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diff --git a/activesupport/lib/active_support/inflector/methods.rb b/activesupport/lib/active_support/inflector/methods.rb
index a270c4452f..51720d0192 100644
--- a/activesupport/lib/active_support/inflector/methods.rb
+++ b/activesupport/lib/active_support/inflector/methods.rb
@@ -99,26 +99,46 @@ module ActiveSupport
word
end
- # Capitalizes the first word, turns underscores into spaces, and strips a
- # trailing '_id' if present.
- # Like +titleize+, this is meant for creating pretty output.
+ # Tweaks an attribute name for display to end users.
+ #
+ # Specifically, +humanize+ performs these transformations:
+ #
+ # * Applies human inflection rules to the argument.
+ # * Deletes leading underscores, if any.
+ # * Removes a "_id" suffix if present.
+ # * Replaces underscores with spaces, if any.
+ # * Downcases all words except acronyms.
+ # * Capitalizes the first word.
#
# The capitalization of the first word can be turned off by setting the
- # optional parameter +capitalize+ to false.
- # By default, this parameter is true.
+ # +:capitalize+ option to false (default is true).
#
# humanize('employee_salary') # => "Employee salary"
# humanize('author_id') # => "Author"
# humanize('author_id', capitalize: false) # => "author"
+ # humanize('_id') # => "Id"
+ #
+ # If "SSL" was defined to be an acronym:
+ #
+ # humanize('ssl_error') # => "SSL error"
+ #
def humanize(lower_case_and_underscored_word, options = {})
result = lower_case_and_underscored_word.to_s.dup
+
inflections.humans.each { |(rule, replacement)| break if result.sub!(rule, replacement) }
- result.gsub!(/_id$/, "")
+
+ result.sub!(/\A_+/, '')
+ result.sub!(/_id\z/, '')
result.tr!('_', ' ')
- result.gsub!(/([a-z\d]*)/i) { |match|
+
+ result.gsub!(/([a-z\d]*)/i) do |match|
"#{inflections.acronyms[match] || match.downcase}"
- }
- result.gsub!(/^\w/) { |match| match.upcase } if options.fetch(:capitalize, true)
+ end
+
+ if options.fetch(:capitalize, true)
+ result.sub!(/\A\w/) { |match| match.upcase }
+ end
+
result
end
@@ -155,7 +175,7 @@ module ActiveSupport
#
# Singular names are not handled correctly:
#
- # 'business'.classify # => "Busines"
+ # 'calculus'.classify # => "Calculu"
def classify(table_name)
# strip out any leading schema name
camelize(singularize(table_name.to_s.sub(/.*\./, '')))
@@ -172,6 +192,8 @@ module ActiveSupport
#
# 'ActiveRecord::CoreExtensions::String::Inflections'.demodulize # => "Inflections"
# 'Inflections'.demodulize # => "Inflections"
+ # '::Inflections'.demodulize # => "Inflections"
+ # ''.demodulize # => ""
#
# See also +deconstantize+.
def demodulize(path)
@@ -228,7 +250,7 @@ module ActiveSupport
def constantize(camel_cased_word)
names = camel_cased_word.split('::')
- # Trigger a builtin NameError exception including the ill-formed constant in the message.
+ # Trigger a built-in NameError exception including the ill-formed constant in the message.
Object.const_get(camel_cased_word) if names.empty?
# Remove the first blank element in case of '::ClassName' notation.
@@ -242,8 +264,8 @@ module ActiveSupport
next candidate if constant.const_defined?(name, false)
next candidate unless Object.const_defined?(name)
- # Go down the ancestors to check it it's owned
- # directly before we reach Object or the end of ancestors.
+ # Go down the ancestors to check if it is owned directly. The check
+ # stops when we reach Object or the end of ancestors tree.
constant = constant.ancestors.inject do |const, ancestor|
break const if ancestor == Object
break ancestor if ancestor.const_defined?(name, false)