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diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations/collection_proxy.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations/collection_proxy.rb
index cf4cc98f38..2176fc4e40 100644
--- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations/collection_proxy.rb
+++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations/collection_proxy.rb
@@ -33,9 +33,841 @@ module ActiveRecord
#
# is computed directly through SQL and does not trigger by itself the
# instantiation of the actual post records.
- class CollectionProxy < Relation # :nodoc:
+ class CollectionProxy < Relation
delegate :target, :load_target, :loaded?, :to => :@association
+ ##
+ # :method: select
+ #
+ # :call-seq:
+ # select(select = nil)
+ # select(&block)
+ #
+ # Works in two ways.
+ #
+ # *First:* Specify a subset of fields to be selected from the result set.
+ #
+ # class Person < ActiveRecord::Base
+ # has_many :pets
+ # end
+ #
+ # person.pets
+ # # => [
+ # # #<Pet id: 1, name: "Fancy-Fancy", person_id: 1>,
+ # # #<Pet id: 2, name: "Spook", person_id: 1>,
+ # # #<Pet id: 3, name: "Choo-Choo", person_id: 1>
+ # # ]
+ #
+ # person.pets.select(:name)
+ # # => [
+ # # #<Pet id: nil, name: "Fancy-Fancy">,
+ # # #<Pet id: nil, name: "Spook">,
+ # # #<Pet id: nil, name: "Choo-Choo">
+ # # ]
+ #
+ # person.pets.select([:id, :name])
+ # # => [
+ # # #<Pet id: 1, name: "Fancy-Fancy">,
+ # # #<Pet id: 2, name: "Spook">,
+ # # #<Pet id: 3, name: "Choo-Choo">
+ # # ]
+ #
+ # Be careful because this also means you’re initializing a model
+ # object with only the fields that you’ve selected. If you attempt
+ # to access a field that is not in the initialized record you’ll
+ # receive:
+ #
+ # person.pets.select(:name).first.person_id
+ # # => ActiveModel::MissingAttributeError: missing attribute: person_id
+ #
+ # *Second:* You can pass a block so it can be used just like Array#select.
+ # This build an array of objects from the database for the scope,
+ # converting them into an array and iterating through them using
+ # Array#select.
+ #
+ # person.pets.select { |pet| pet.name =~ /oo/ }
+ # # => [
+ # # #<Pet id: 2, name: "Spook", person_id: 1>,
+ # # #<Pet id: 3, name: "Choo-Choo", person_id: 1>
+ # # ]
+ #
+ # person.pets.select(:name) { |pet| pet.name =~ /oo/ }
+ # # => [
+ # # #<Pet id: 2, name: "Spook">,
+ # # #<Pet id: 3, name: "Choo-Choo">
+ # # ]
+
+ ##
+ # :method: find
+ #
+ # :call-seq:
+ # find(*args, &block)
+ #
+ # Finds an object in the collection responding to the +id+. Uses the same
+ # rules as +ActiveRecord::Base.find+. Returns +ActiveRecord::RecordNotFound++
+ # error if the object can not be found.
+ #
+ # class Person < ActiveRecord::Base
+ # has_many :pets
+ # end
+ #
+ # person.pets
+ # # => [
+ # # #<Pet id: 1, name: "Fancy-Fancy", person_id: 1>,
+ # # #<Pet id: 2, name: "Spook", person_id: 1>,
+ # # #<Pet id: 3, name: "Choo-Choo", person_id: 1>
+ # # ]
+ #
+ # person.pets.find(1) # => #<Pet id: 1, name: "Fancy-Fancy", person_id: 1>
+ # person.pets.find(4) # => ActiveRecord::RecordNotFound: Couldn't find Pet with id=4
+ #
+ # person.pets.find(2) { |pet| pet.name.downcase! }
+ # # => #<Pet id: 2, name: "fancy-fancy", person_id: 1>
+ #
+ # person.pets.find(2, 3)
+ # # => [
+ # # #<Pet id: 2, name: "Spook", person_id: 1>,
+ # # #<Pet id: 3, name: "Choo-Choo", person_id: 1>
+ # # ]
+
+ ##
+ # :method: first
+ #
+ # :call-seq:
+ # first(limit = nil)
+ #
+ # Returns the first record, or the first +n+ records, from the collection.
+ # If the collection is empty, the first form returns +nil+, and the second
+ # form returns an empty array.
