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Diffstat (limited to 'activerecord/lib/active_record/aggregations.rb')
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1 files changed, 11 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/aggregations.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/aggregations.rb index a2aea63bdd..be88c7c9e8 100644 --- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/aggregations.rb +++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/aggregations.rb @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ module ActiveRecord - # = Active Record Aggregations - module Aggregations # :nodoc: + # See ActiveRecord::Aggregations::ClassMethods for documentation + module Aggregations extend ActiveSupport::Concern def initialize_dup(*) # :nodoc: @@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ module ActiveRecord super end - # Active Record implements aggregation through a macro-like class method called +composed_of+ + # Active Record implements aggregation through a macro-like class method called #composed_of # for representing attributes as value objects. It expresses relationships like "Account [is] # composed of Money [among other things]" or "Person [is] composed of [an] address". Each call # to the macro adds a description of how the value objects are created from the attributes of @@ -120,12 +120,12 @@ module ActiveRecord # # It's also important to treat the value objects as immutable. Don't allow the Money object to have # its amount changed after creation. Create a new Money object with the new value instead. The - # Money#exchange_to method is an example of this. It returns a new value object instead of changing + # <tt>Money#exchange_to</tt> method is an example of this. It returns a new value object instead of changing # its own values. Active Record won't persist value objects that have been changed through means # other than the writer method. # # The immutable requirement is enforced by Active Record by freezing any object assigned as a value - # object. Attempting to change it afterwards will result in a RuntimeError. + # object. Attempting to change it afterwards will result in a +RuntimeError+. # # Read more about value objects on http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?ValueObject and on the dangers of not # keeping value objects immutable on http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?ValueObjectsShouldBeImmutable @@ -134,17 +134,17 @@ module ActiveRecord # # By default value objects are initialized by calling the <tt>new</tt> constructor of the value # class passing each of the mapped attributes, in the order specified by the <tt>:mapping</tt> - # option, as arguments. If the value class doesn't support this convention then +composed_of+ allows + # option, as arguments. If the value class doesn't support this convention then #composed_of allows # a custom constructor to be specified. # # When a new value is assigned to the value object, the default assumption is that the new value # is an instance of the value class. Specifying a custom converter allows the new value to be automatically # converted to an instance of value class if necessary. # - # For example, the NetworkResource model has +network_address+ and +cidr_range+ attributes that should be - # aggregated using the NetAddr::CIDR value class (http://www.rubydoc.info/gems/netaddr/1.5.0/NetAddr/CIDR). + # For example, the +NetworkResource+ model has +network_address+ and +cidr_range+ attributes that should be + # aggregated using the +NetAddr::CIDR+ value class (http://www.rubydoc.info/gems/netaddr/1.5.0/NetAddr/CIDR). # The constructor for the value class is called +create+ and it expects a CIDR address string as a parameter. - # New values can be assigned to the value object using either another NetAddr::CIDR object, a string + # New values can be assigned to the value object using either another +NetAddr::CIDR+ object, a string # or an array. The <tt>:constructor</tt> and <tt>:converter</tt> options can be used to meet # these requirements: # @@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ module ActiveRecord # # == Finding records by a value object # - # Once a +composed_of+ relationship is specified for a model, records can be loaded from the database + # Once a #composed_of relationship is specified for a model, records can be loaded from the database # by specifying an instance of the value object in the conditions hash. The following example # finds all customers with +balance_amount+ equal to 20 and +balance_currency+ equal to "USD": # @@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ module ActiveRecord # Options are: # * <tt>:class_name</tt> - Specifies the class name of the association. Use it only if that name # can't be inferred from the part id. So <tt>composed_of :address</tt> will by default be linked - # to the Address class, but if the real class name is CompanyAddress, you'll have to specify it + # to the Address class, but if the real class name is +CompanyAddress+, you'll have to specify it # with this option. # * <tt>:mapping</tt> - Specifies the mapping of entity attributes to attributes of the value # object. Each mapping is represented as an array where the first item is the name of the |