Switch Arel::Relation to a module. This will allow for classes with Relation extended on them to represent relations themselves (as opposed to their instances being relations).

5 files changed, 6 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/lib/arel/engines/sql/relations/operations/join.rb b/lib/arel/engines/sql/relations/operations/join.rb
index a3aaaa163b..7fad6400ad 100644
--- a/lib/arel/engines/sql/relations/operations/join.rb
+++ b/lib/arel/engines/sql/relations/operations/join.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 module Arel
-  class Join < Relation
+  class Join
     def table_sql(formatter = Sql::TableReference.new(self))
       relation1.externalize.table_sql(formatter)
     end
diff --git a/lib/arel/engines/sql/relations/relation.rb b/lib/arel/engines/sql/relations/relation.rb
index 5e8fc2e83e..f372589af1 100644
--- a/lib/arel/engines/sql/relations/relation.rb
+++ b/lib/arel/engines/sql/relations/relation.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 module Arel
-  class Relation
+  module Relation
     @@connection_tables_primary_keys = {}
 
     def compiler
diff --git a/lib/arel/engines/sql/relations/table.rb b/lib/arel/engines/sql/relations/table.rb
index aa70eaaa28..8ee7a94357 100644
--- a/lib/arel/engines/sql/relations/table.rb
+++ b/lib/arel/engines/sql/relations/table.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module Arel
-  class Table < Relation
-    include Recursion::BaseCase
+  class Table
+    include Relation, Recursion::BaseCase
 
     cattr_accessor :engine, :tables
     attr_reader :name, :engine, :table_alias, :options
diff --git a/lib/arel/engines/sql/relations/utilities/compound.rb b/lib/arel/engines/sql/relations/utilities/compound.rb
index b8b0e7d269..55853be742 100644
--- a/lib/arel/engines/sql/relations/utilities/compound.rb
+++ b/lib/arel/engines/sql/relations/utilities/compound.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 module Arel
-  class Compound < Relation
+  class Compound
     delegate :table, :table_sql, :to => :relation
 
     def build_query(*parts)
diff --git a/lib/arel/engines/sql/relations/utilities/nil.rb b/lib/arel/engines/sql/relations/utilities/nil.rb
index 519ea8acf1..0f7ca5d757 100644
--- a/lib/arel/engines/sql/relations/utilities/nil.rb
+++ b/lib/arel/engines/sql/relations/utilities/nil.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 module Arel
-  class Nil < Relation
+  class Nil
     def table_sql(formatter = nil); '' end
     def name; '' end
   end