path: root/activerecord/lib/active_record/reflection.rb

module ActiveRecord
  # = Active Record Reflection
  module Reflection # :nodoc:
    extend ActiveSupport::Concern

    included do
      class_attribute :reflections
      self.reflections = {}
    end

    # \Reflection enables to interrogate Active Record classes and objects
    # about their associations and aggregations. This information can,
    # for example, be used in a form builder that takes an Active Record object
    # and creates input fields for all of the attributes depending on their type
    # and displays the associations to other objects.
    #
    # MacroReflection class has info for AggregateReflection and AssociationReflection
    # classes.
    module ClassMethods
      def create_reflection(macro, name, scope, options, active_record)
        case macro
        when :has_many, :belongs_to, :has_one, :has_and_belongs_to_many
          klass = options[:through] ? ThroughReflection : AssociationReflection
        when :composed_of
          klass = AggregateReflection
        end

        reflection = klass.new(macro, name, scope, options, active_record)

        self.reflections = self.reflections.merge(name => reflection)
        reflection
      end

      # Returns an array of AggregateReflection objects for all the aggregations in the class.
      def reflect_on_all_aggregations
        reflections.values.grep(AggregateReflection)
      end

      # Returns the AggregateReflection object for the named +aggregation+ (use the symbol).
      #
      #   Account.reflect_on_aggregation(:balance) # => the balance AggregateReflection
      #
      def reflect_on_aggregation(aggregation)
        reflection = reflections[aggregation]
        reflection if reflection.is_a?(AggregateReflection)
      end

      # Returns an array of AssociationReflection objects for all the
      # associations in the class. If you only want to reflect on a certain
      # association type, pass in the symbol (<tt>:has_many</tt>, <tt>:has_one</tt>,
      # <tt>:belongs_to</tt>) as the first parameter.
      #
      # Example:
      #
      #   Account.reflect_on_all_associations             # returns an array of all associations
      #   Account.reflect_on_all_associations(:has_many)  # returns an array of all has_many associations
      #
      def reflect_on_all_associations(macro = nil)
        association_reflections = reflections.values.grep(AssociationReflection)
        macro ? association_reflections.select { |reflection| reflection.macro == macro } : association_reflections
      end

      # Returns the AssociationReflection object for the +association+ (use the symbol).
      #
      #   Account.reflect_on_association(:owner)             # returns the owner AssociationReflection
      #   Invoice.reflect_on_association(:line_items).macro  # returns :has_many
      #
      def reflect_on_association(association)
        reflection = reflections[association]
        reflection if reflection.is_a?(AssociationReflection)
      end

      # Returns an array of AssociationReflection objects for all associations which have <tt>:autosave</tt> enabled.
      def reflect_on_all_autosave_associations
        reflections.values.select { |reflection| reflection.options[:autosave] }
      end
    end

    # Base class for AggregateReflection and AssociationReflection. Objects of
    # AggregateReflection and AssociationReflection are returned by the Reflection::ClassMethods.
    #
    #   MacroReflection
    #     AggregateReflection
    #     AssociationReflection
    #       ThroughReflection
    class MacroReflection
      # Returns the name of the macro.
      #
      # <tt>composed_of :balance, class_name: 'Money'</tt> returns <tt>:balance</tt>
      # <tt>has_many :clients</tt> returns <tt>:clients</tt>
      attr_reader :name

      # Returns the macro type.
      #
      # <tt>composed_of :balance, class_name: 'Money'</tt> returns <tt>:composed_of</tt>
      # <tt>has_many :clients</tt> returns <tt>:has_many</tt>
      attr_reader :macro

      attr_reader :scope

      # Returns the hash of options used for the macro.
      #
      # <tt>composed_of :balance, class_name: 'Money'</tt> returns <tt>{ class_name: "Money" }</tt>
      # <tt>has_many :clients</tt> returns <tt>{}</tt>
      attr_reader :options

      attr_reader :active_record

      attr_reader :plural_name # :nodoc:

      def initialize(macro, name, scope, options, active_record)
        @macro         = macro
        @name          = name
        @scope         = scope
        @options       = options
        @active_record = active_record
        @plural_name   = active_record.pluralize_table_names ?
                            name.to_s.pluralize : name.to_s
      end