+ #
+ # class Person < ActiveRecord::Base
+ # has_many :pets
+ # end
+ #
+ # person.pets
+ # # => [
+ # # #<Pet id: 1, name: "Fancy-Fancy", person_id: 1>,
+ # # #<Pet id: 2, name: "Spook", person_id: 1>,
+ # # #<Pet id: 3, name: "Choo-Choo", person_id: 1>
+ # # ]
+ #
+ # person.pets.first # => #<Pet id: 1, name: "Fancy-Fancy", person_id: 1>
+ #
+ # person.pets.first(2)
+ # # => [
+ # # #<Pet id: 1, name: "Fancy-Fancy", person_id: 1>,
+ # # #<Pet id: 2, name: "Spook", person_id: 1>
+ # # ]
+ #
+ # another_person_without.pets # => []
+ # another_person_without.pets.first # => nil
+ # another_person_without.pets.first(3) # => []
+
+ ##
+ # :method: last
+ #
+ # :call-seq:
+ # last(limit = nil)
+ #
+ # Returns the last record, or the last +n+ records, from the collection.
+ # If the collection is empty, the first form returns +nil+, and the second
+ # form returns an empty array.
+ #
+ # class Person < ActiveRecord::Base
+ # has_many :pets
+ # end
+ #
+ # person.pets
+ # # => [
+ # # #<Pet id: 1, name: "Fancy-Fancy", person_id: 1>,
+ # # #<Pet id: 2, name: "Spook", person_id: 1>,
+ # # #<Pet id: 3, name: "Choo-Choo", person_id: 1>
+ # # ]
+ #
+ # person.pets.last # => #<Pet id: 3, name: "Choo-Choo", person_id: 1>
+ #
+ # person.pets.last(2)
+ # # => [
+ # # #<Pet id: 2, name: "Spook", person_id: 1>,
+ # # #<Pet id: 3, name: "Choo-Choo", person_id: 1>
+ # # ]
+ #
+ # another_person_without.pets # => []
+ # another_person_without.pets.last # => nil
+ # another_person_without.pets.last(3) # => []
+
+ ##
+ # :method: build
+ #
+ # :call-seq:
+ # build(attributes = {}, options = {}, &block)
+ #
+ # Returns a new object of the collection type that has been instantiated
+ # with +attributes+ and linked to this object, but have not yet been saved.
+ # You can pass an array of attributes hashes, this will return an array
+ # with the new objects.
+ #
+ # class Person
+ # has_many :pets
+ # end
+ #
+ # person.pets.build
+ # # => #<Pet id: nil, name: nil, person_id: 1>
+ #
+ # person.pets.build(name: 'Fancy-Fancy')
+ # # => #<Pet id: nil, name: "Fancy-Fancy", person_id: 1>
+ #
+ # person.pets.build([{name: 'Spook'}, {name: 'Choo-Choo'}, {name: 'Brain'}])
+ # # => [
+ # # #<Pet id: nil, name: "Spook", person_id: 1>,
+ # # #<Pet id: nil, name: "Choo-Choo", person_id: 1>,
+ # # #<Pet id: nil, name: "Brain", person_id: 1>
+ # # ]
+ #
+ # person.pets.size # => 5 # size of the collection
+ # person.pets.count # => 0 # count from database
+
+ ##
+ # :method: create
+ #
+ # :call-seq:
+ # create(attributes = {}, options = {}, &block)
+ #
+ # Returns a new object of the collection type that has been instantiated with
+ # attributes, linked to this object and that has already been saved (if it
+ # passes the validations).
+ #
+ # class Person
+ # has_many :pets
+ # end
+ #
+ # person.pets.create(name: 'Fancy-Fancy')
+ # # => #<Pet id: 1, name: "Fancy-Fancy", person_id: 1>
+ #
+ # person.pets.create([{name: 'Spook'}, {name: 'Choo-Choo'}])
+ # # => [
+ # # #<Pet id: 2, name: "Spook", person_id: 1>,
+ # # #<Pet id: 3, name: "Choo-Choo", person_id: 1>
+ # # ]
+ #
+ # person.pets.size # => 3
+ # person.pets.count # => 3
+ #
+ # person.pets.find(1, 2, 3)
+ # # => [
+ # # #<Pet id: 1, name: "Fancy-Fancy", person_id: 1>,
+ # # #<Pet id: 2, name: "Spook", person_id: 1>,
+ # # #<Pet id: 3, name: "Choo-Choo", person_id: 1>
+ # # ]
+
+ ##
+ # :method: create!
