Add Relation#annotate for SQL commenting

This patch has two main portions:

1. Add SQL comment support to Arel via Arel::Nodes::Comment.
2. Implement a Relation#annotate method on top of that.

== Adding SQL comment support

Adds a new Arel::Nodes::Comment node that represents an optional SQL
comment and teachers the relevant visitors how to handle it.

Comment nodes may be added to the basic CRUD statement nodes and set
through any of the four (Select|Insert|Update|Delete)Manager objects.

For example:

    manager = Arel::UpdateManager.new
    manager.table table
    manager.comment("annotation")
    manager.to_sql # UPDATE "users" /* annotation */

This new node type will be used by ActiveRecord::Relation to enable
query annotation via SQL comments.

== Implementing the Relation#annotate method

Implements `ActiveRecord::Relation#annotate`, which accepts a comment
string that will be appeneded to any queries generated by the relation.

Some examples:

    relation = Post.where(id: 123).annotate("metadata string")
    relation.first
    # SELECT "posts".* FROM "posts" WHERE "posts"."id" = 123
    # LIMIT 1 /* metadata string */

    class Tag < ActiveRecord::Base
      scope :foo_annotated, -> { annotate("foo") }
    end
    Tag.foo_annotated.annotate("bar").first
    # SELECT "tags".* FROM "tags" LIMIT 1 /* foo */ /* bar */

Also wires up the plumbing so this works with `#update_all` and
`#delete_all` as well.

This feature is useful for instrumentation and general analysis of
queries generated at runtime.

1 files changed, 22 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/relation/query_methods.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/relation/query_methods.rb
index 05ea0850d3..6f0f2125dc 100644
--- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/relation/query_methods.rb
+++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/relation/query_methods.rb
@@ -349,7 +349,7 @@ module ActiveRecord
     end
 
     VALID_UNSCOPING_VALUES = Set.new([:where, :select, :group, :order, :lock,
-                                     :limit, :offset, :joins, :left_outer_joins,
+                                     :limit, :offset, :joins, :left_outer_joins, :annotate,
                                      :includes, :from, :readonly, :having, :optimizer_hints])
 
     # Removes an unwanted relation that is already defined on a chain of relations.
@@ -948,6 +948,26 @@ module ActiveRecord
       self
     end
 
+    # Adds an SQL comment to queries generated from this relation. For example:
+    #
+    #   User.annotate("selecting user names").select(:name)
+    #   # SELECT "users"."name" FROM "users" /* selecting user names */
+    #
+    #   User.annotate("selecting", "user", "names").select(:name)
+    #   # SELECT "users"."name" FROM "users" /* selecting */ /* user */ /* names */
+    #
+    # The SQL block comment delimiters, "/*" and "*/", will be added automatically.
+    def annotate(*args)
+      check_if_method_has_arguments!(:annotate, args)
+      spawn.annotate!(*args)
+    end
+
+    # Like #annotate, but modifies relation in place.
+    def annotate!(*args) # :nodoc:
+      self.annotate_values += args
+      self
+    end
+
     # Returns the Arel object associated with the relation.
     def arel(aliases = nil) # :nodoc:
       @arel ||= build_arel(aliases)
@@ -1004,6 +1024,7 @@ module ActiveRecord
         arel.distinct(distinct_value)
         arel.from(build_from) unless from_clause.empty?
         arel.lock(lock_value) if lock_value
+        arel.comment(*annotate_values) unless annotate_values.empty?
 
         arel
       end