module ActiveRecord # = Active Record Belongs To Polymorphic Association module Associations class BelongsToPolymorphicAssociation < BelongsToAssociation #:nodoc: def stale_target? if @target && @target.persisted? target_id = @target.send(@reflection.association_primary_key).to_s foreign_key = @owner.send(@reflection.primary_key_name).to_s target_type = @target.class.base_class.name foreign_type = @owner.send(@reflection.options[:foreign_type]).to_s target_id != foreign_key || target_type != foreign_type else false end end private def replace_keys(record) super @owner[@reflection.options[:foreign_type]] = record && record.class.base_class.name end def different_target?(record) super || record.class != target_klass end def inverse_reflection_for(record) @reflection.polymorphic_inverse_of(record.class) end def target_klass type = @owner[@reflection.options[:foreign_type]] type && type.constantize end def raise_on_type_mismatch(record) # A polymorphic association cannot have a type mismatch, by definition end end end end