Class ActiveRecord::Reflection::MacroReflection
In: lib/active_record/reflection.rb
Parent: Object

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.

Methods

==   belongs_to?   class_name   klass   macro   name   new   options  

Attributes

active_record  [R] 

Public Class methods

Public Instance methods

Returns true if self and other_aggregation have the same name attribute, active_record attribute, and other_aggregation has an options hash assigned to it.

Returns true if self is a belongs_to reflection.

Returns the class name for the macro. For example, composed_of :balance, :class_name => ‘Money‘ returns ‘Money‘ and has_many :clients returns ‘Client‘.

Returns the class for the macro. For example, composed_of :balance, :class_name => ‘Money‘ returns the Money class and has_many :clients returns the Client class.

Returns the macro type. For example, composed_of :balance, :class_name => ‘Money‘ will return :composed_of or for has_many :clients will return :has_many.

Returns the name of the macro. For example, composed_of :balance, :class_name => ‘Money‘ will return :balance or for has_many :clients it will return :clients.

Returns the hash of options used for the macro. For example, it would return { :class_name => "Money" } for composed_of :balance, :class_name => ‘Money‘ or +{}+ for has_many :clients.

[Validate]