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Diffstat (limited to 'activerecord/lib/active_record/associations.rb')
| -rw-r--r-- | activerecord/lib/active_record/associations.rb | 49 |
1 files changed, 29 insertions, 20 deletions
diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations.rb index 714f623af3..4abe2ad0a0 100644 --- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations.rb +++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations.rb @@ -4,6 +4,12 @@ require 'active_support/core_ext/module/remove_method' require 'active_record/errors' module ActiveRecord + class AssociationNotFoundError < ConfigurationError #:nodoc: + def initialize(record, association_name) + super("Association named '#{association_name}' was not found on #{record.class.name}; perhaps you misspelled it?") + end + end + class InverseOfAssociationNotFoundError < ActiveRecordError #:nodoc: def initialize(reflection, associated_class = nil) super("Could not find the inverse association for #{reflection.name} (#{reflection.options[:inverse_of].inspect} in #{associated_class.nil? ? reflection.class_name : associated_class.name})") @@ -130,7 +136,6 @@ module ActiveRecord autoload :JoinDependency, 'active_record/associations/join_dependency' autoload :AssociationScope, 'active_record/associations/association_scope' autoload :AliasTracker, 'active_record/associations/alias_tracker' - autoload :JoinHelper, 'active_record/associations/join_helper' end # Clears out the association cache. @@ -146,7 +151,7 @@ module ActiveRecord association = association_instance_get(name) if association.nil? - reflection = self.class.reflect_on_association(name) + raise AssociationNotFoundError.new(self, name) unless reflection = self.class.reflect_on_association(name) association = reflection.association_class.new(self, reflection) association_instance_set(name, association) end @@ -531,8 +536,8 @@ module ActiveRecord # end # # @firm = Firm.first - # @firm.clients.collect { |c| c.invoices }.flatten # select all invoices for all clients of the firm - # @firm.invoices # selects all invoices by going through the Client join model + # @firm.clients.flat_map { |c| c.invoices } # select all invoices for all clients of the firm + # @firm.invoices # selects all invoices by going through the Client join model # # Similarly you can go through a +has_one+ association on the join model: # @@ -669,11 +674,14 @@ module ActiveRecord # and member posts that use the posts table for STI. In this case, there must be a +type+ # column in the posts table. # + # Note: The <tt>attachable_type=</tt> method is being called when assigning an +attachable+. + # The +class_name+ of the +attachable+ is passed as a String. + # # class Asset < ActiveRecord::Base # belongs_to :attachable, polymorphic: true # - # def attachable_type=(sType) - # super(sType.to_s.classify.constantize.base_class.to_s) + # def attachable_type=(class_name) + # super(class_name.constantize.base_class.to_s) # end # end # @@ -1034,6 +1042,9 @@ module ActiveRecord # Specifies a one-to-many association. The following methods for retrieval and query of # collections of associated objects will be added: # + # +collection+ is a placeholder for the symbol passed as the first argument, so + # <tt>has_many :clients</tt> would add among others <tt>clients.empty?</tt>. + # # [collection(force_reload = false)] # Returns an array of all the associated objects. # An empty array is returned if none are found. @@ -1092,9 +1103,6 @@ module ActiveRecord # Does the same as <tt>collection.create</tt>, but raises <tt>ActiveRecord::RecordInvalid</tt> # if the record is invalid. # - # (*Note*: +collection+ is replaced with the symbol passed as the first argument, so - # <tt>has_many :clients</tt> would add among others <tt>clients.empty?</tt>.) - # # === Example # # A <tt>Firm</tt> class declares <tt>has_many :clients</tt>, which will add: @@ -1209,11 +1217,15 @@ module ActiveRecord # # The following methods for retrieval and query of a single associated object will be added: # + # +association+ is a placeholder for the symbol passed as the first argument, so + # <tt>has_one :manager</tt> would add among others <tt>manager.nil?</tt>. + # # [association(force_reload = false)] # Returns the associated object. +nil+ is returned if none is found. # [association=(associate)] # Assigns the associate object, extracts the primary key, sets it as the foreign key, - # and saves the associate object. + # and saves the associate object. To avoid database inconsistencies, permanently deletes an existing + # associated object when assigning a new one, even if the new one isn't saved to database. # [build_association(attributes = {})] # Returns a new object of the associated type that has been instantiated # with +attributes+ and linked to this object through a foreign key, but has not @@ -1226,9 +1238,6 @@ module ActiveRecord # Does the same as <tt>create_association</tt>, but raises <tt>ActiveRecord::RecordInvalid</tt> # if the record is invalid. # - # (+association+ is replaced with the symbol passed as the first argument, so - # <tt>has_one :manager</tt> would add among others <tt>manager.nil?</tt>.) - # # === Example # # An Account class declares <tt>has_one :beneficiary</tt>, which will add: @@ -1314,6 +1323,9 @@ module ActiveRecord # Methods will be added for retrieval and query for a single associated object, for which # this object holds an id: # + # +association+ is a placeholder for the symbol passed as the first argument, so + # <tt>belongs_to :author</tt> would add among others <tt>author.nil?</tt>. + # # [association(force_reload = false)] # Returns the associated object. +nil+ is returned if none is found. # [association=(associate)] @@ -1329,9 +1341,6 @@ module ActiveRecord # Does the same as <tt>create_association</tt>, but raises <tt>ActiveRecord::RecordInvalid</tt> # if the record is invalid. # - # (+association+ is replaced with the symbol passed as the first argument, so - # <tt>belongs_to :author</tt> would add among others <tt>author.nil?</tt>.) - # # === Example # # A Post class declares <tt>belongs_to :author</tt>, which will add: @@ -1451,6 +1460,9 @@ module ActiveRecord # # Adds the following methods for retrieval and query: # + # +collection+ is a placeholder for the symbol passed as the first argument, so + # <tt>has_and_belongs_to_many :categories</tt> would add among others <tt>categories.empty?</tt>. + # # [collection(force_reload = false)] # Returns an array of all the associated objects. # An empty array is returned if none are found. @@ -1492,9 +1504,6 @@ module ActiveRecord # with +attributes+, linked to this object through the join table, and that has already been # saved (if it passed the validation). # - # (+collection+ is replaced with the symbol passed as the first argument, so - # <tt>has_and_belongs_to_many :categories</tt> would add among others <tt>categories.empty?</tt>.) - # # === Example # # A Developer class declares <tt>has_and_belongs_to_many :projects</tt>, which will add: @@ -1581,7 +1590,7 @@ module ActiveRecord hm_options[:through] = middle_reflection.name hm_options[:source] = join_model.right_reflection.name - [:before_add, :after_add, :before_remove, :after_remove].each do |k| + [:before_add, :after_add, :before_remove, :after_remove, :autosave, :validate].each do |k| hm_options[k] = options[k] if options.key? k end |