+ #
+ # :call-seq:
+ # create!(attributes = {}, options = {}, &block)
+ #
+ # Like +create+, except that if the record is invalid, raises an exception.
+ #
+ # class Person
+ # has_many :pets
+ # end
+ #
+ # class Pet
+ # attr_accessible :name
+ # validates :name, presence: true
+ # end
+ #
+ # person.pets.create!(name: nil)
+ # # => ActiveRecord::RecordInvalid: Validation failed: Name can't be blank
+
+ ##
+ # :method: concat
+ #
+ # :call-seq:
+ # concat(*records)
+ #
+ # Add one or more records to the collection by setting their foreign keys
+ # to the association's primary key. Since << flattens its argument list and
+ # inserts each record, +push+ and +concat+ behave identically. Returns +self+
+ # so method calls may be chained.
+ #
+ # class Person < ActiveRecord::Base
+ # pets :has_many
+ # end
+ #
+ # person.pets.size # => 0
+ # person.pets.concat(Pet.new(name: 'Fancy-Fancy'))
+ # person.pets.concat(Pet.new(name: 'Spook'), Pet.new(name: 'Choo-Choo'))
+ # person.pets.size # => 3
+ #
+ # person.id # => 1
+ # person.pets
+ # # => [
+ # # #<Pet id: 1, name: "Fancy-Fancy", person_id: 1>,
+ # # #<Pet id: 2, name: "Spook", person_id: 1>,
+ # # #<Pet id: 3, name: "Choo-Choo", person_id: 1>
+ # # ]
+ #
+ # person.pets.concat([Pet.new(name: 'Brain'), Pet.new(name: 'Benny')])
+ # person.pets.size # => 5
+
+ ##
+ # :method: replace
+ #
+ # :call-seq:
+ # replace(other_array)
+ #
+ # Replace this collection with +other_array+. This will perform a diff
+ # and delete/add only records that have changed.
+ #
+ # class Person < ActiveRecord::Base
+ # has_many :pets
+ # end
+ #
+ # person.pets
+ # # => [#<Pet id: 1, name: "Gorby", group: "cats", person_id: 1>]
+ #
+ # other_pets = [Pet.new(name: 'Puff', group: 'celebrities']
+ #
+ # person.pets.replace(other_pets)
+ #
+ # person.pets
+ # # => [#<Pet id: 2, name: "Puff", group: "celebrities", person_id: 1>]
+ #
+ # If the supplied array has an incorrect association type, it raises
+ # an <tt>ActiveRecord::AssociationTypeMismatch</tt> error:
+ #
+ # person.pets.replace(["doo", "ggie", "gaga"])
+ # # => ActiveRecord::AssociationTypeMismatch: Pet expected, got String
+
+ ##
+ # :method: delete_all
+ #
+ # :call-seq:
+ # delete_all()
+ #
+ # Deletes all the records from the collection. For +has_many+ asssociations,
+ # the deletion is done according to the strategy specified by the <tt>:dependent</tt>
+ # option. Returns an array with the deleted records.
+ #
+ # If no <tt>:dependent</tt> option is given, then it will follow the
+ # default strategy. The default strategy is <tt>:nullify</tt>. This
+ # sets the foreign keys to <tt>NULL</tt>. For, +has_many+ <tt>:through</tt>,
+ # the default strategy is +delete_all+.
+ #
+ # class Person < ActiveRecord::Base
+ # has_many :pets # dependent: :nullify option by default
+ # end
+ #
+ # person.pets.size # => 3
+ # person.pets
+ # # => [
+ # # #<Pet id: 1, name: "Fancy-Fancy", person_id: 1>,
+ # # #<Pet id: 2, name: "Spook", person_id: 1>,
+ # # #<Pet id: 3, name: "Choo-Choo", person_id: 1>
+ # # ]
+ #
+ # person.pets.delete_all
+ # # => [
+ # # #<Pet id: 1, name: "Fancy-Fancy", person_id: 1>,
+ # # #<Pet id: 2, name: "Spook", person_id: 1>,
+ # # #<Pet id: 3, name: "Choo-Choo", person_id: 1>
+ # # ]
+ #
+ # person.pets.size # => 0
+ # person.pets # => []
+ #
+ # Pet.find(1, 2, 3)
+ # # => [
+ # # #<Pet id: 1, name: "Fancy-Fancy", person_id: nil>,
+ # # #<Pet id: 2, name: "Spook", person_id: nil>,
+ # # #<Pet id: 3, name: "Choo-Choo", person_id: nil>
+ # # ]
+ #
+ # If it is set to <tt>:destroy</tt> all the objects from the collection
+ # are removed by calling their +destroy+ method. See +destroy+ for more
+ # information.
