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Diffstat (limited to 'activerecord/lib')
| -rw-r--r-- | activerecord/lib/active_record/observer.rb | 8 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/observer.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/observer.rb index 0cbd6fe2c9..9803155f2d 100644 --- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/observer.rb +++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/observer.rb @@ -84,10 +84,11 @@ module ActiveRecord # # Observers will by default be mapped to the class with which they share a name. So CommentObserver will # be tied to observing Comment, ProductManagerObserver to ProductManager, and so on. If you want to name your observer - # differently than the class you're interested in observing, you can use the Observer.observe class method: + # differently than the class you're interested in observing, you can use the Observer.observe class method which takes + # either the concrete class (Product) or a symbol for that class (:product): # # class AuditObserver < ActiveRecord::Observer - # observe Account + # observe :account # # def after_update(account) # AuditTrail.new(account, "UPDATED") @@ -97,7 +98,7 @@ module ActiveRecord # If the audit observer needs to watch more than one kind of object, this can be specified with multiple arguments: # # class AuditObserver < ActiveRecord::Observer - # observe Account, Balance + # observe :account, :balance # # def after_update(record) # AuditTrail.new(record, "UPDATED") @@ -130,6 +131,7 @@ module ActiveRecord class << self # Attaches the observer to the supplied model classes. def observe(*models) + models.flatten.collect! { |model| model.is_a?(Symbol) ? model.to_s.camelize.constantize : model } define_method(:observed_classes) { Set.new(models) } end |