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Diffstat (limited to 'activerecord/lib/active_record/attribute_methods.rb')
-rw-r--r-- | activerecord/lib/active_record/attribute_methods.rb | 9 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/attribute_methods.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/attribute_methods.rb index dccbd48592..e626227e7e 100644 --- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/attribute_methods.rb +++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/attribute_methods.rb @@ -195,8 +195,9 @@ module ActiveRecord end end - # Returns the column object for the named attribute. Returns +nil+ if the - # named attribute not exists. + # Returns the column object for the named attribute. + # Returns a +ActiveRecord::ConnectionAdapters::NullColumn+ if the + # named attribute does not exist. # # class Person < ActiveRecord::Base # end @@ -206,11 +207,11 @@ module ActiveRecord # # => #<ActiveRecord::ConnectionAdapters::SQLite3Column:0x007ff4ab083980 @name="name", @sql_type="varchar(255)", @null=true, ...> # # person.column_for_attribute(:nothing) - # # => #<ActiveRecord::ConnectionAdapters::Column:0xXXX @name=nil, @sql_type=nil, @cast_type=#<Type::Value>, ...> + # # => #<ActiveRecord::ConnectionAdapters::NullColumn:0xXXX @name=nil, @sql_type=nil, @cast_type=#<Type::Value>, ...> def column_for_attribute(name) name = name.to_s columns_hash.fetch(name) do - ConnectionAdapters::Column.new(name, nil, Type::Value.new) + ConnectionAdapters::NullColumn.new(name) end end end |