module ActiveFedora::Reflection::ClassMethods

def _reflect_on_association(association)


Invoice._reflect_on_association(:line_items).macro # returns :has_many
Account._reflect_on_association(:owner) # returns the owner AssociationReflection

Returns the AssociationReflection object for the +association+ (use the symbol).
def _reflect_on_association(association)
  val = reflections[association].is_a?(AssociationReflection) ? reflections[association] : nil
  unless val
    # When a has_many is paired with a has_and_belongs_to_many the assocation will have a plural name
    association = association.to_s.pluralize.to_sym
    val = reflections[association].is_a?(AssociationReflection) ? reflections[association] : nil
  end
  val
end

def child_resource_reflections

def child_resource_reflections
  reflect_on_all_associations(:has_subresource).select { |_, reflection| reflection.klass <= ActiveFedora::File }
end

def clear_reflections_cache # :nodoc:

:nodoc:
def clear_reflections_cache # :nodoc:
  @__reflections = nil
end

def contained_rdf_source_reflections

def contained_rdf_source_reflections
  reflect_on_all_associations(:has_subresource).select { |_, reflection| !(reflection.klass <= ActiveFedora::File) }
end

def outgoing_reflections

def outgoing_reflections
  reflections.select { |_, reflection| reflection.is_a? RDFPropertyReflection }
end

def reflect_on_all_associations(macro = nil)


Account.reflect_on_all_associations(:has_many) # returns an array of all has_many associations
Account.reflect_on_all_associations # returns an array of all associations

Example:

:belongs_to) as the first parameter.
association type, pass in the symbol (:has_many, :has_one,
associations in the class. If you only want to reflect on a certain
Returns an array of AssociationReflection objects for all the
def reflect_on_all_associations(macro = nil)
  association_reflections = reflections.dup
  association_reflections.select! { |_k, reflection| reflection.macro == macro } if macro
  association_reflections
end

def reflect_on_all_autosave_associations

def reflect_on_all_autosave_associations
  reflections.values.select { |reflection| reflection.options[:autosave] }
end

def reflect_on_association(association)


Invoice.reflect_on_association(:line_items).macro # returns :has_many
Account.reflect_on_association(:owner) # returns the owner AssociationReflection

Returns the AssociationReflection object for the +association+ (use the symbol).
def reflect_on_association(association)
  _reflect_on_association(association)
end

def reflections


Account.reflections
Invoice.reflections

Example:
Returns a hash containing all AssociationReflection objects for the current class.
def reflections
  @__reflections ||= begin
    ref = {}
    _reflections.each do |name, reflection|
      parent_reflection = reflection.parent_reflection
      if parent_reflection
        parent_name = parent_reflection.name
        ref[parent_name.to_s] = parent_reflection
      else
        ref[name] = reflection
      end
    end
    ref
  end
end