Nested attribute setters can be overridden.

Overriding implementation can call super.

1 files changed, 13 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/activerecord/test/cases/nested_attributes_test.rb b/activerecord/test/cases/nested_attributes_test.rb
index 09276a034e..0559bbbe9a 100644
--- a/activerecord/test/cases/nested_attributes_test.rb
+++ b/activerecord/test/cases/nested_attributes_test.rb
@@ -172,6 +172,19 @@ class TestNestedAttributesInGeneral < ActiveRecord::TestCase
     man.interests_attributes = [{:id => interest.id, :topic => 'gardening'}]
     assert_equal man.interests.first.topic, man.interests[0].topic
   end
+
+  def test_allows_class_to_override_setter_and_call_super
+    mean_pirate_class = Class.new(Pirate) do
+      accepts_nested_attributes_for :parrot
+      def parrot_attributes=(attrs)
+        super(attrs.merge(:color => "blue"))
+      end
+    end
+    mean_pirate = mean_pirate_class.new
+    mean_pirate.parrot_attributes = { :name => "James" }
+    assert_equal "James", mean_pirate.parrot.name
+    assert_equal "blue", mean_pirate.parrot.color
+  end
 end
 
 class TestNestedAttributesOnAHasOneAssociation < ActiveRecord::TestCase