Abstract base class for AggregateReflection and AssociationReflection. Objects of AggregateReflection and AssociationReflection are returned by the Reflection::ClassMethods.
Returns the macro type.
composed_of :balance, :class_name => 'Money'
returns
:composed_of
has_many :clients
returns
:has_many
Returns the name of the macro.
composed_of :balance, :class_name => 'Money'
returns
:balance
has_many :clients
returns
:clients
Returns the hash of options used for the macro.
composed_of :balance, :class_name => 'Money'
returns
{ :class_name => "Money" }
has_many
:clients
returns +{}+
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.
# File lib/active_record/reflection.rb, line 126 def ==(other_aggregation) other_aggregation.kind_of?(self.class) && name == other_aggregation.name && other_aggregation.options && active_record == other_aggregation.active_record end
Returns the class name for the macro.
composed_of :balance, :class_name => 'Money'
returns
'Money'
has_many :clients
returns
'Client'
# File lib/active_record/reflection.rb, line 120 def class_name @class_name ||= options[:class_name] || derive_class_name end
Returns the class for the macro.
composed_of :balance, :class_name => 'Money'
returns the
Money class has_many :clients
returns the Client class
# File lib/active_record/reflection.rb, line 112 def klass @klass ||= class_name.constantize end
# File lib/active_record/reflection.rb, line 86 def initialize(macro, name, options, active_record) @macro, @name, @options, @active_record = macro, name, options, active_record end