unbraindeadify addition to has_many :through

git-svn-id: http://svn-commit.rubyonrails.org/rails/trunk@4791 5ecf4fe2-1ee6-0310-87b1-e25e094e27de

3 files changed, 17 insertions, 9 deletions

diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations/association_collection.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations/association_collection.rb
index ec7af7913d..552c1ed06e 100644
--- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations/association_collection.rb
+++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations/association_collection.rb
@@ -163,11 +163,6 @@ module ActiveRecord
         end
 
       private
-        # Array#flatten has problems with recursive arrays. Going one level deeper solves the majority of the problems.
-        def flatten_deeper(array)
-          array.collect { |element| element.respond_to?(:flatten) ? element.flatten : element }.flatten
-        end
-        
         def callback(method, record)
           callbacks_for(method).each do |callback|
             case callback
diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations/association_proxy.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations/association_proxy.rb
index c093e40ca0..1d313fc537 100644
--- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations/association_proxy.rb
+++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations/association_proxy.rb
@@ -146,6 +146,11 @@ module ActiveRecord
             raise ActiveRecord::AssociationTypeMismatch, "#{@reflection.class_name} expected, got #{record.class}"
           end
         end
+
+        # Array#flatten has problems with recursive arrays. Going one level deeper solves the majority of the problems.
+        def flatten_deeper(array)
+          array.collect { |element| element.respond_to?(:flatten) ? element.flatten : element }.flatten
+        end
     end
   end
 end
diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations/has_many_through_association.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations/has_many_through_association.rb
index b5feeff1d2..0257b1857d 100644
--- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations/has_many_through_association.rb
+++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations/has_many_through_association.rb
@@ -44,18 +44,26 @@ module ActiveRecord
       # must have ids in order to create records associating them, so this
       # will raise ActiveRecord::HasManyThroughCantAssociateNewRecords if
       # either is a new record.  Calls create! so you can rescue errors.
-      def <<(*args)
-        return if args.empty?
+      #
+      # The :before_add and :after_add callbacks are not yet supported.
+      def <<(*records)
+        return if records.empty?
         through = @reflection.through_reflection
         raise ActiveRecord::HasManyThroughCantAssociateNewRecords.new(@owner, through) if @owner.new_record?
 
+        load_target
+
         klass = through.klass
         klass.transaction do
-          args.each do |associate|
+          flatten_deeper(records).each do |associate|
+            raise_on_type_mismatch(associate)
             raise ActiveRecord::HasManyThroughCantAssociateNewRecords.new(@owner, through) unless associate.respond_to?(:new_record?) && !associate.new_record?
-            klass.with_scope(:create => construct_join_attributes(associate)) { klass.create! }
+
+            @target << klass.with_scope(:create => construct_join_attributes(associate)) { klass.create! }
           end
         end
+
+        self
       end
 
       [:push, :concat].each { |method| alias_method method, :<< }