      # Returns the class for the macro.
      #
      # <tt>composed_of :balance, class_name: 'Money'</tt> returns the Money class
      # <tt>has_many :clients</tt> returns the Client class
      def klass
        @klass ||= class_name.constantize
      end

      # Returns the class name for the macro.
      #
      # <tt>composed_of :balance, class_name: 'Money'</tt> returns <tt>'Money'</tt>
      # <tt>has_many :clients</tt> returns <tt>'Client'</tt>
      def class_name
        @class_name ||= (options[:class_name] || derive_class_name).to_s
      end

      # 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.
      def ==(other_aggregation)
        super ||
          other_aggregation.kind_of?(self.class) &&
          name == other_aggregation.name &&
          other_aggregation.options &&
          active_record == other_aggregation.active_record
      end

      private
        def derive_class_name
          name.to_s.camelize
        end
    end


    # Holds all the meta-data about an aggregation as it was specified in the
    # Active Record class.
    class AggregateReflection < MacroReflection #:nodoc:
      def mapping
        mapping = options[:mapping] || [name, name]
        mapping.first.is_a?(Array) ? mapping : [mapping]
      end
    end

    # Holds all the meta-data about an association as it was specified in the
    # Active Record class.
    class AssociationReflection < MacroReflection #:nodoc:
      # Returns the target association's class.
      #
      #   class Author < ActiveRecord::Base
      #     has_many :books
      #   end
      #
      #   Author.reflect_on_association(:books).klass
      #   # => Book
      #
      # <b>Note:</b> 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.
      def klass
        @klass ||= active_record.send(:compute_type, class_name)
      end

      def initialize(*args)
        super
        @collection = [:has_many, :has_and_belongs_to_many].include?(macro)
        @automatic_inverse_of = nil
      end

      # Returns a new, unsaved instance of the associated class. +attributes+ will
      # be passed to the class's constructor.
      def build_association(attributes, &block)
        klass.new(attributes, &block)
      end

      def table_name
        @table_name ||= klass.table_name
      end

      def quoted_table_name
        @quoted_table_name ||= klass.quoted_table_name
      end

      def join_table
        @join_table ||= options[:join_table] || derive_join_table
      end

      def foreign_key
        @foreign_key ||= options[:foreign_key] || derive_foreign_key
      end

      def foreign_type
        @foreign_type ||= options[:foreign_type] || "#{name}_type"
      end

      def type
        @type ||= options[:as] && "#{options[:as]}_type"
      end

      def primary_key_column
        @primary_key_column ||= klass.columns.find { |c| c.name == klass.primary_key }
      end

      def association_foreign_key
        @association_foreign_key ||= options[:association_foreign_key] || class_name.foreign_key
      end

      # klass option is necessary to support loading polymorphic associations
      def association_primary_key(klass = nil)
        options[:primary_key] || primary_key(klass || self.klass)
      end

      def active_record_primary_key
        @active_record_primary_key ||= options[:primary_key] || primary_key(active_record)
      end

      def counter_cache_column
        if options[:counter_cache] == true
          "#{active_record.name.demodulize.underscore.pluralize}_count"
        elsif options[:counter_cache]
          options[:counter_cache].to_s
        end
      end

      def columns(tbl_name)
        @columns ||= klass.connection.columns(tbl_name)
      end

      def reset_column_information
        @columns = nil
      end

      def check_validity!
        check_validity_of_inverse!

        if has_and_belongs_to_many? && association_foreign_key == foreign_key
          raise HasAndBelongsToManyAssociationForeignKeyNeeded.new(self)
        end
      end

      def check_validity_of_inverse!
        unless options[:polymorphic]
          if has_inverse? && inverse_of.nil?
            raise InverseOfAssociationNotFoundError.new(self)
          end
        end
      end

      def through_reflection
        nil
      end

      def source_reflection
        nil
      end

      # A chain of reflections from this one back to the owner. For more see the explanation in
      # ThroughReflection.
      def chain
        [self]
      end

      def nested?
        false
      end

      # An array of arrays of scopes. Each item in the outside array corresponds to a reflection
      # in the #chain.
      def scope_chain
        scope ? [[scope]] : [[]]
      end

      alias :source_macro :macro

      def has_inverse?
        @options[:inverse_of] || find_inverse_of_automatically
      end

      def inverse_of
        @inverse_of ||= if options[:inverse_of]
          klass.reflect_on_association(options[:inverse_of])
        else
          find_inverse_of_automatically
        end
      end

