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Diffstat (limited to 'activerecord/lib/active_record/inheritance.rb')
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1 files changed, 14 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/inheritance.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/inheritance.rb index ebe244c6a6..46d253b0a7 100644 --- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/inheritance.rb +++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/inheritance.rb @@ -48,6 +48,20 @@ module ActiveRecord end # Set this to true if this is an abstract class (see <tt>abstract_class?</tt>). + # If you are using inheritance with ActiveRecord and don't want child classes + # to utilize the implied STI table name of the parent class, this will need to be true. + # For example, given the following: + # + # class SuperClass < ActiveRecord::Base + # self.abstract_class = true + # end + # class Child < SuperClass + # self.table_name = 'the_table_i_really_want' + # end + # + # + # <tt>self.abstract_class = true</tt> is required to make <tt>Child<.find,.create, or any Arel method></tt> use <tt>the_table_i_really_want</tt> instead of a table called <tt>super_classes</tt> + # attr_accessor :abstract_class # Returns whether this class is an abstract class or not. |