Add foreign_type option for polymorphic has_one and has_many.

To be possible to use a custom column name to save/read the polymorphic
associated type in a has_many or has_one polymorphic association, now users
can use the option :foreign_type to inform in what column the associated object
type will be saved.

2 files changed, 21 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/activerecord/test/cases/associations/has_many_associations_test.rb b/activerecord/test/cases/associations/has_many_associations_test.rb
index c075872617..d3b74aa616 100644
--- a/activerecord/test/cases/associations/has_many_associations_test.rb
+++ b/activerecord/test/cases/associations/has_many_associations_test.rb
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ require 'models/contract'
 require 'models/topic'
 require 'models/reply'
 require 'models/category'
+require 'models/image'
 require 'models/post'
 require 'models/author'
 require 'models/essay'
@@ -1783,6 +1784,15 @@ class HasManyAssociationsTest < ActiveRecord::TestCase
     assert_equal [tagging], post.taggings
   end
 
+  def test_with_polymorphic_has_many_with_custom_columns_name
+    post = Post.create! :title => 'foo', :body => 'bar'
+    image = Image.create!
+
+    post.images << image
+
+    assert_equal [image], post.images
+  end
+
   def test_build_with_polymorphic_has_many_does_not_allow_to_override_type_and_id
     welcome = posts(:welcome)
     tagging = welcome.taggings.build(:taggable_id => 99, :taggable_type => 'ShouldNotChange')
diff --git a/activerecord/test/cases/associations/has_one_associations_test.rb b/activerecord/test/cases/associations/has_one_associations_test.rb
index 1a6d25f7d0..a69f7a5262 100644
--- a/activerecord/test/cases/associations/has_one_associations_test.rb
+++ b/activerecord/test/cases/associations/has_one_associations_test.rb
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ require 'models/pirate'
 require 'models/car'
 require 'models/bulb'
 require 'models/author'
+require 'models/image'
 require 'models/post'
 
 class HasOneAssociationsTest < ActiveRecord::TestCase
@@ -573,6 +574,16 @@ class HasOneAssociationsTest < ActiveRecord::TestCase
     end
   end
 
+  def test_with_polymorphic_has_one_with_custom_columns_name
+    post = Post.create! :title => 'foo', :body => 'bar'
+    image = Image.create!
+
+    post.main_image = image
+    post.reload
+
+    assert_equal image, post.main_image
+  end
+
   test 'dangerous association name raises ArgumentError' do
     [:errors, 'errors', :save, 'save'].each do |name|
       assert_raises(ArgumentError, "Association #{name} should not be allowed") do