AssociationReflection¶
The actual reflection object that contains information about the given association. These should never need to be created manually, they will always be created by declaring a :has_many or :has_one association on a model.
Constants¶
Methods¶
- #association
The association object referenced by this reflection
def association @association end
- #class_name
Returns the name of the target model
def class_name @class_name ||= association.target_class.name end
#collection?
def collection? macro == :has_many end
#initialize
def initialize(macro, name, association) @macro = macro @name = name @association = association end
- #klass
Returns the target model
def klass @klass ||= class_name.constantize end
- #macro
The type of association
def macro @macro end
- #name
The name of the association
def name @name end
#rel_class_name
def rel_class_name @rel_class_name ||= association.relationship_class.name.to_s end
#rel_klass
def rel_klass @rel_klass ||= rel_class_name.constantize end
#type
def type @type ||= association.relationship_type end
#validate?
def validate? true end