# This is the parent Association class which defines the variables # used by all associations. # # The hierarchy is defined as follows: # Association # - SingularAssociation # - BelongsToAssociation # - HasOneAssociation # - CollectionAssociation # - HasManyAssociation # - HasAndBelongsToManyAssociation module ActiveRecord::Associations::Builder class Association #:nodoc: class << self attr_accessor :valid_options end self.valid_options = [:class_name, :foreign_key, :validate] attr_reader :model, :name, :scope, :options, :reflection def self.build(*args, &block) new(*args, &block).build end def initialize(model, name, scope, options) raise ArgumentError, "association names must be a Symbol" unless name.kind_of?(Symbol) @model = model @name = name if scope.is_a?(Hash) @scope = nil @options = scope else @scope = scope @options = options end if @scope && @scope.arity == 0 prev_scope = @scope @scope = proc { instance_exec(&prev_scope) } end end def mixin @model.generated_feature_methods end include Module.new { def build; end } def build validate_options define_accessors configure_dependency if options[:dependent] @reflection = model.create_reflection(macro, name, scope, options, model) super # provides an extension point @reflection end def macro raise NotImplementedError end def valid_options Association.valid_options end def validate_options options.assert_valid_keys(valid_options) end # Defines the setter and getter methods for the association # class Post < ActiveRecord::Base # has_many :comments # end # # Post.first.comments and Post.first.comments= methods are defined by this method... def define_accessors define_readers define_writers end def define_readers mixin.class_eval <<-CODE, __FILE__, __LINE__ + 1 def #{name}(*args) association(:#{name}).reader(*args) end CODE end def define_writers mixin.class_eval <<-CODE, __FILE__, __LINE__ + 1 def #{name}=(value) association(:#{name}).writer(value) end CODE end def configure_dependency unless valid_dependent_options.include? options[:dependent] raise ArgumentError, "The :dependent option must be one of #{valid_dependent_options}, but is :#{options[:dependent]}" end n = name model.before_destroy lambda { |o| o.association(n).handle_dependency } end def valid_dependent_options raise NotImplementedError end end end