+ #
+ # class Person < ActiveRecord::Base
+ # has_many :pets, dependent: :destroy
+ # end
+ #
+ # person.pets.size # => 3
+ # person.pets
+ # # => [
+ # # #<Pet id: 1, name: "Fancy-Fancy", person_id: 1>,
+ # # #<Pet id: 2, name: "Spook", person_id: 1>,
+ # # #<Pet id: 3, name: "Choo-Choo", person_id: 1>
+ # # ]
+ #
+ # person.pets.delete_all
+ # # => [
+ # # #<Pet id: 1, name: "Fancy-Fancy", person_id: 1>,
+ # # #<Pet id: 2, name: "Spook", person_id: 1>,
+ # # #<Pet id: 3, name: "Choo-Choo", person_id: 1>
+ # # ]
+ #
+ # Pet.find(1, 2, 3)
+ # # => ActiveRecord::RecordNotFound
+ #
+ # If it is set to <tt>:delete_all</tt>, all the objects are deleted
+ # *without* calling their +destroy+ method.
+ #
+ # class Person < ActiveRecord::Base
+ # has_many :pets, dependent: :delete_all
+ # end
+ #
+ # person.pets.size # => 3
+ # person.pets
+ # # => [
+ # # #<Pet id: 1, name: "Fancy-Fancy", person_id: 1>,
+ # # #<Pet id: 2, name: "Spook", person_id: 1>,
+ # # #<Pet id: 3, name: "Choo-Choo", person_id: 1>
+ # # ]
+ #
+ # person.pets.delete_all
+ # # => [
+ # # #<Pet id: 1, name: "Fancy-Fancy", person_id: 1>,
+ # # #<Pet id: 2, name: "Spook", person_id: 1>,
+ # # #<Pet id: 3, name: "Choo-Choo", person_id: 1>
+ # # ]
+ #
+ # Pet.find(1, 2, 3)
+ # # => ActiveRecord::RecordNotFound
+
+ ##
+ # :method: destroy_all
+ #
+ # :call-seq:
+ # destroy_all()
+ #
+ # Deletes the records of the collection directly from the database.
+ # This will _always_ remove the records ignoring the +:dependent+
+ # option.
+ #
+ # class Person < ActiveRecord::Base
+ # has_many :pets
+ # end
+ #
+ # person.pets.size # => 3
+ # person.pets
+ # # => [
+ # # #<Pet id: 1, name: "Fancy-Fancy", person_id: 1>,
+ # # #<Pet id: 2, name: "Spook", person_id: 1>,
+ # # #<Pet id: 3, name: "Choo-Choo", person_id: 1>
+ # # ]
+ #
+ # person.pets.destroy_all
+ #
+ # person.pets.size # => 0
+ # person.pets # => []
+ #
+ # Pet.find(1) # => Couldn't find Pet with id=1
+
+ ##
+ # :method: delete
+ #
+ # :call-seq:
+ # delete(*records)
+ # delete(*fixnum_ids)
+ # delete(*string_ids)
+ #
+ # Deletes the +records+ supplied and removes them from the collection. For
+ # +has_many+ associations, the deletion is done according to the strategy
+ # specified by the <tt>:dependent</tt> option. Returns an array with the
+ # deleted records.
+ #
+ # If no <tt>:dependent</tt> option is given, then it will follow the default
+ # strategy. The default strategy is <tt>:nullify</tt>. This sets the foreign
+ # keys to <tt>NULL</tt>. For, +has_many+ <tt>:through</tt>, the default
+ # strategy is +delete_all+.
