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| author | Mike Gunderloy <MikeG1@larkfarm.com> | 2008-10-06 07:53:09 -0500 |
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| committer | Mike Gunderloy <MikeG1@larkfarm.com> | 2008-10-06 07:53:09 -0500 |
| commit | 7a920bca4df1809e6e4583df54b3580f8ed05ab7 (patch) | |
| tree | c755fb332490c710bc1bae73c5abb1380bf73109 /activerecord | |
| parent | a21d8f632fe8aa3bf4c1b83accc7a2dd230c28e7 (diff) | |
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Clarify that the event sequence shown in the comments applies to new records only.
Diffstat (limited to 'activerecord')
| -rw-r--r-- | activerecord/lib/active_record/callbacks.rb | 5 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/callbacks.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/callbacks.rb index dd7ae51096..42bfe34505 100644 --- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/callbacks.rb +++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/callbacks.rb @@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ module ActiveRecord # before or after an alteration of the object state. This can be used to make sure that associated and # dependent objects are deleted when +destroy+ is called (by overwriting +before_destroy+) or to massage attributes # before they're validated (by overwriting +before_validation+). As an example of the callbacks initiated, consider - # the <tt>Base#save</tt> call: + # the <tt>Base#save</tt> call for a new record: # # * (-) <tt>save</tt> # * (-) <tt>valid</tt> @@ -22,7 +22,8 @@ module ActiveRecord # * (8) <tt>after_save</tt> # # That's a total of eight callbacks, which gives you immense power to react and prepare for each state in the - # Active Record lifecycle. + # Active Record lifecycle. The sequence for calling <tt>Base#save</tt> an existing record is similar, except that each + # <tt>_on_create</tt> callback is replaced by the corresponding <tt>_on_update</tt> callback. # # Examples: # class CreditCard < ActiveRecord::Base |