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| -rw-r--r-- | railties/guides/source/active_record_validations_callbacks.textile | 6 |
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diff --git a/railties/guides/source/active_record_validations_callbacks.textile b/railties/guides/source/active_record_validations_callbacks.textile index 4c1f66aedf..a27c292a4c 100644 --- a/railties/guides/source/active_record_validations_callbacks.textile +++ b/railties/guides/source/active_record_validations_callbacks.textile @@ -978,15 +978,15 @@ The +after_initialize+ callback will be called whenever an Active Record object The +after_find+ callback will be called whenever Active Record loads a record from the database. +after_find+ is called before +after_initialize+ if both are defined. -The +after_initialize+ and +after_find+ callbacks are a bit different from the others. They have no +before_*+ counterparts, and they are registered simply by defining them as regular methods with predefined names. If you try to register +after_initialize+ or +after_find+ using macro-style class methods, they will just be ignored. This behavior is due to performance reasons, since +after_initialize+ and +after_find+ will both be called for each record found in the database, which would otherwise significantly slow down the queries. +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 - def after_initialize + after_initialize do |user| puts "You have initialized an object!" end - def after_find + after_find do |user| puts "You have found an object!" end end |