module ActiveRecord # = Active Record Reflection module Reflection # :nodoc: extend ActiveSupport::Concern # Reflection enables to interrogate Active Record classes and objects # about their associations and aggregations. This information can, # for example, be used in a form builder that takes an Active Record object # and creates input fields for all of the attributes depending on their type # and displays the associations to other objects. # # MacroReflection class has info for AggregateReflection and AssociationReflection # classes. module ClassMethods def create_reflection(macro, name, options, active_record) case macro when :has_many, :belongs_to, :has_one, :has_and_belongs_to_many klass = options[:through] ? ThroughReflection : AssociationReflection reflection = klass.new(macro, name, options, active_record) when :composed_of reflection = AggregateReflection.new(macro, name, options, active_record) end write_inheritable_hash :reflections, name => reflection reflection end # Returns a hash containing all AssociationReflection objects for the current class. # Example: # # Invoice.reflections # Account.reflections # def reflections read_inheritable_attribute(:reflections) || write_inheritable_attribute(:reflections, {}) end # Returns an array of AggregateReflection objects for all the aggregations in the class. def reflect_on_all_aggregations reflections.values.select { |reflection| reflection.is_a?(AggregateReflection) } end # Returns the AggregateReflection object for the named +aggregation+ (use the symbol). # # Account.reflect_on_aggregation(:balance) # => the balance AggregateReflection # def reflect_on_aggregation(aggregation) reflections[aggregation].is_a?(AggregateReflection) ? reflections[aggregation] : nil end # Returns an array of AssociationReflection objects for all the # associations in the class. If you only want to reflect on a certain # association type, pass in the symbol (:has_many, :has_one, # :belongs_to) as the first parameter. # # Example: # # Account.reflect_on_all_associations # returns an array of all associations # Account.reflect_on_all_associations(:has_many) # returns an array of all has_many associations # def reflect_on_all_associations(macro = nil) association_reflections = reflections.values.select { |reflection| reflection.is_a?(AssociationReflection) } macro ? association_reflections.select { |reflection| reflection.macro == macro } : association_reflections end # Returns the AssociationReflection object for the +association+ (use the symbol). # # Account.reflect_on_association(:owner) # returns the owner AssociationReflection # Invoice.reflect_on_association(:line_items).macro # returns :has_many # def reflect_on_association(association) reflections[association].is_a?(AssociationReflection) ? reflections[association] : nil end # Returns an array of AssociationReflection objects for all associations which have :autosave enabled. def reflect_on_all_autosave_associations reflections.values.select { |reflection| reflection.options[:autosave] } end end # Abstract base class for AggregateReflection and AssociationReflection. Objects of # AggregateReflection and AssociationReflection are returned by the Reflection::ClassMethods. class MacroReflection attr_reader :active_record def initialize(macro, name, options, active_record) @macro, @name, @options, @active_record = macro, name, options, active_record end # Returns the name of the macro. # # composed_of :balance, :class_name => 'Money' returns :balance # has_many :clients returns :clients attr_reader :name # Returns the macro type. # # composed_of :balance, :class_name => 'Money' returns :composed_of # has_many :clients returns :has_many attr_reader :macro # Returns the hash of options used for the macro. # # composed_of :balance, :class_name => 'Money' returns { :class_name => "Money" } # has_many :clients returns +{}+ attr_reader :options # Returns the class for the macro. # # composed_of :balance, :class_name => 'Money' returns the Money class # has_many :clients returns the Client class def klass @klass ||= class_name.constantize end # Returns the class name for the macro. # # composed_of :balance, :class_name => 'Money' returns 'Money' # has_many :clients returns 'Client' def class_name @class_name ||= options[:class_name] || derive_class_name end # 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. def ==(other_aggregation) other_aggregation.kind_of?(self.class) && name == other_aggregation.name && other_aggregation.options && active_record == other_aggregation.active_record end def sanitized_conditions #:nodoc: @sanitized_conditions ||= klass.send(:sanitize_sql, options[:conditions]) if options[:conditions] end private def derive_class_name name.to_s.camelize end end # Holds all the meta-data about an aggregation as it was specified in the # Active Record class. class AggregateReflection < MacroReflection #:nodoc: end # Holds all the meta-data about an association as it was specified in the # Active Record class. class AssociationReflection < MacroReflection #:nodoc: # Returns the target association's class. # # class Author < ActiveRecord::Base # has_many :books # end # # Author.reflect_on_association(:books).klass # # => Book # # Note: Do not call +klass.new+ or +klass.create+ to instantiate # a new association object. Use +build_association+ or +create_association+ # instead. This allows plugins to hook into association object creation. def klass @klass ||= active_record.send(:compute_type, class_name) end def initialize(macro, name, options, active_record) super @collection = [:has_many, :has_and_belongs_to_many].include?(macro) end # Returns a new, unsaved instance of the associated class. +options+ will # be passed to the class's constructor. def build_association(*options) klass.new(*options) end # Creates a new instance of the associated class, and immediately saves it # with ActiveRecord::Base#save. +options+ will be passed to the class's # creation method. Returns the newly created object. def create_association(*options) klass.create(*options) end # Creates a new instance of the associated class, and immediately saves it # with ActiveRecord::Base#save!. +options+ will be passed to the class's # creation method. If the created record doesn't pass validations, then an # exception will be raised. # # Returns the newly created object. def create_association!