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author | Genadi Samokovarov <gsamokovarov@gmail.com> | 2015-12-12 14:25:00 +0100 |
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committer | Genadi Samokovarov <gsamokovarov@gmail.com> | 2015-12-16 10:30:09 +0100 |
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Introduce ApplicationRecord, an Active Record layer supertype
It's pretty common for folks to monkey patch `ActiveRecord::Base` to
work around an issue or introduce extra functionality. Instead of
shoving even more stuff in `ActiveRecord::Base`, `ApplicationRecord` can
hold all those custom work the apps may need.
Now, we don't wanna encourage all of the application models to inherit
from `ActiveRecord::Base`, but we can encourage all the models that do,
to inherit from `ApplicationRecord`.
Newly generated applications have `app/models/application_record.rb`
present by default. The model generators are smart enough to recognize
that newly generated models have to inherit from `ApplicationRecord`,
but only if it's present.
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diff --git a/guides/source/active_record_callbacks.md b/guides/source/active_record_callbacks.md index b5ad3e9411..d95c6c0e78 100644 --- a/guides/source/active_record_callbacks.md +++ b/guides/source/active_record_callbacks.md @@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ Callbacks are methods that get called at certain moments of an object's life cyc In order to use the available callbacks, you need to register them. You can implement the callbacks as ordinary methods and use a macro-style class method to register them as callbacks: ```ruby -class User < ActiveRecord::Base +class User < ApplicationRecord validates :login, :email, presence: true before_validation :ensure_login_has_a_value @@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ end The macro-style class methods can also receive a block. Consider using this style if the code inside your block is so short that it fits in a single line: ```ruby -class User < ActiveRecord::Base +class User < ApplicationRecord validates :login, :email, presence: true before_create do @@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ end Callbacks can also be registered to only fire on certain life cycle events: ```ruby -class User < ActiveRecord::Base +class User < ApplicationRecord before_validation :normalize_name, on: :create # :on takes an array as well @@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ The `after_find` callback will be called whenever Active Record loads a record f The `after_initialize` and `after_find` callbacks have no `before_*` counterparts, but they can be registered just like the other Active Record callbacks. ```ruby -class User < ActiveRecord::Base +class User < ApplicationRecord after_initialize do |user| puts "You have initialized an object!" end @@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ You have initialized an object! The `after_touch` callback will be called whenever an Active Record object is touched. ```ruby -class User < ActiveRecord::Base +class User < ApplicationRecord after_touch do |user| puts "You have touched an object" end @@ -168,14 +168,14 @@ You have touched an object It can be used along with `belongs_to`: ```ruby -class Employee < ActiveRecord::Base +class Employee < ApplicationRecord belongs_to :company, touch: true after_touch do puts 'An Employee was touched' end end -class Company < ActiveRecord::Base +class Company < ApplicationRecord has_many :employees after_touch :log_when_employees_or_company_touched @@ -266,11 +266,11 @@ Relational Callbacks Callbacks work through model relationships, and can even be defined by them. Suppose an example where a user has many articles. A user's articles should be destroyed if the user is destroyed. Let's add an `after_destroy` callback to the `User` model by way of its relationship to the `Article` model: ```ruby -class User < ActiveRecord::Base +class User < ApplicationRecord has_many :articles, dependent: :destroy end -class Article < ActiveRecord::Base +class Article < ApplicationRecord after_destroy :log_destroy_action def log_destroy_action @@ -297,7 +297,7 @@ As with validations, we can also make the calling of a callback method condition You can associate the `:if` and `:unless` options with a symbol corresponding to the name of a predicate method that will get called right before the callback. When using the `:if` option, the callback won't be executed if the predicate method returns false; when using the `:unless` option, the callback won't be executed if the predicate method returns true. This is the most common option. Using this form of registration it is also possible to register several different predicates that should be called to check if the callback should be executed. ```ruby -class Order < ActiveRecord::Base +class Order < ApplicationRecord before_save :normalize_card_number, if: :paid_with_card? end ``` @@ -307,7 +307,7 @@ end You can also use a string that will be evaluated using `eval` and hence needs to contain valid Ruby code. You should use this option only when the string represents a really short condition: ```ruby -class Order < ActiveRecord::Base +class Order < ApplicationRecord before_save :normalize_card_number, if: "paid_with_card?" end ``` @@ -317,7 +317,7 @@ end Finally, it is possible to associate `:if` and `:unless` with a `Proc` object. This option is best suited when writing short validation methods, usually one-liners: ```ruby -class Order < ActiveRecord::Base +class Order < ApplicationRecord before_save :normalize_card_number, if: Proc.new { |order| order.paid_with_card? } end @@ -328,7 +328,7 @@ end When writing conditional callbacks, it is possible to mix both `:if` and `:unless` in the same callback declaration: ```ruby -class Comment < ActiveRecord::Base +class Comment < ApplicationRecord after_create :send_email_to_author, if: :author_wants_emails?, unless: Proc.new { |comment| comment.article.ignore_comments? } end @@ -354,7 +354,7 @@ end When declared inside a class, as above, the callback methods will receive the model object as a parameter. We can now use the callback class in the model: ```ruby -class PictureFile < ActiveRecord::Base +class PictureFile < ApplicationRecord after_destroy PictureFileCallbacks.new end ``` @@ -374,7 +374,7 @@ end If the callback method is declared this way, it won't be necessary to instantiate a `PictureFileCallbacks` object. ```ruby -class PictureFile < ActiveRecord::Base +class PictureFile < ApplicationRecord after_destroy PictureFileCallbacks end ``` @@ -398,7 +398,7 @@ end By using the `after_commit` callback we can account for this case. ```ruby -class PictureFile < ActiveRecord::Base +class PictureFile < ApplicationRecord after_commit :delete_picture_file_from_disk, on: [:destroy] def delete_picture_file_from_disk @@ -420,7 +420,7 @@ common, there are aliases for those operations: * `after_destroy_commit` ```ruby -class PictureFile < ActiveRecord::Base +class PictureFile < ApplicationRecord after_destroy_commit :delete_picture_file_from_disk def delete_picture_file_from_disk |