module ActiveRecord
module Reflection # :nodoc:
def self.included(base)
base.extend(ClassMethods)
end
# Reflection allows you to interrogate Active Record classes and objects about their associations and aggregations.
# This information can, for example, be used in a form builder that took an Active Record object and created input
# fields for all of the attributes depending on their type and displayed the associations to other objects.
#
# You can find the interface for the AggregateReflection and AssociationReflection classes in the abstract MacroReflection class.
module ClassMethods
def create_reflection(macro, name, options, active_record)
case macro
when :has_many, :belongs_to, :has_one, :has_and_belongs_to_many
reflections[name] = AssociationReflection.new(macro, name, options, active_record)
when :composed_of
reflections[name] = AggregateReflection.new(macro, name, options, active_record)
end
end
def reflections
read_inheritable_attribute(:reflections) or write_inheritable_attribute(:reflections, {})
end
# Returns an array of AggregateReflection objects for all the aggregations in the class.
def reflect_on_all_aggregations
reflections.values.select { |reflection| reflection.is_a?(AggregateReflection) }
end
# Returns the AggregateReflection object for the named +aggregation+ (use the symbol). Example:
# Account.reflect_on_aggregation(:balance) # returns the balance AggregateReflection
def reflect_on_aggregation(aggregation)
reflections[aggregation].is_a?(AggregateReflection) ? reflections[aggregation] : nil
end
# Returns an array of AssociationReflection objects for all the aggregations in the class.
def reflect_on_all_associations
reflections.values.select { |reflection| reflection.is_a?(AssociationReflection) }
end
# Returns the AssociationReflection object for the named +aggregation+ (use the symbol). Example:
# Account.reflect_on_association(:owner) # returns the owner AssociationReflection
def reflect_on_association(association)
reflections[association].is_a?(AssociationReflection) ? reflections[association] : nil
end
end
# 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.
class MacroReflection
attr_reader :active_record
def initialize(macro, name, options, active_record)
@macro, @name, @options, @active_record = macro, name, options, active_record
end
# Returns the name of the macro, so it would return :balance for "composed_of :balance, :class_name => 'Money'" or
# :clients for "has_many :clients".
def name
@name
end
# Returns the name of the macro, so it would return :composed_of for
# "composed_of :balance, :class_name => 'Money'" or :has_many for "has_many :clients".
def macro
@macro
end
# 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".
def options
@options
end
# 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.
def klass() end
def class_name
@class_name ||= name_to_class_name(name.id2name)
end
def require_class
require_association(class_name.underscore) if class_name
end
def ==(other_aggregation)
name == other_aggregation.name && other_aggregation.options && active_record == other_aggregation.active_record
end
end
# Holds all the meta-data about an aggregation as it was specified in the Active Record class.
class AggregateReflection < MacroReflection #:nodoc:
def klass
@klass ||= Object.const_get(class_name)
end
private
def name_to_class_name(name)
name.capitalize.gsub(/_(.)/) { |s| $1.capitalize }
end
end
# Holds all the meta-data about an association as it was specified in the Active Record class.
class AssociationReflection < MacroReflection #:nodoc:
def klass
@klass ||= active_record.send(:compute_type, class_name)
end
def table_name
@table_name ||= klass.table_name
end
def primary_key_name
return @primary_key_name if @primary_key_name
case macro
when :belongs_to
@primary_key_name = options[:foreign_key] || class_name.foreign_key
else
@primary_key_name = options[:foreign_key] || active_record.name.foreign_key
end
end
def association_foreign_key
@association_foreign_key ||= @options[:association_foreign_key] || class_name.foreign_key
end
private
def name_to_class_name(name)
if name =~ /::/
name
else
if options[:class_name]
class_name = options[:class_name]
else
class_name = name.to_s.camelize
class_name = class_name.singularize if [ :has_many, :has_and_belongs_to_many ].include?(macro)
end
active_record.send(:type_name_with_module, class_name)
end
end
end
end
end