(*options) klass.create!(*options) end def table_name @table_name ||= klass.table_name end def quoted_table_name @quoted_table_name ||= klass.quoted_table_name end def primary_key_name @primary_key_name ||= options[:foreign_key] || derive_primary_key_name end def primary_key_column @primary_key_column ||= klass.columns.find { |c| c.name == klass.primary_key } end def association_foreign_key @association_foreign_key ||= options[:association_foreign_key] || class_name.foreign_key end def association_primary_key @association_primary_key ||= options[:primary_key] || klass.primary_key end def active_record_primary_key @active_record_primary_key ||= options[:primary_key] || active_record.primary_key end def counter_cache_column if options[:counter_cache] == true "#{active_record.name.demodulize.underscore.pluralize}_count" elsif options[:counter_cache] options[:counter_cache] end end def columns(tbl_name, log_msg) @columns ||= klass.connection.columns(tbl_name, log_msg) end def reset_column_information @columns = nil end def check_validity! check_validity_of_inverse! end def check_validity_of_inverse! unless options[:polymorphic] if has_inverse? && inverse_of.nil? raise InverseOfAssociationNotFoundError.new(self) end end end def through_reflection false end def through_reflection_primary_key_name end def source_reflection nil end def has_inverse? !@options[:inverse_of].nil? end def inverse_of if has_inverse? @inverse_of ||= klass.reflect_on_association(options[:inverse_of]) end end def polymorphic_inverse_of(associated_class) if has_inverse? if inverse_relationship = associated_class.reflect_on_association(options[:inverse_of]) inverse_relationship else raise InverseOfAssociationNotFoundError.new(self, associated_class) end end end # Returns whether or not this association reflection is for a collection # association. Returns +true+ if the +macro+ is either +has_many+ or # +has_and_belongs_to_many+, +false+ otherwise. def collection? @collection end # Returns whether or not the association should be validated as part of # the parent's validation. # # Unless you explicitly disable validation with # :validate => false, validation will take place when: # # * you explicitly enable validation; :validate => true # * you use autosave; :autosave => true # * the association is a +has_many+ association def validate? !options[:validate].nil? ? options[:validate] : (options[:autosave] == true || macro == :has_many) end def dependent_conditions(record, base_class, extra_conditions) dependent_conditions = [] dependent_conditions << "#{primary_key_name} = #{record.send(name).send(:owner_quoted_id)}" dependent_conditions << "#{options[:as]}_type = '#{base_class.name}'" if options[:as] dependent_conditions << klass.send(:sanitize_sql, options[:conditions]) if options[:conditions] dependent_conditions << extra_conditions if extra_conditions dependent_conditions = dependent_conditions.collect {|where| "(#{where})" }.join(" AND ") dependent_conditions = dependent_conditions.gsub('@', '\@') dependent_conditions end # Returns +true+ if +self+ is a +belongs_to+ reflection. def belongs_to? macro == :belongs_to end private def derive_class_name class_name = name.to_s.camelize class_name = class_name.singularize if collection? class_name end def derive_primary_key_name if belongs_to? "#{name}_id" elsif options[:as] "#{options[:as]}_id" else active_record.name.foreign_key end end end # Holds all the meta-data about a :through association as it was specified # in the Active Record class. class ThroughReflection < AssociationReflection #:nodoc: # Gets the source of the through reflection. It checks both a singularized # and pluralized form for :belongs_to or :has_many. # # class Post < ActiveRecord::Base # has_many :taggings # has_many :tags, :through => :taggings # end # def source_reflection @source_reflection ||= source_reflection_names.collect { |name| through_reflection.klass.reflect_on_association(name) }.compact.first end # Returns the AssociationReflection object specified in the :through option # of a HasManyThrough or HasOneThrough association. # # class Post < ActiveRecord::Base # has_many :taggings # has_many :tags, :through => :taggings # end # # tags_reflection = Post.reflect_on_association(:tags) # taggings_reflection = tags_reflection.through_reflection # def through_reflection @through_reflection ||= active_record.reflect_on_association(options[:through]) end # Gets an array of possible :through source reflection names: # # [:singularized, :pluralized] # def source_reflection_names @source_reflection_names ||= (options[:source] ? [options[:source]] : [name.to_s.singularize, name]).collect { |n| n.to_sym } end def check_validity! if through_reflection.nil? raise HasManyThroughAssociationNotFoundError.new(active_record.name, self) end if source_reflection.nil? raise HasManyThroughSourceAssociationNotFoundError.new(self) end if options[:source_type] && source_reflection.options[:polymorphic].nil? raise HasManyThroughAssociationPointlessSourceTypeError.new(active_record.name, self, source_reflection) end if source_reflection.options[:polymorphic] && options[:source_type].nil? raise HasManyThroughAssociationPolymorphicError.new(active_record.name, self, source_reflection) end unless [:belongs_to, :has_many, :has_one].include?(source_reflection.macro) && source_reflection.options[:through].nil? raise HasManyThroughSourceAssociationMacroError.new(self) end check_validity_of_inverse! end def through_reflection_primary_key through_reflection.belongs_to? ? through_reflection.klass.primary_key : through_reflection.primary_key_name end def through_reflection_primary_key_name through_reflection.primary_key_name if through_reflection.belongs_to? end private def derive_class_name # get the class_name of the belongs_to association of the through reflection options[:source_type] || source_reflection.class_name end end end end