class ActiveRecord::Reflection::MacroReflection
those classes. Objects of AggregateReflection and AssociationReflection are returned by the Reflection::ClassMethods.
Abstract base class for AggregateReflection and AssociationReflection that describes the interface available for both of
def ==(other_aggregation)
Returns +true+ if +self+ and +other_aggregation+ have the same +name+ attribute, +active_record+ attribute,
def ==(other_aggregation) other_aggregation.kind_of?(self.class) && name == other_aggregation.name && other_aggregation.options && active_record == other_aggregation.active_record end
def belongs_to?
def belongs_to? macro == :belongs_to end
def class_name
Returns the class name for the macro. For example, composed_of :balance, :class_name => 'Money' returns 'Money'
def class_name @class_name ||= options[:class_name] || derive_class_name end
def derive_class_name
def derive_class_name name.to_s.camelize end
def initialize(macro, name, options, active_record)
def initialize(macro, name, options, active_record) @macro, @name, @options, @active_record = macro, name, options, active_record end
def klass
Returns the class for the macro. For example, composed_of :balance, :class_name => 'Money' returns the Money
def klass @klass ||= class_name.constantize end
def macro
Returns the macro type. For example, composed_of :balance, :class_name => 'Money' will return :composed_of
def macro @macro end
def name
Returns the name of the macro. For example, composed_of :balance, :class_name => 'Money' will return
def name @name end
def options
Returns the hash of options used for the macro. For example, it would return { :class_name => "Money" } for
def options @options end
def sanitized_conditions #:nodoc:
def sanitized_conditions #:nodoc: @sanitized_conditions ||= klass.send(:sanitize_sql, options[:conditions]) if options[:conditions] end