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@@ -248,6 +248,13 @@ end
@person.try { |p| "#{p.first_name} #{p.last_name}" }
```
+Note that `try` will swallow no-method errors, returning nil instead. If you want to protect against typos, use `try!` instead:
+
+```ruby
+@number.try(:nest) # => nil
+@number.try!(:nest) # NoMethodError: undefined method `nest' for 1:Fixnum
+```
+
NOTE: Defined in `active_support/core_ext/object/try.rb`.
### `class_eval(*args, &block)`
@@ -390,7 +397,7 @@ The method `with_options` provides a way to factor out common options in a serie
Given a default options hash, `with_options` yields a proxy object to a block. Within the block, methods called on the proxy are forwarded to the receiver with their options merged. For example, you get rid of the duplication in:
```ruby
-class Account < ActiveRecord::Base
+class Account < ApplicationRecord
has_many :customers, dependent: :destroy
has_many :products, dependent: :destroy
has_many :invoices, dependent: :destroy
@@ -401,7 +408,7 @@ end
this way:
```ruby
-class Account < ActiveRecord::Base
+class Account < ApplicationRecord
with_options dependent: :destroy do |assoc|
assoc.has_many :customers
assoc.has_many :products
@@ -510,17 +517,17 @@ Extensions to `Module`
Using plain Ruby you can wrap methods with other methods, that's called _alias chaining_.
-For example, let's say you'd like params to be strings in functional tests, as they are in real requests, but still want the convenience of assigning integers and other kind of values. To accomplish that you could wrap `ActionController::TestCase#process` this way in `test/test_helper.rb`:
+For example, let's say you'd like params to be strings in functional tests, as they are in real requests, but still want the convenience of assigning integers and other kind of values. To accomplish that you could wrap `ActionDispatch::IntegrationTest#process` this way in `test/test_helper.rb`:
```ruby
-ActionController::TestCase.class_eval do
+ActionDispatch::IntegrationTest.class_eval do
# save a reference to the original process method
alias_method :original_process, :process
# now redefine process and delegate to original_process
- def process(action, params=nil, session=nil, flash=nil, http_method='GET')
+ def process('GET', path, params: nil, headers: nil, env: nil, xhr: false)
params = Hash[*params.map {|k, v| [k, v.to_s]}.flatten]
- original_process(action, params, session, flash, http_method)
+ original_process('GET', path, params: params)
end
end
```
@@ -530,10 +537,10 @@ That's the method `get`, `post`, etc., delegate the work to.
That technique has a risk, it could be the case that `:original_process` was taken. To try to avoid collisions people choose some label that characterizes what the chaining is about:
```ruby
-ActionController::TestCase.class_eval do
+ActionDispatch::IntegrationTest.class_eval do
def process_with_stringified_params(...)
params = Hash[*params.map {|k, v| [k, v.to_s]}.flatten]
- process_without_stringified_params(action, params, session, flash, http_method)
+ process_without_stringified_params(method, path, params: params)
end
alias_method :process_without_stringified_params, :process
alias_method :process, :process_with_stringified_params
@@ -543,10 +550,10 @@ end
The method `alias_method_chain` provides a shortcut for that pattern:
```ruby
-ActionController::TestCase.class_eval do
+ActionDispatch::IntegrationTest.class_eval do
def process_with_stringified_params(...)
params = Hash[*params.map {|k, v| [k, v.to_s]}.flatten]
- process_without_stringified_params(action, params, session, flash, http_method)
+ process_without_stringified_params(method, path, params: params)
end
alias_method_chain :process, :stringified_params
end
@@ -561,7 +568,7 @@ NOTE: Defined in `active_support/core_ext/module/aliasing.rb`.
Model attributes have a reader, a writer, and a predicate. You can alias a model attribute having the corresponding three methods defined for you in one shot. As in other aliasing methods, the new name is the first argument, and the old name is the second (one mnemonic is that they go in the same order as if you did an assignment):
```ruby
-class User < ActiveRecord::Base
+class User < ApplicationRecord
# You can refer to the email column as "login".
# This can be meaningful for authentication code.
alias_attribute :login, :email
@@ -869,7 +876,7 @@ The macro `delegate` offers an easy way to forward methods.