+ #
+ # class Person < ActiveRecord::Base
+ # has_many :pets # dependent: :nullify option by default
+ # end
+ #
+ # person.pets.size # => 3
+ # person.pets
+ # # => [
+ # # #<Pet id: 1, name: "Fancy-Fancy", person_id: 1>,
+ # # #<Pet id: 2, name: "Spook", person_id: 1>,
+ # # #<Pet id: 3, name: "Choo-Choo", person_id: 1>
+ # # ]
+ #
+ # person.pets.delete(Pet.find(1))
+ # # => [#<Pet id: 1, name: "Fancy-Fancy", person_id: 1>]
+ #
+ # person.pets.size # => 2
+ # person.pets
+ # # => [
+ # # #<Pet id: 2, name: "Spook", person_id: 1>,
+ # # #<Pet id: 3, name: "Choo-Choo", person_id: 1>
+ # # ]
+ #
+ # Pet.find(1)
+ # # => #<Pet id: 1, name: "Fancy-Fancy", person_id: nil>
+ #
+ # If it is set to <tt>:destroy</tt> all the +records+ are removed by calling
+ # their +destroy+ method. See +destroy+ for more information.
+ #
+ # class Person < ActiveRecord::Base
+ # has_many :pets, dependent: :destroy
+ # end
+ #
+ # person.pets.size # => 3
+ # person.pets
+ # # => [
+ # # #<Pet id: 1, name: "Fancy-Fancy", person_id: 1>,
+ # # #<Pet id: 2, name: "Spook", person_id: 1>,
+ # # #<Pet id: 3, name: "Choo-Choo", person_id: 1>
+ # # ]
+ #
+ # person.pets.delete([Pet.find(1), Pet.find(3)])
+ # # => [
+ # # #<Pet id: 1, name: "Fancy-Fancy", person_id: 1>,
+ # # #<Pet id: 3, name: "Choo-Choo", person_id: 1>
+ # # ]
+ #
+ # person.pets.size # => 1
+ # person.pets
+ # # => [#<Pet id: 2, name: "Spook", person_id: 1>]
+ #
+ # Pet.find(1, 3)
+ # # => ActiveRecord::RecordNotFound: Couldn't find all Pets with IDs (1, 3)
+ #
+ # If it is set to <tt>:delete_all</tt>, all the +records+ are deleted
+ # *without* calling their +destroy+ method.
+ #
+ # class Person < ActiveRecord::Base
+ # has_many :pets, dependent: :delete_all
+ # end
+ #
+ # person.pets.size # => 3
+ # person.pets
+ # # => [
+ # # #<Pet id: 1, name: "Fancy-Fancy", person_id: 1>,
+ # # #<Pet id: 2, name: "Spook", person_id: 1>,
+ # # #<Pet id: 3, name: "Choo-Choo", person_id: 1>
+ # # ]
+ #
+ # person.pets.delete(Pet.find(1))
+ # # => [#<Pet id: 1, name: "Fancy-Fancy", person_id: 1>]
+ #
+ # person.pets.size # => 2
+ # person.pets
+ # # => [
+ # # #<Pet id: 2, name: "Spook", person_id: 1>,
+ # # #<Pet id: 3, name: "Choo-Choo", person_id: 1>
+ # # ]
+ #
+ # Pet.find(1)
+ # # => ActiveRecord::RecordNotFound: Couldn't find Pet with id=1
+ #
+ # You can pass +Fixnum+ or +String+ values, it finds the records
+ # responding to the +id+ and executes delete on them.
+ #
+ # class Person < ActiveRecord::Base
+ # has_many :pets
+ # end
+ #
+ # person.pets.size # => 3
+ # person.pets
+ # # => [
+ # # #<Pet id: 1, name: "Fancy-Fancy", person_id: 1>,
+ # # #<Pet id: 2, name: "Spook", person_id: 1>,
+ # # #<Pet id: 3, name: "Choo-Choo", person_id: 1>
+ # # ]
+ #
+ # person.pets.delete("1")
+ # # => [#<Pet id: 1, name: "Fancy-Fancy", person_id: 1>]
+ #
+ # person.pets.delete(2, 3)
+ # # => [
+ # # #<Pet id: 2, name: "Spook", person_id: 1>,
+ # # #<Pet id: 3, name: "Choo-Choo", person_id: 1>
+ # # ]
+
+ ##
+ # :method: destroy
+ #
+ # :call-seq:
+ # destroy(*records)
+ #
+ # Destroys the +records+ supplied and removes them from the collection.
+ # This method will _always_ remove record from the database ignoring
+ # the +:dependent+ option. Returns an array with the removed records.
