Method: ActiveRecord::AttributeMethods::ClassMethods#define_attribute_methods

Defined in:
lib/active_record/attribute_methods.rb

#define_attribute_methods ⇒ Object Also known as: define_read_methods

Generates all the attribute related methods for columns in the database accessors, mutators and query methods.



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# File 'lib/active_record/attribute_methods.rb', line 69

def define_attribute_methods
  return if generated_methods?
  columns_hash.each do |name, column|
    unless instance_method_already_implemented?(name)
      if self.serialized_attributes[name]
        define_read_method_for_serialized_attribute(name)
      elsif create_time_zone_conversion_attribute?(name, column)
        define_read_method_for_time_zone_conversion(name)
      else
        define_read_method(name.to_sym, name, column)
      end
    end

    unless instance_method_already_implemented?("#{name}=")
      if create_time_zone_conversion_attribute?(name, column)
        define_write_method_for_time_zone_conversion(name)
      else  
        define_write_method(name.to_sym)
      end
    end

    unless instance_method_already_implemented?("#{name}?")
      define_question_method(name)
    end
  end
end