module ActiveRecord module Reflection # :nodoc: def self.included(base) base.extend(ClassMethods) end # Reflection allows you to interrogate Active Record classes and objects about their associations and aggregations. # This information can, for example, be used in a form builder that took an Active Record object and created input # fields for all of the attributes depending on their type and displayed the associations to other objects. # # You can find the interface for the AggregateReflection and AssociationReflection classes in the abstract MacroReflection class. module ClassMethods def create_reflection(macro, name, options, active_record) case macro when :has_many, :belongs_to, :has_one, :has_and_belongs_to_many reflection = AssociationReflection.new(macro, name, options, active_record) when :composed_of reflection = AggregateReflection.new(macro, name, options, active_record) end write_inheritable_hash :reflections, name => reflection reflection end def reflections read_inheritable_attribute(:reflections) or write_inheritable_attribute(:reflections, {}) end # Returns an array of AggregateReflection objects for all the aggregations in the class. def reflect_on_all_aggregations reflections.values.select { |reflection| reflection.is_a?(AggregateReflection) } end # Returns the AggregateReflection object for the named +aggregation+ (use the symbol). Example: # Account.reflect_on_aggregation(:balance) # returns the balance AggregateReflection def reflect_on_aggregation(aggregation) reflections[aggregation].is_a?(AggregateReflection) ? reflections[aggregation] : nil end # Returns an array of AssociationReflection objects for all the aggregations in the class. If you only want to reflect on a # certain association type, pass in the symbol (:has_many, :has_one, :belongs_to) for that as the first parameter. Example: # Account.reflect_on_all_associations # returns an array of all associations # Account.reflect_on_all_associations(:has_many) # returns an array of all has_many associations def reflect_on_all_associations(macro = nil) association_reflections = reflections.values.select { |reflection| reflection.is_a?(AssociationReflection) } macro ? association_reflections.select { |reflection| reflection.macro == macro } : association_reflections end # Returns the AssociationReflection object for the named +aggregation+ (use the symbol). Example: # Account.reflect_on_association(:owner) # returns the owner AssociationReflection # Invoice.reflect_on_association(:line_items).macro # returns :has_many def reflect_on_association(association) reflections[association].is_a?(AssociationReflection) ? reflections[association] : nil end end # Abstract base class for AggregateReflection and AssociationReflection that describes the interface available for both of # those classes. Objects of AggregateReflection and AssociationReflection are returned by the Reflection::ClassMethods. class MacroReflection attr_reader :active_record def initialize(macro, name, options, active_record) @macro, @name, @options, @active_record = macro, name, options, active_record end # Returns the name of the macro, so it would return :balance for "composed_of :balance, :class_name => 'Money'" or # :clients for "has_many :clients". def name @name end # Returns the name of the macro, so it would return :composed_of for # "composed_of :balance, :class_name => 'Money'" or :has_many for "has_many :clients". def macro @macro end # Returns the hash of options used for the macro, so it would return { :class_name => "Money" } for # "composed_of :balance, :class_name => 'Money'" or {} for "has_many :clients". def options @options end # Returns the class for the macro, so "composed_of :balance, :class_name => 'Money'" would return the Money class and # "has_many :clients" would return the Client class. def klass() end def class_name @class_name ||= name_to_class_name(name.id2name) end def ==(other_aggregation) name == other_aggregation.name && other_aggregation.options && active_record == other_aggregation.active_record end end # Holds all the meta-data about an aggregation as it was specified in the Active Record class. class AggregateReflection < MacroReflection #:nodoc: def klass @klass ||= Object.const_get(class_name) end private def name_to_class_name(name) name.capitalize.gsub(/_(.)/) { |s| $1.capitalize } end end # Holds all the meta-data about an association as it was specified in the Active Record class. class AssociationReflection < MacroReflection #:nodoc: def klass @klass ||= active_record.send(:compute_type, class_name) end def table_name @table_name ||= klass.table_name end def primary_key_name return @primary_key_name if @primary_key_name case macro when :belongs_to @primary_key_name = options[:foreign_key] || class_name.foreign_key else @primary_key_name = options[:foreign_key] || active_record.name.foreign_key end end def association_foreign_key @association_foreign_key ||= @options[:association_foreign_key] || class_name.foreign_key end def counter_cache_column if options[:counter_cache] == true "#{active_record.name.underscore.pluralize}_count" elsif options[:counter_cache] options[:counter_cache] end end private def name_to_class_name(name) if name =~ /::/ name else if options[:class_name] options[:class_name] else class_name = name.to_s.camelize class_name = class_name.singularize if [ :has_many, :has_and_belongs_to_many ].include?(macro) class_name end end end end end end