+ #
+ # class Person < ActiveRecord::Base
+ # has_many :pets
+ # end
+ #
+ # person.pets.size # => 3
+ # person.pets
+ # # => [
+ # # #<Pet id: 1, name: "Fancy-Fancy", person_id: 1>,
+ # # #<Pet id: 2, name: "Spook", person_id: 1>,
+ # # #<Pet id: 3, name: "Choo-Choo", person_id: 1>
+ # # ]
+ #
+ # person.pets.destroy(Pet.find(1))
+ # # => [#<Pet id: 1, name: "Fancy-Fancy", person_id: 1>]
+ #
+ # person.pets.size # => 2
+ # person.pets
+ # # => [
+ # # #<Pet id: 2, name: "Spook", person_id: 1>,
+ # # #<Pet id: 3, name: "Choo-Choo", person_id: 1>
+ # # ]
+ #
+ # person.pets.destroy(Pet.find(2), Pet.find(3))
+ # # => [
+ # # #<Pet id: 2, name: "Spook", person_id: 1>,
+ # # #<Pet id: 3, name: "Choo-Choo", person_id: 1>
+ # # ]
+ #
+ # person.pets.size # => 0
+ # person.pets # => []
+ #
+ # Pet.find(1, 2, 3) # => ActiveRecord::RecordNotFound: Couldn't find all Pets with IDs (1, 2, 3)
+ #
+ # You can pass +Fixnum+ or +String+ values, it finds the records
+ # responding to the +id+ and then deletes them from the database.
+ #
+ # person.pets.size # => 3
+ # person.pets
+ # # => [
+ # # #<Pet id: 4, name: "Benny", person_id: 1>,
+ # # #<Pet id: 5, name: "Brain", person_id: 1>,
+ # # #<Pet id: 6, name: "Boss", person_id: 1>
+ # # ]
+ #
+ # person.pets.destroy("4")
+ # # => #<Pet id: 4, name: "Benny", person_id: 1>
+ #
+ # person.pets.size # => 2
+ # person.pets
+ # # => [
+ # # #<Pet id: 5, name: "Brain", person_id: 1>,
+ # # #<Pet id: 6, name: "Boss", person_id: 1>
+ # # ]
+ #
+ # person.pets.destroy(5, 6)
+ # # => [
+ # # #<Pet id: 5, name: "Brain", person_id: 1>,
+ # # #<Pet id: 6, name: "Boss", person_id: 1>
+ # # ]
+ #
+ # person.pets.size # => 0
+ # person.pets # => []
+ #
+ # Pet.find(4, 5, 6) # => ActiveRecord::RecordNotFound: Couldn't find all Pets with IDs (4, 5, 6)
+
+ ##
+ # :method: uniq
+ #
+ # :call-seq:
+ # uniq()
+ #
+ # Specifies whether the records should be unique or not.
+ #
+ # class Person < ActiveRecord::Base
+ # has_many :pets
+ # end
+ #
+ # person.pets.select(:name)
+ # # => [
+ # # #<Pet name: "Fancy-Fancy">,
+ # # #<Pet name: "Fancy-Fancy">
+ # # ]
+ #
+ # person.pets.select(:name).uniq
+ # # => [#<Pet name: "Fancy-Fancy">]
+
+ ##
+ # :method: count
+ #
+ # :call-seq:
+ # count()
+ #
+ # Count all records using SQL.
+ #
+ # class Person < ActiveRecord::Base
+ # has_many :pets
+ # end
+ #
+ # person.pets.count # => 3
+ # person.pets
+ # # => [
+ # # #<Pet id: 1, name: "Fancy-Fancy", person_id: 1>,
+ # # #<Pet id: 2, name: "Spook", person_id: 1>,
+ # # #<Pet id: 3, name: "Choo-Choo", person_id: 1>
+ # # ]
+
+ ##
+ # :method: size
+ #
+ # :call-seq:
+ # size()
+ #
+ # Returns the size of the collection. If the collection hasn't been loaded,
+ # it executes a <tt>SELECT COUNT(*)</tt> query.
+ #
+ # class Person < ActiveRecord::Base
+ # has_many :pets
+ # end
+ #
+ # person.pets.size # => 3
+ # # executes something like SELECT COUNT(*) FROM "pets" WHERE "pets"."person_id" = 1
+ #
+ # person.pets # This will execute a SELECT * FROM query
+ # # => [
+ # # #<Pet id: 1, name: "Fancy-Fancy", person_id: 1>,
+ # # #<Pet id: 2, name: "Spook", person_id: 1>,
+ # # #<Pet id: 3, name: "Choo-Choo", person_id: 1>
+ # # ]
+ #
+ # person.pets.size # => 3
+ # # Because the collection is already loaded, this will behave like
+ # # collection.size and no SQL count query is executed.
