Base class for AggregateReflection and AssociationReflection. Objects of AggregateReflection and AssociationReflection are returned by the Reflection::ClassMethods.
Methods
Attributes
Class Public methods
new(name, scope, options, active_record)
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# File activerecord/lib/active_record/reflection.rb, line 345 def initialize(name, scope, options, active_record) @name = name @scope = scope @options = options @active_record = active_record @klass = options[:anonymous_class] @plural_name = active_record.pluralize_table_names ? name.to_s.pluralize : name.to_s end
Instance Public methods
==(other_aggregation)
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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.
autosave=(autosave)
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compute_class(name)
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klass()
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Returns the class for the macro.
composed_of :balance, class_name: 'Money'
returns the
Money class has_many :clients
returns the Client class
class Company < ActiveRecord::Base
has_many :clients
end
Company.reflect_on_association(:clients).klass
# => Client
Note: Do not call klass.new
or
klass.create
to instantiate a new association object. Use
build_association
or create_association
instead.
This allows plugins to hook into association object creation.