      # Clears the cached value of +@inverse_of+ on this object. This will
      # not remove the :inverse_of option however, so future calls on the
      # +inverse_of+ will have to recompute the inverse.
      def clear_inverse_of_cache!
        @inverse_of = nil
      end

      # Removes the cached inverse association that was found automatically
      # and prevents this object from finding the inverse association
      # automatically in the future.
      def remove_automatic_inverse_of!
        @automatic_inverse_of = nil
        options[:automatic_inverse_of] = false
      end

      def polymorphic_inverse_of(associated_class)
        if has_inverse?
          if inverse_relationship = associated_class.reflect_on_association(options[:inverse_of])
            inverse_relationship
          else
            raise InverseOfAssociationNotFoundError.new(self, associated_class)
          end
        end
      end

      # Returns whether or not this association reflection is for a collection
      # association. Returns +true+ if the +macro+ is either +has_many+ or
      # +has_and_belongs_to_many+, +false+ otherwise.
      def collection?
        @collection
      end

      # Returns whether or not the association should be validated as part of
      # the parent's validation.
      #
      # Unless you explicitly disable validation with
      # <tt>validate: false</tt>, validation will take place when:
      #
      # * you explicitly enable validation; <tt>validate: true</tt>
      # * you use autosave; <tt>autosave: true</tt>
      # * the association is a +has_many+ association
      def validate?
        !options[:validate].nil? ? options[:validate] : (options[:autosave] == true || macro == :has_many)
      end

      # Returns +true+ if +self+ is a +belongs_to+ reflection.
      def belongs_to?
        macro == :belongs_to
      end

      def has_and_belongs_to_many?
        macro == :has_and_belongs_to_many
      end

      def association_class
        case macro
        when :belongs_to
          if options[:polymorphic]
            Associations::BelongsToPolymorphicAssociation
          else
            Associations::BelongsToAssociation
          end
        when :has_and_belongs_to_many
          Associations::HasAndBelongsToManyAssociation
        when :has_many
          if options[:through]
            Associations::HasManyThroughAssociation
          else
            Associations::HasManyAssociation
          end
        when :has_one
          if options[:through]
            Associations::HasOneThroughAssociation
          else
            Associations::HasOneAssociation
          end
        end
      end

      def polymorphic?
        options.key? :polymorphic
      end

      VALID_AUTOMATIC_INVERSE_MACROS = [:has_many, :has_one, :belongs_to]
      INVALID_AUTOMATIC_INVERSE_OPTIONS = [:conditions, :through, :polymorphic, :foreign_key]

      private
        # Attempts to find the inverse association automatically.
        # If it cannot find a suitable inverse association, it returns
        # nil.
        def find_inverse_of_automatically
          if @automatic_inverse_of == false
            nil
          elsif @automatic_inverse_of.nil?
            set_automatic_inverse_of
          else
            klass.reflect_on_association(@automatic_inverse_of)
          end
        end

        # Sets the +@automatic_inverse_of+ instance variable, and returns
        # either nil or the inverse association that it finds.
        #
        # This method caches the inverse association that is found so that
        # future calls to +find_inverse_of_automatically+ have much less
        # overhead.
        def set_automatic_inverse_of
          if can_find_inverse_of_automatically?(self)
            inverse_name = active_record.name.downcase.to_sym

            begin
              reflection = klass.reflect_on_association(inverse_name)
            rescue NameError
              # Give up: we couldn't compute the klass type so we won't be able
              # to find any associations either.
              reflection = false
            end

            if valid_inverse_reflection?(reflection)
              @automatic_inverse_of = inverse_name
              reflection
            else
              @automatic_inverse_of = false
              nil
            end
          else
            @automatic_inverse_of = false
            nil
          end
        end