+
+ ##
+ # :method: length
+ #
+ # :call-seq:
+ # length()
+ #
+ # Returns the size of the collection calling +size+ on the target.
+ # If the collection has been already loaded, +length+ and +size+ are
+ # equivalent.
+ #
+ # class Person < ActiveRecord::Base
+ # has_many :pets
+ # end
+ #
+ # person.pets.length # => 3
+ # # executes something like SELECT "pets".* FROM "pets" WHERE "pets"."person_id" = 1
+ #
+ # # Because the collection is loaded, you can
+ # # call the collection with no additional queries:
+ # person.pets
+ # # => [
+ # # #<Pet id: 1, name: "Fancy-Fancy", person_id: 1>,
+ # # #<Pet id: 2, name: "Spook", person_id: 1>,
+ # # #<Pet id: 3, name: "Choo-Choo", person_id: 1>
+ # # ]
+
+ ##
+ # :method: empty?
+ #
+ # Returns +true+ if the collection is empty.
+ #
+ # class Person < ActiveRecord::Base
+ # has_many :pets
+ # end
+ #
+ # person.pets.count # => 1
+ # person.pets.empty? # => false
+ #
+ # person.pets.delete_all
+ #
+ # person.pets.count # => 0
+ # person.pets.empty? # => true
+
+ ##
+ # :method: any?
+ #
+ # :call-seq:
+ # any?
+ # any?{|item| block}
+ #
+ # Returns +true+ if the collection is not empty.
+ #
+ # class Person < ActiveRecord::Base
+ # has_many :pets
+ # end
+ #
+ # person.pets.count # => 0
+ # person.pets.any? # => false
+ #
+ # person.pets << Pet.new(name: 'Snoop')
+ # person.pets.count # => 0
+ # person.pets.any? # => true
+ #
+ # You can also pass a block to define criteria. The behaviour
+ # is the same, it returns true if the collection based on the
+ # criteria is not empty.
+ #
+ # person.pets
+ # # => [#<Pet name: "Snoop", group: "dogs">]
+ #
+ # person.pets.any? do |pet|
+ # pet.group == 'cats'
+ # end
+ # # => false
+ #
+ # person.pets.any? do |pet|
+ # pet.group == 'dogs'
+ # end
+ # # => true
+
+ ##
+ # :method: many?
+ #
+ # :call-seq:
+ # many?
+ # many?{|item| block}
+ #
+ # Returns true if the collection has more than one record.
+ # Equivalent to <tt>collection.size > 1</tt>.
+ #
+ # class Person < ActiveRecord::Base
+ # has_many :pets
+ # end
+ #
+ # person.pets.count #=> 1
+ # person.pets.many? #=> false
+ #
+ # person.pets << Pet.new(name: 'Snoopy')
+ # person.pets.count #=> 2
+ # person.pets.many? #=> true
+ #
+ # You can also pass a block to define criteria. The
+ # behaviour is the same, it returns true if the collection
+ # based on the criteria has more than one record.
+ #
+ # person.pets
+ # # => [
+ # # #<Pet name: "Gorby", group: "cats">,
+ # # #<Pet name: "Puff", group: "cats">,
+ # # #<Pet name: "Snoop", group: "dogs">
+ # # ]
+ #
+ # person.pets.many? do |pet|
+ # pet.group == 'dogs'
+ # end
+ # # => false
+ #
+ # person.pets.many? do |pet|
+ # pet.group == 'cats'
+ # end
+ # # => true
+
+ ##
+ # :method: include?
+ #
+ # :call-seq:
+ # include?(record)
+ #
+ # Returns +true+ if the given object is present in the collection.
+ #
+ # class Person < ActiveRecord::Base
+ # has_many :pets
+ # end
+ #
+ # person.pets # => [#<Pet id: 20, name: "Snoop">]
+ #
+ # person.pets.include?(Pet.find(20)) # => true
+ # person.pets.include?(Pet.find(21)) # => false
delegate :select, :find, :first, :last,
:build, :create, :create!,
:concat, :replace, :delete_all, :destroy_all, :delete, :destroy, :uniq,
@@ -43,7 +875,7 @@ module ActiveRecord
:any?, :many?, :include?,
:to => :@association
- def initialize(association)
+ def initialize(association) #:nodoc:
@association = association
super association.klass, association.klass.arel_table
merge! association.scoped
@@ -75,25 +907,123 @@ module ActiveRecord
end
end
+ # Equivalent to <tt>Array#==</tt>. Returns +true+ if the two arrays
+ # contain the same number of elements and if each element is equal
+ # to the corresponding element in the other array, otherwise returns
+ # +false+.
