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1 files changed, 12 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations/preloader.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations/preloader.rb
index 3992a240b9..ecf6fb8643 100644
--- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations/preloader.rb
+++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations/preloader.rb
@@ -54,6 +54,8 @@ module ActiveRecord
autoload :BelongsTo, 'active_record/associations/preloader/belongs_to'
end
+ NULL_RELATION = Struct.new(:values, :where_clause, :joins_values).new({}, Relation::WhereClause.empty, [])
+
# Eager loads the named associations for the given Active Record record(s).
#
# In this description, 'association name' shall refer to the name passed
@@ -88,9 +90,6 @@ module ActiveRecord
# [ :books, :author ]
# { author: :avatar }
# [ :books, { author: :avatar } ]
-
- NULL_RELATION = Struct.new(:values, :where_clause, :joins_values).new({}, Relation::WhereClause.empty, [])
-
def preload(records, associations, preload_scope = nil)
records = Array.wrap(records).compact.uniq
associations = Array.wrap(associations)
@@ -107,6 +106,7 @@ module ActiveRecord
private
+ # Loads all the given data into +records+ for the +association+.
def preloaders_on(association, records, scope)
case association
when Hash
@@ -132,6 +132,11 @@ module ActiveRecord
}
end
+ # Loads all the given data into +records+ for a singular +association+.
+ #
+ # Functions by instantiating a preloader class such as Preloader::HasManyThrough and
+ # call the +run+ method for each passed in class in the +records+ argument.
+ #
# Not all records have the same class, so group then preload group on the reflection
# itself so that if various subclass share the same association then we do not split
# them unnecessarily
@@ -181,6 +186,10 @@ module ActiveRecord
def self.preloaded_records; []; end
end
+ # Returns a class containing the logic needed to load preload the data
+ # and attach it to a relation. For example +Preloader::Association+ or
+ # +Preloader::HasManyThrough+. The class returned implements a `run` method
+ # that accepts a preloader.
def preloader_for(reflection, owners, rhs_klass)
return NullPreloader unless rhs_klass