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Diffstat (limited to 'activerecord')
-rw-r--r-- | activerecord/lib/active_record/relation/query_methods.rb | 14 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/relation/query_methods.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/relation/query_methods.rb index 6a28d7b155..b6d762c2e2 100644 --- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/relation/query_methods.rb +++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/relation/query_methods.rb @@ -201,26 +201,26 @@ module ActiveRecord # # The returned NullRelation inherits from Relation and implements the # Null Object pattern so it is an object with defined null behavior: - # it always returns an empty array of records and avoids any database query. + # it always returns an empty array of records and does not query the database. # # Any subsequent condition chained to the returned relation will continue # generating an empty relation and will not fire any query to the database. # - # Used in cases where is needed a method or a scope that could return zero - # results but the response has to be chainable. + # This is useful in scenarios where you need a chainable response to a method + # or a scope that could return zero results. # # For example: # # @posts = current_user.visible_posts.where(:name => params[:name]) - # # => the visible_post method response has to be a chainable Relation + # # => the visible_posts method is expected to return a chainable Relation # # def visible_posts # case role - # if 'Country Manager' + # when 'Country Manager' # Post.where(:country => country) - # if 'Reviewer' + # when 'Reviewer' # Post.published - # if 'Bad User' + # when 'Bad User' # Post.none # => returning [] instead breaks the previous code # end # end |