module ActiveRecord
ActiveSupport.on_load(:active_record_config) do
# Determine whether to store the full constant name including namespace when using STI
mattr_accessor :store_full_sti_class, instance_accessor: false
self.store_full_sti_class = true
end
module Inheritance
extend ActiveSupport::Concern
included do
config_attribute :store_full_sti_class
end
module ClassMethods
# True if this isn't a concrete subclass needing a STI type condition.
def descends_from_active_record?
sup = active_record_super
if sup.abstract_class?
sup.descends_from_active_record?
elsif self == Base
false
else
[Base, Model].include?(sup) || !columns_hash.include?(inheritance_column)
end
end
def finder_needs_type_condition? #:nodoc:
# This is like this because benchmarking justifies the strange :false stuff
:true == (@finder_needs_type_condition ||= descends_from_active_record? ? :false : :true)
end
def symbolized_base_class
@symbolized_base_class ||= base_class.to_s.to_sym
end
def symbolized_sti_name
@symbolized_sti_name ||= sti_name.present? ? sti_name.to_sym : symbolized_base_class
end
# Returns the class descending directly from ActiveRecord::Base (or
# that includes ActiveRecord::Model), or an abstract class, if any, in
# the inheritance hierarchy.
#
# If A extends AR::Base, A.base_class will return A. If B descends from A
# through some arbitrarily deep hierarchy, B.base_class will return A.
#
# If B < A and C < B and if A is an abstract_class then both B.base_class
# and C.base_class would return B as the answer since A is an abstract_class.
def base_class
unless self < ActiveRecord::Tag
raise ActiveRecordError, "#{name} doesn't belong in a hierarchy descending from ActiveRecord"
end
sup = active_record_super
if sup == Base || sup == Model || sup.abstract_class?
self
else
sup.base_class
end
end
# Set this to true if this is an abstract class (see abstract_class?).
# If you are using inheritance with ActiveRecord and don't want child classes
# to utilize the implied STI table name of the parent class, this will need to be true.
# For example, given the following:
#
# class SuperClass < ActiveRecord::Base
# self.abstract_class = true
# end
# class Child < SuperClass
# self.table_name = 'the_table_i_really_want'
# end
#
#
# self.abstract_class = true is required to make Child<.find,.create, or any Arel method> use the_table_i_really_want instead of a table called super_classes
#
attr_accessor :abstract_class
# Returns whether this class is an abstract class or not.
def abstract_class?
defined?(@abstract_class) && @abstract_class == true
end
def sti_name
store_full_sti_class ? name : name.demodulize
end
# Finder methods must instantiate through this method to work with the
# single-table inheritance model that makes it possible to create
# objects of different types from the same table.
def instantiate(record, column_types = {})
sti_class = find_sti_class(record[inheritance_column])
column_types = sti_class.decorate_columns(column_types)
sti_class.allocate.init_with('attributes' => record, 'column_types' => column_types)
end
# For internal use.
#
# If this class includes ActiveRecord::Model then it won't have a
# superclass. So this provides a way to get to the 'root' (ActiveRecord::Model).
def active_record_super #:nodoc:
superclass < Model ? superclass : Model
end
protected
# Returns the class type of the record using the current module as a prefix. So descendants of
# MyApp::Business::Account would appear as MyApp::Business::AccountSubclass.
def compute_type(type_name)
if type_name.match(/^::/)
# If the type is prefixed with a scope operator then we assume that
# the type_name is an absolute reference.
ActiveSupport::Dependencies.constantize(type_name)
else
# Build a list of candidates to search for
candidates = []
name.scan(/::|$/) { candidates.unshift "#{$`}::#{type_name}" }
candidates << type_name
candidates.each do |candidate|
begin
constant = ActiveSupport::Dependencies.constantize(candidate)
return constant if candidate == constant.to_s
rescue NameError => e
# We don't want to swallow NoMethodError < NameError errors
raise e unless e.instance_of?(NameError)
end
end
raise NameError, "uninitialized constant #{candidates.first}"
end
end
private
def find_sti_class(type_name)
if type_name.blank? || !columns_hash.include?(inheritance_column)
self
else
begin
if store_full_sti_class
ActiveSupport::Dependencies.constantize(type_name)
else
compute_type(type_name)
end
rescue NameError
raise SubclassNotFound,
"The single-table inheritance mechanism failed to locate the subclass: '#{type_name}'. " +
"This error is raised because the column '#{inheritance_column}' is reserved for storing the class in case of inheritance. " +
"Please rename this column if you didn't intend it to be used for storing the inheritance class " +
"or overwrite #{name}.inheritance_column to use another column for that information."
end
end
end
def type_condition(table = arel_table)
sti_column = table[inheritance_column.to_sym]
sti_names = ([self] + descendants).map { |model| model.sti_name }
sti_column.in(sti_names)
end
end
private
# Sets the attribute used for single table inheritance to this class name if this is not the
# ActiveRecord::Base descendant.
# Considering the hierarchy Reply < Message < ActiveRecord::Base, this makes it possible to
# do Reply.new without having to set Reply[Reply.inheritance_column] = "Reply" yourself.
# No such attribute would be set for objects of the Message class in that example.
def ensure_proper_type
klass = self.class
if klass.finder_needs_type_condition?
write_attribute(klass.inheritance_column, klass.sti_name)
end
end
end
end