# 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 :extensions end self.extensions = [] VALID_OPTIONS = [:class_name, :class, :foreign_key, :validate] attr_reader :name, :scope, :options def self.build(model, name, scope, options, &block) raise ArgumentError, "association names must be a Symbol" unless name.kind_of?(Symbol) if scope.is_a?(Hash) options = scope scope = nil end builder = new(name, scope, options, &block) reflection = builder.build(model) builder.define_accessors model builder.define_callbacks model, reflection builder.define_extensions model reflection end def self.create_builder(model, name, scope, options, &block) raise ArgumentError, "association names must be a Symbol" unless name.kind_of?(Symbol) if scope.is_a?(Hash) options = scope scope = nil end new(name, scope, options, &block) end def initialize(name, scope, options) @name = name @scope = scope @options = options validate_options if scope && scope.arity == 0 @scope = proc { instance_exec(&scope) } end end def build(model) ActiveRecord::Reflection.create(macro, name, scope, options, model) end def macro raise NotImplementedError end def valid_options VALID_OPTIONS + Association.extensions.flat_map(&:valid_options) end def validate_options options.assert_valid_keys(valid_options) end def define_extensions(model) end def define_callbacks(model, reflection) add_before_destroy_callbacks(model, name) if options[:dependent] Association.extensions.each do |extension| extension.build model, reflection end 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(model) mixin = model.generated_feature_methods define_readers(mixin) define_writers(mixin) end def define_readers(mixin) mixin.class_eval <<-CODE, __FILE__, __LINE__ + 1 def #{name}(*args) association(:#{name}).reader(*args) end CODE end def define_writers(mixin) mixin.class_eval <<-CODE, __FILE__, __LINE__ + 1 def #{name}=(value) association(:#{name}).writer(value) end CODE end def valid_dependent_options raise NotImplementedError end private def add_before_destroy_callbacks(model, name) unless valid_dependent_options.include? options[:dependent] raise ArgumentError, "The :dependent option must be one of #{valid_dependent_options}, but is :#{options[:dependent]}" end model.before_destroy lambda { |o| o.association(name).handle_dependency } end end end