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-rw-r--r--activerecord/CHANGELOG.md4
-rw-r--r--activerecord/lib/active_record/inheritance.rb3
-rw-r--r--activerecord/test/cases/base_test.rb14
3 files changed, 21 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/activerecord/CHANGELOG.md b/activerecord/CHANGELOG.md
index 2eaf388095..2f96a7b5cf 100644
--- a/activerecord/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/activerecord/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
## Rails 4.0.0 (unreleased) ##
+* Throw `NotImplementedError` when trying to instantiate Base or an abstract class.
+
+ *Aaron Weiner*
+
* Postgresql timestamp with time zone (timestamptz) datatype now returns a
ActiveSupport::TimeWithZone instance instead of a string
diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/inheritance.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/inheritance.rb
index e630897a4b..13a8352f13 100644
--- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/inheritance.rb
+++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/inheritance.rb
@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@ module ActiveRecord
# and if the inheritance column is attr accessible, it initializes an
# instance of the given subclass instead of the base class
def new(*args, &block)
+ if abstract_class? || self == Base
+ raise NotImplementedError, "#{self} is an abstract class and can not be instantiated."
+ end
if (attrs = args.first).is_a?(Hash)
if subclass = subclass_from_attrs(attrs)
return subclass.new(*args, &block)
diff --git a/activerecord/test/cases/base_test.rb b/activerecord/test/cases/base_test.rb
index af1845c937..8e6e462404 100644
--- a/activerecord/test/cases/base_test.rb
+++ b/activerecord/test/cases/base_test.rb
@@ -307,6 +307,20 @@ class BasicsTest < ActiveRecord::TestCase
assert_equal("last_read", ex.errors[0].attribute)
end
+ def test_initialize_abstract_class
+ e = assert_raises(NotImplementedError) do
+ FirstAbstractClass.new
+ end
+ assert_equal("FirstAbstractClass is an abstract class and can not be instantiated.", e.message)
+ end
+
+ def test_initialize_base
+ e = assert_raises(NotImplementedError) do
+ ActiveRecord::Base.new
+ end
+ assert_equal("ActiveRecord::Base is an abstract class and can not be instantiated.", e.message)
+ end
+
def test_create_after_initialize_without_block
cb = CustomBulb.create(:name => 'Dude')
assert_equal('Dude', cb.name)