ActiveRecord::Reflection::MacroReflection (Class)

In: vendor/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   name   new   options  

Attributes

active_record  [R] 

Public Class methods

new(name, options, active_record)

[Source]

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

Public Instance methods

name()

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

[Source]

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

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".

[Source]

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

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.

[Source]

    # File vendor/activerecord/lib/active_record/reflection.rb, line 89
89:       def klass() end
==(other_aggregation)

[Source]

    # File vendor/activerecord/lib/active_record/reflection.rb, line 91
91:       def ==(other_aggregation)
92:         name == other_aggregation.name && other_aggregation.options && active_record == other_aggregation.active_record
93:       end

[Validate]