        # Checks if the inverse reflection that is returned from the
        # +set_automatic_inverse_of+ method is a valid reflection. We must
        # make sure that the reflection's active_record name matches up
        # with the current reflection's klass name.
        #
        # Note: klass will always be valid because when there's a NameError
        # from calling +klass+, +reflection+ will already be set to false.
        def valid_inverse_reflection?(reflection)
          reflection &&
            klass.name == reflection.active_record.try(:name) &&
            klass.primary_key == reflection.active_record_primary_key &&
            can_find_inverse_of_automatically?(reflection)
        end

        # Checks to see if the reflection doesn't have any options that prevent
        # us from being able to guess the inverse automatically. First, the
        # +automatic_inverse_of+ option cannot be set to false. Second, we must
        # have +has_many+, +has_one+, +belongs_to+ associations. Third, we must
        # not have options such as +:polymorphic+ or +:foreign_key+ which prevent us
        # from correctly guessing the inverse association.
        #
        # Anything with a scope can additionally ruin our attempt at finding an
        # inverse, so we exclude reflections with scopes.
        def can_find_inverse_of_automatically?(reflection)
          reflection.options[:automatic_inverse_of] != false &&
            VALID_AUTOMATIC_INVERSE_MACROS.include?(reflection.macro) &&
            !INVALID_AUTOMATIC_INVERSE_OPTIONS.any? { |opt| reflection.options[opt] } &&
            !reflection.scope
        end

        def derive_class_name
          class_name = name.to_s.camelize
          class_name = class_name.singularize if collection?
          class_name
        end

        def derive_foreign_key
          if belongs_to?
            "#{name}_id"
          elsif options[:as]
            "#{options[:as]}_id"
          else
            active_record.name.foreign_key
          end
        end

        def derive_join_table
          [active_record.table_name, klass.table_name].sort.join("\0").gsub(/^(.*_)(.+)\0\1(.+)/, '\1\2_\3').gsub("\0", "_")
        end

        def primary_key(klass)
          klass.primary_key || raise(UnknownPrimaryKey.new(klass))
        end
    end

    # Holds all the meta-data about a :through association as it was specified
    # in the Active Record class.
    class ThroughReflection < AssociationReflection #:nodoc:
      delegate :foreign_key, :foreign_type, :association_foreign_key,
               :active_record_primary_key, :type, :to => :source_reflection

      # Returns the source of the through reflection. It checks both a singularized
      # and pluralized form for <tt>:belongs_to</tt> or <tt>:has_many</tt>.
      #
      #   class Post < ActiveRecord::Base
      #     has_many :taggings
      #     has_many :tags, through: :taggings
      #   end
      #
      #   class Tagging < ActiveRecord::Base
      #     belongs_to :post
      #     belongs_to :tag
      #   end
      #
      #   tags_reflection = Post.reflect_on_association(:tags)
      #   tags_reflection.source_reflection
      #   # => <ActiveRecord::Reflection::AssociationReflection: @macro=:belongs_to, @name=:tag, @active_record=Tagging, @plural_name="tags">
      #
      def source_reflection
        @source_reflection ||= source_reflection_names.collect { |name| through_reflection.klass.reflect_on_association(name) }.compact.first
      end

      # Returns the AssociationReflection object specified in the <tt>:through</tt> option
      # of a HasManyThrough or HasOneThrough association.
      #
      #   class Post < ActiveRecord::Base
      #     has_many :taggings
      #     has_many :tags, through: :taggings
      #   end
      #
      #   tags_reflection = Post.reflect_on_association(:tags)
      #   tags_reflection.through_reflection
      #   # => <ActiveRecord::Reflection::AssociationReflection: @macro=:has_many, @name=:taggings, @active_record=Post, @plural_name="taggings">
      #
      def through_reflection
        @through_reflection ||= active_record.reflect_on_association(options[:through])
      end

