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authorVijay Dev <vijaydev.cse@gmail.com>2012-11-03 01:56:16 +0530
committerVijay Dev <vijaydev.cse@gmail.com>2012-11-03 01:56:16 +0530
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Merge branch 'master' of github.com:lifo/docrails
Conflicts: actionpack/lib/action_controller/metal/mime_responds.rb activerecord/lib/active_record/attribute_methods.rb guides/source/working_with_javascript_in_rails.md
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1 files changed, 15 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/attribute_methods.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/attribute_methods.rb
index 101c641877..437fd00948 100644
--- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/attribute_methods.rb
+++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/attribute_methods.rb
@@ -215,10 +215,10 @@ module ActiveRecord
# person = Person.create!(name: 'David Heinemeier Hansson ' * 3)
#
# person.attribute_for_inspect(:name)
- # # => '"David Heinemeier Hansson David Heinemeier Hansson D..."'
+ # # => "\"David Heinemeier Hansson David Heinemeier Hansson D...\""
#
# person.attribute_for_inspect(:created_at)
- # # => '"2009-01-12 04:48:57"'
+ # # => "\"2012-10-22 00:15:07\""
def attribute_for_inspect(attr_name)
value = read_attribute(attr_name)
@@ -234,14 +234,18 @@ module ActiveRecord
# Returns +true+ if the specified +attribute+ has been set by the user or by a
# database load and is neither +nil+ nor <tt>empty?</tt> (the latter only applies
# to objects that respond to <tt>empty?</tt>, most notably Strings). Otherwise, +false+.
+ # Note that it always returns +true+ with boolean attributes.
#
- # class Person < ActiveRecord::Base
+ # class Task < ActiveRecord::Base
# end
#
- # person = Person.new(name: '')
- # person.attribute_present?(:name) # => false
+ # person = Task.new(title: '', is_done: false)
+ # person.attribute_present?(:title) # => false
+ # person.attribute_present?(:is_done) # => true
# person.name = 'Francesco'
- # person.attribute_present?(:name) # => true
+ # person.is_done = true
+ # person.attribute_present?(:title) # => true
+ # person.attribute_present?(:is_done) # => true
def attribute_present?(attribute)
value = read_attribute(attribute)
!value.nil? && !(value.respond_to?(:empty?) && value.empty?)
@@ -265,15 +269,16 @@ module ActiveRecord
end
# Returns the value of the attribute identified by <tt>attr_name</tt> after it has been typecast (for example,
- # "2004-12-12" in a data column is cast to a date object, like Date.new(2004, 12, 12)).
- # (Alias for the protected <tt>read_attribute</tt> method). It raises an <tt>ActiveModel::MissingAttributeError</tt>
- # error if the identified attribute is missing.
+ # "2004-12-12" in a data column is cast to a date object, like Date.new(2004, 12, 12)). It raises
+ # <tt>ActiveModel::MissingAttributeError</tt> if the identified attribute is missing.
+ #
+ # Alias for the <tt>read_attribute</tt> method.
#
# class Person < ActiveRecord::Base
# belongs_to :organization
# end
#
- # person = Person.new(name: 'Francesco', age: '22'
+ # person = Person.new(name: 'Francesco', age: '22')
# person[:name] # => "Francesco"
# person[:age] # => 22
#