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-rw-r--r--actionpack/lib/action_controller/metal/strong_parameters.rb71
-rw-r--r--guides/source/association_basics.md20
2 files changed, 89 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/actionpack/lib/action_controller/metal/strong_parameters.rb b/actionpack/lib/action_controller/metal/strong_parameters.rb
index 3b293baa73..9690f0ca28 100644
--- a/actionpack/lib/action_controller/metal/strong_parameters.rb
+++ b/actionpack/lib/action_controller/metal/strong_parameters.rb
@@ -112,6 +112,77 @@ module ActionController
cattr_accessor :action_on_unpermitted_parameters, instance_accessor: false
+ ##
+ # :method: as_json
+ #
+ # :call-seq:
+ # as_json(options=nil)
+ #
+ # Returns a hash that can be used as the JSON representation for the parameters.
+
+ ##
+ # :method: empty?
+ #
+ # :call-seq:
+ # empty?()
+ #
+ # Returns true if the parameters have no key/value pairs.
+
+ ##
+ # :method: has_key?
+ #
+ # :call-seq:
+ # has_key?(key)
+ #
+ # Returns true if the given key is present in the parameters.
+
+ ##
+ # :method: has_value?
+ #
+ # :call-seq:
+ # has_value?(value)
+ #
+ # Returns true if the given value is present for some key in the parameters.
+
+ ##
+ # :method: include?
+ #
+ # :call-seq:
+ # include?(key)
+ #
+ # Returns true if the given key is present in the parameters.
+
+ ##
+ # :method: key?
+ #
+ # :call-seq:
+ # key?(key)
+ #
+ # Returns true if the given key is present in the parameters.
+
+ ##
+ # :method: keys
+ #
+ # :call-seq:
+ # keys()
+ #
+ # Returns a new array of the keys of the parameters.
+
+ ##
+ # :method: value?
+ #
+ # :call-seq:
+ # value?(value)
+ #
+ # Returns true if the given value is present for some key in the parameters.
+
+ ##
+ # :method: values
+ #
+ # :call-seq:
+ # values()
+ #
+ # Returns a new array of the values of the parameters.
delegate :keys, :key?, :has_key?, :values, :has_value?, :value?, :empty?, :include?,
:as_json, to: :@parameters
diff --git a/guides/source/association_basics.md b/guides/source/association_basics.md
index 73c9c10c1f..5794bfa666 100644
--- a/guides/source/association_basics.md
+++ b/guides/source/association_basics.md
@@ -582,14 +582,30 @@ class CreateBooks < ActiveRecord::Migration[5.0]
t.string :book_number
t.integer :author_id
end
-
- add_index :books, :author_id
end
end
```
If you create an association some time after you build the underlying model, you need to remember to create an `add_column` migration to provide the necessary foreign key.
+It's a good practice to add an index on the foreign key to improve queries
+performance and a foreign key constraint to ensure referential data integrity:
+
+```ruby
+class CreateBooks < ActiveRecord::Migration[5.0]
+ def change
+ create_table :books do |t|
+ t.datetime :published_at
+ t.string :book_number
+ t.integer :author_id
+ end
+
+ add_index :books, :author_id
+ add_foreign_key :books, :authors
+ end
+end
+```
+
#### Creating Join Tables for `has_and_belongs_to_many` Associations
If you create a `has_and_belongs_to_many` association, you need to explicitly create the joining table. Unless the name of the join table is explicitly specified by using the `:join_table` option, Active Record creates the name by using the lexical book of the class names. So a join between author and book models will give the default join table name of "authors_books" because "a" outranks "b" in lexical ordering.