      # Returns an array of reflections which are involved in this association. Each item in the
      # array corresponds to a table which will be part of the query for this association.
      #
      # The chain is built by recursively calling #chain on the source reflection and the through
      # reflection. The base case for the recursion is a normal association, which just returns
      # [self] as its #chain.
      #
      #   class Post < ActiveRecord::Base
      #     has_many :taggings
      #     has_many :tags, through: :taggings
      #   end
      #
      #   tags_reflection = Post.reflect_on_association(:tags)
      #   tags_reflection.chain
      #   # => [<ActiveRecord::Reflection::ThroughReflection: @macro=:has_many, @name=:tags, @options={:through=>:taggings}, @active_record=Post>,
      #         <ActiveRecord::Reflection::AssociationReflection: @macro=:has_many, @name=:taggings, @options={}, @active_record=Post>]
      #
      def chain
        @chain ||= begin
          chain = source_reflection.chain + through_reflection.chain
          chain[0] = self # Use self so we don't lose the information from :source_type
          chain
        end
      end

      # Consider the following example:
      #
      #   class Person
      #     has_many :articles
      #     has_many :comment_tags, through: :articles
      #   end
      #
      #   class Article
      #     has_many :comments
      #     has_many :comment_tags, through: :comments, source: :tags
      #   end
      #
      #   class Comment
      #     has_many :tags
      #   end
      #
      # There may be scopes on Person.comment_tags, Article.comment_tags and/or Comment.tags,
      # but only Comment.tags will be represented in the #chain. So this method creates an array
      # of scopes corresponding to the chain.
      def scope_chain
        @scope_chain ||= begin
          scope_chain = source_reflection.scope_chain.map(&:dup)

          # Add to it the scope from this reflection (if any)
          scope_chain.first << scope if scope

          through_scope_chain = through_reflection.scope_chain

          if options[:source_type]
            through_scope_chain.first <<
              through_reflection.klass.where(foreign_type => options[:source_type])
          end

          # Recursively fill out the rest of the array from the through reflection
          scope_chain + through_scope_chain
        end
      end

      # The macro used by the source association
      def source_macro
        source_reflection.source_macro
      end

      # A through association is nested if there would be more than one join table
      def nested?
        chain.length > 2 || through_reflection.macro == :has_and_belongs_to_many
      end

      # We want to use the klass from this reflection, rather than just delegate straight to
      # the source_reflection, because the source_reflection may be polymorphic. We still
      # need to respect the source_reflection's :primary_key option, though.
      def association_primary_key(klass = nil)
        # Get the "actual" source reflection if the immediate source reflection has a
        # source reflection itself
        source_reflection = self.source_reflection
        while source_reflection.source_reflection
          source_reflection = source_reflection.source_reflection
        end

        source_reflection.options[:primary_key] || primary_key(klass || self.klass)
      end

      # Gets an array of possible <tt>:through</tt> source reflection names in both singular and plural form.
      #
      #   class Post < ActiveRecord::Base
      #     has_many :taggings
      #     has_many :tags, through: :taggings
      #   end
      #
      #   tags_reflection = Post.reflect_on_association(:tags)
      #   tags_reflection.source_reflection_names
      #   # => [:tag, :tags]
      #
      def source_reflection_names
        @source_reflection_names ||= (options[:source] ? [options[:source]] : [name.to_s.singularize, name]).collect { |n| n.to_sym }
      end

      def source_options
        source_reflection.options
      end

      def through_options
        through_reflection.options
      end

      def check_validity!
        if through_reflection.nil?
          raise HasManyThroughAssociationNotFoundError.new(active_record.name, self)
        end

        if through_reflection.options[:polymorphic]
          raise HasManyThroughAssociationPolymorphicThroughError.new(active_record.name, self)
        end

        if source_reflection.nil?
          raise HasManyThroughSourceAssociationNotFoundError.new(self)
        end

        if options[:source_type] && source_reflection.options[:polymorphic].nil?
          raise HasManyThroughAssociationPointlessSourceTypeError.new(active_record.name, self, source_reflection)
        end

        if source_reflection.options[:polymorphic] && options[:source_type].nil?
          raise HasManyThroughAssociationPolymorphicSourceError.new(active_record.name, self, source_reflection)
        end

        if macro == :has_one && through_reflection.collection?
          raise HasOneThroughCantAssociateThroughCollection.new(active_record.name, self, through_reflection)
        end

        check_validity_of_inverse!
      end

      private
        def derive_class_name
          # get the class_name of the belongs_to association of the through reflection
          options[:source_type] || source_reflection.class_name
        end
    end
  end
end