/reflection.rb, line 121
121:       def belongs_to?
122:         macro == :belongs_to
123:       end
class_name()

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

[Source]

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

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.

[Source]

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

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.

[Source]

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

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.

[Source]

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

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.

[Source]

    # File vendor/rails/activerecord/lib/active_record/reflection.rb, line 94
94:       def options
95:         @options
96:       end

[Validate]