class ActiveRecord::Associations::Association

def find_target
  if violates_strict_loading? && owner.validation_context.nil?
    Base.strict_loading_violation!(owner: owner.class, reflection: reflection)
  end
  scope = self.scope
  return scope.to_a if skip_statement_cache?(scope)
  sc = reflection.association_scope_cache(klass, owner) do |params|
    as = AssociationScope.create { params.bind }
    target_scope.merge!(as.scope(self))
  end
  binds = AssociationScope.get_bind_values(owner, reflection.chain)
  sc.execute(binds, klass.connection) do |record|
    set_inverse_instance(record)
    if owner.strict_loading_n_plus_one_only? && reflection.macro == :has_many
      record.strict_loading!
    else
      record.strict_loading!(false, mode: owner.strict_loading_mode)
    end
  end
end