Class: ActiveRecord::Reflection::ThroughReflection

Inherits:
AbstractReflection show all
Defined in:
lib/active_record/reflection.rb

Overview

Holds all the meta-data about a :through association as it was specified in the Active Record class.

Instance Attribute Summary collapse

Instance Method Summary collapse

Methods inherited from AbstractReflection

#build_association, #check_validity_of_inverse!, #class_name, #inverse_of, #primary_key_type, #quoted_table_name, #table_name

Constructor Details

#initialize(delegate_reflection) ⇒ ThroughReflection

Returns a new instance of ThroughReflection.



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# File 'lib/active_record/reflection.rb', line 643

def initialize(delegate_reflection)
  @delegate_reflection = delegate_reflection
  @klass         = delegate_reflection.options[:anonymous_class]
  @source_reflection_name = delegate_reflection.options[:source]
end

Instance Attribute Details

#delegate_reflectionObject (readonly)

:nodoc:



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# File 'lib/active_record/reflection.rb', line 639

def delegate_reflection
  @delegate_reflection
end

Instance Method Details

#association_primary_key(klass = nil) ⇒ Object

We want to use the klass from this reflection, rather than just delegate straight to the source_reflection, because the source_reflection may be polymorphic. We still need to respect the source_reflection’s :primary_key option, though.



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# File 'lib/active_record/reflection.rb', line 780

def association_primary_key(klass = nil)
  # Get the "actual" source reflection if the immediate source reflection has a
  # source reflection itself
  actual_source_reflection.options[:primary_key] || primary_key(klass || self.klass)
end

#chainObject

Returns an array of reflections which are involved in this association. Each item in the array corresponds to a table which will be part of the query for this association.

The chain is built by recursively calling #chain on the source reflection and the through reflection. The base case for the recursion is a normal association, which just returns

self

as its #chain.

class Post < ActiveRecord::Base
  has_many :taggings
  has_many :tags, through: :taggings
end

tags_reflection = Post.reflect_on_association(:tags)
tags_reflection.chain
# => [<ActiveRecord::Reflection::ThroughReflection: @delegate_reflection=#<ActiveRecord::Reflection::HasManyReflection: @name=:tags...>,
      <ActiveRecord::Reflection::HasManyReflection: @name=:taggings, @options={}, @active_record=Post>]


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# File 'lib/active_record/reflection.rb', line 707

def chain
  @chain ||= begin
    a = source_reflection.chain
    b = through_reflection.chain
    chain = a + b
    chain[0] = self # Use self so we don't lose the information from :source_type
    chain
  end
end

#check_validity!Object



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# File 'lib/active_record/reflection.rb', line 836

def check_validity!
  if through_reflection.nil?
    raise HasManyThroughAssociationNotFoundError.new(active_record.name, self)
  end

  if through_reflection.polymorphic?
    if has_one?
      raise HasOneAssociationPolymorphicThroughError.new(active_record.name, self)
    else
      raise HasManyThroughAssociationPolymorphicThroughError.new(active_record.name, self)
    end
  end

  if source_reflection.nil?
    raise HasManyThroughSourceAssociationNotFoundError.new(self)
  end

  if options[:source_type] && !source_reflection.polymorphic?
    raise HasManyThroughAssociationPointlessSourceTypeError.new(active_record.name, self, source_reflection)
  end

  if source_reflection.polymorphic? && options[:source_type].nil?
    raise HasManyThroughAssociationPolymorphicSourceError.new(active_record.name, self, source_reflection)
  end

  if has_one? && through_reflection.collection?
    raise HasOneThroughCantAssociateThroughCollection.new(active_record.name, self, through_reflection)
  end

  check_validity_of_inverse!
end

#join_id_for(owner) ⇒ Object

:nodoc:



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# File 'lib/active_record/reflection.rb', line 832

def join_id_for(owner) # :nodoc:
  source_reflection.join_id_for(owner)
end

#join_keys(assoc_klass) ⇒ Object



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# File 'lib/active_record/reflection.rb', line 758

def join_keys(assoc_klass)
  source_reflection.join_keys(assoc_klass)
end

#klassObject



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# File 'lib/active_record/reflection.rb', line 649

def klass
  @klass ||= delegate_reflection.compute_class(class_name)
end

#nested?Boolean

A through association is nested if there would be more than one join table

Returns:

  • (Boolean)


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# File 'lib/active_record/reflection.rb', line 773

def nested?
  chain.length > 2
end

#scope_chainObject

Consider the following example:

class Person
  has_many :articles
  has_many :comment_tags, through: :articles
end

class Article
  has_many :comments
  has_many :comment_tags, through: :comments, source: :tags
end

class Comment
  has_many :tags
end

There may be scopes on Person.comment_tags, Article.comment_tags and/or Comment.tags, but only Comment.tags will be represented in the #chain. So this method creates an array of scopes corresponding to the chain.



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# File 'lib/active_record/reflection.rb', line 736

def scope_chain
  @scope_chain ||= begin
    scope_chain = source_reflection.scope_chain.map(&:dup)

    # Add to it the scope from this reflection (if any)
    scope_chain.first << scope if scope

    through_scope_chain = through_reflection.scope_chain.map(&:dup)

    if options[:source_type]
      type = foreign_type
      source_type = options[:source_type]
      through_scope_chain.first << lambda { |object|
        where(type => source_type)
      }
    end

    # Recursively fill out the rest of the array from the through reflection
    scope_chain + through_scope_chain
  end
end

#source_macroObject

The macro used by the source association



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# File 'lib/active_record/reflection.rb', line 763

def source_macro
  ActiveSupport::Deprecation.warn(<<-MSG.squish)
    ActiveRecord::Base.source_macro is deprecated and will be removed
    without replacement.
  MSG

  source_reflection.source_macro
end

#source_optionsObject



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# File 'lib/active_record/reflection.rb', line 824

def source_options
  source_reflection.options
end

#source_reflectionObject

Returns 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

class Tagging < ActiveRecord::Base
  belongs_to :post
  belongs_to :tag
end

tags_reflection = Post.reflect_on_association(:tags)
tags_reflection.source_reflection
# => <ActiveRecord::Reflection::BelongsToReflection: @name=:tag, @active_record=Tagging, @plural_name="tags">


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# File 'lib/active_record/reflection.rb', line 670

def source_reflection
  through_reflection.klass._reflect_on_association(source_reflection_name)
end

#source_reflection_nameObject

:nodoc:



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# File 'lib/active_record/reflection.rb', line 801

def source_reflection_name # :nodoc:
  return @source_reflection_name if @source_reflection_name

  names = [name.to_s.singularize, name].collect { |n| n.to_sym }.uniq
  names = names.find_all { |n|
    through_reflection.klass._reflect_on_association(n)
  }

  if names.length > 1
    example_options = options.dup
    example_options[:source] = source_reflection_names.first
    ActiveSupport::Deprecation.warn \
      "Ambiguous source reflection for through association.  Please " \
      "specify a :source directive on your declaration like:\n" \
      "\n" \
      "  class #{active_record.name} < ActiveRecord::Base\n" \
      "    #{macro} :#{name}, #{example_options}\n" \
      "  end"
  end

  @source_reflection_name = names.first
end

#source_reflection_namesObject

Gets an array of possible :through source reflection names in both singular and plural form.

class Post < ActiveRecord::Base
  has_many :taggings
  has_many :tags, through: :taggings
end

tags_reflection = Post.reflect_on_association(:tags)
tags_reflection.source_reflection_names
# => [:tag, :tags]


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# File 'lib/active_record/reflection.rb', line 797

def source_reflection_names
  options[:source] ? [options[:source]] : [name.to_s.singularize, name].uniq
end

#through_optionsObject



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# File 'lib/active_record/reflection.rb', line 828

def through_options
  through_reflection.options
end

#through_reflectionObject

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)
tags_reflection.through_reflection
# => <ActiveRecord::Reflection::HasManyReflection: @name=:taggings, @active_record=Post, @plural_name="taggings">


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# File 'lib/active_record/reflection.rb', line 686

def through_reflection
  active_record._reflect_on_association(options[:through])
end