+ #
+ # class Person < ActiveRecord::Base
+ # has_many :pets
+ # end
+ #
+ # person.pets
+ # # => [
+ # # #<Pet id: 1, name: "Fancy-Fancy", person_id: 1>,
+ # # #<Pet id: 2, name: "Spook", person_id: 1>
+ # # ]
+ #
+ # other = person.pets.to_ary
+ #
+ # person.pets == other
+ # # => true
+ #
+ # other = [Pet.new(id: 1), Pet.new(id: 2)]
+ #
+ # person.pets == other
+ # # => false
def ==(other)
load_target == other
end
+ # Returns a new array of objects from the collection. If the collection
+ # hasn't been loaded, it fetches the records from the database.
+ #
+ # class Person < ActiveRecord::Base
+ # has_many :pets
+ # end
+ #
+ # person.pets
+ # # => [
+ # # #<Pet id: 4, name: "Benny", person_id: 1>,
+ # # #<Pet id: 5, name: "Brain", person_id: 1>,
+ # # #<Pet id: 6, name: "Boss", person_id: 1>
+ # # ]
+ #
+ # other_pets = person.pets.to_ary
+ # # => [
+ # # #<Pet id: 4, name: "Benny", person_id: 1>,
+ # # #<Pet id: 5, name: "Brain", person_id: 1>,
+ # # #<Pet id: 6, name: "Boss", person_id: 1>
+ # # ]
+ #
+ # other_pets.replace([Pet.new(name: 'BooGoo')])
+ #
+ # other_pets
+ # # => [#<Pet id: nil, name: "BooGoo", person_id: 1>]
+ #
+ # person.pets
+ # # This is not affected by replace
+ # # => [
+ # # #<Pet id: 4, name: "Benny", person_id: 1>,
+ # # #<Pet id: 5, name: "Brain", person_id: 1>,
+ # # #<Pet id: 6, name: "Boss", person_id: 1>
+ # # ]
def to_ary
load_target.dup
end
alias_method :to_a, :to_ary
+ # Adds one or more +records+ to the collection by setting their foreign keys
+ # to the association‘s primary key. Returns +self+, so several appends may be
+ # chained together.
+ #
+ # class Person < ActiveRecord::Base
+ # has_many :pets
+ # end
+ #
+ # person.pets.size # => 0
+ # person.pets << Pet.new(name: 'Fancy-Fancy')
+ # person.pets << [Pet.new(name: 'Spook'), Pet.new(name: 'Choo-Choo')]
+ # person.pets.size # => 3
+ #
+ # person.id # => 1
+ # person.pets
+ # # => [
+ # # #<Pet id: 1, name: "Fancy-Fancy", person_id: 1>,
+ # # #<Pet id: 2, name: "Spook", person_id: 1>,
+ # # #<Pet id: 3, name: "Choo-Choo", person_id: 1>
+ # # ]
def <<(*records)
proxy_association.concat(records) && self
end
alias_method :push, :<<
+ # Equivalent to +delete_all+. The difference is that returns +self+, instead
+ # of an array with the deleted objects, so methods can be chained. See
+ # +delete_all+ for more information.
def clear
delete_all
self
end
+ # Reloads the collection from the database. Returns +self+.
+ # Equivalent to <tt>collection(true)</tt>.
+ #
+ # class Person < ActiveRecord::Base
+ # has_many :pets
+ # end
+ #
+ # person.pets # fetches pets from the database
+ # # => [#<Pet id: 1, name: "Snoop", group: "dogs", person_id: 1>]
+ #
+ # person.pets # uses the pets cache
+ # # => [#<Pet id: 1, name: "Snoop", group: "dogs", person_id: 1>]
+ #
+ # person.pets.reload # fetches pets from the database
+ # # => [#<Pet id: 1, name: "Snoop", group: "dogs", person_id: 1>]
+ #
+ # person.pets(true)  # fetches pets from the database
+ # # => [#<Pet id: 1, name: "Snoop", group: "dogs", person_id: 1>]
def reload
proxy_association.reload
self