Let's imagine that users in some application have login information in the `User` model but name and other data in a separate `Profile` model:
```ruby
-class User < ActiveRecord::Base
+class User < ApplicationRecord
has_one :profile
end
```
@@ -877,7 +884,7 @@ end
With that configuration you get a user's name via their profile, `user.profile.name`, but it could be handy to still be able to access such attribute directly:
```ruby
-class User < ActiveRecord::Base
+class User < ApplicationRecord
has_one :profile
def name
@@ -889,7 +896,7 @@ end
That is what `delegate` does for you:
```ruby
-class User < ActiveRecord::Base
+class User < ApplicationRecord
has_one :profile
delegate :name, to: :profile
@@ -1703,6 +1710,20 @@ The method `parameterize` normalizes its receiver in a way that can be used in p
"Kurt Gödel".parameterize # => "kurt-godel"
```
+To preserve the case of the string, set the `preserve_case` argument to true. By default, `preserve_case` is set to false.
+
+```ruby
+"John Smith".parameterize(preserve_case: true) # => "John-Smith"
+"Kurt Gödel".parameterize(preserve_case: true) # => "Kurt-Godel"
+```
+
+To use a custom separator, override the `separator` argument.
+
+```ruby
+"John Smith".parameterize(separator: "_") # => "john\_smith"
+"Kurt Gödel".parameterize(separator: "_") # => "kurt\_godel"
+```
+
In fact, the result string is wrapped in an instance of `ActiveSupport::Multibyte::Chars`.
NOTE: Defined in `active_support/core_ext/string/inflections.rb`.
@@ -2003,12 +2024,14 @@ Produce a string representation of a number rounded to a precision:
Produce a string representation of a number as a human-readable number of bytes:
```ruby
-123.to_s(:human_size) # => 123 Bytes
-1234.to_s(:human_size) # => 1.21 KB
-12345.to_s(:human_size) # => 12.1 KB
-1234567.to_s(:human_size) # => 1.18 MB
-1234567890.to_s(:human_size) # => 1.15 GB
-1234567890123.to_s(:human_size) # => 1.12 TB
+123.to_s(:human_size) # => 123 Bytes
+1234.to_s(:human_size) # => 1.21 KB
+12345.to_s(:human_size) # => 12.1 KB
+1234567.to_s(:human_size) # => 1.18 MB
+1234567890.to_s(:human_size) # => 1.15 GB
+1234567890123.to_s(:human_size) # => 1.12 TB
+1234567890123456.to_s(:human_size) # => 1.1 PB
+1234567890123456789.to_s(:human_size) # => 1.07 EB
```
Produce a string representation of a number in human-readable words:
@@ -2217,7 +2240,7 @@ Similarly, `from` returns the tail from the element at the passed index to the e
[].from(0) # => []
```
-The methods `second`, `third`, `fourth`, and `fifth` return the corresponding element (`first` is built-in). Thanks to social wisdom and positive constructiveness all around, `forty_two` is also available.
+The methods `second`, `third`, `fourth`, and `fifth` return the corresponding element, as do `second_to_last` and `third_to_last` (`first` and `last` are built-in). Thanks to social wisdom and positive constructiveness all around, `forty_two` is also available.
```ruby
%w(a b c d).third # => "c"
@@ -3055,7 +3078,7 @@ INFO: The following calculation methods have edge cases in October 1582, since d
#### `Date.current`
-Active Support defines `Date.current` to be today in the current time zone. That's like `Date.today`, except that it honors the user time zone, if defined. It also defines `Date.yesterday` and `Date.tomorrow`, and the instance predicates `past?`, `today?`, and `future?`, all of them relative to `Date.current`.
+Active Support defines `Date.current` to be today in the current time zone. That's like `Date.today`, except that it honors the user time zone, if defined. It also defines `Date.yesterday` and `Date.tomorrow`, and the instance predicates `past?`, `today?`, `future?`, `on_weekday?` and `on_weekend?`, all of them relative to `Date.current`.
When making Date comparisons using methods which honor the user time zone, make sure to use `Date.current` and not `Date.today`. There are cases where the user time zone might be in the future compared to the system time zone, which `Date.today` uses by default. This means `Date.today` may equal `Date.yesterday`.
@@ -3444,6 +3467,8 @@ years_ago
years_since
prev_year (last_year)
next_year
+on_weekday?
+on_weekend?
```
The following methods are reimplemented so you do **not** need to load `active_support/core_ext/date/calculations.rb` for these ones:
@@ -3630,6 +3655,8 @@ years_ago
years_since
prev_year (last_year)
next_year
+on_weekday?
+on_weekend?
```
They are analogous. Please refer to their documentation above and take into account the following differences: