Module: Sequel::Model::Associations::InstanceMethods

Defined in:

lib/sequel/model/associations.rb

Overview

Instance methods used to implement the associations support.

Instance Method Summary

• #associations ⇒ Object

  The currently cached associations.

• #freeze ⇒ Object

  Freeze the associations cache when freezing the object.

Instance Method Details

#associations ⇒ Object

The currently cached associations. A hash with the keys being the association name symbols and the values being the associated object or nil (many_to_one), or the array of associated objects (*_to_many).

# File 'lib/sequel/model/associations.rb', line 2224

def associations
  @associations ||= {}
end

#freeze ⇒ Object

Freeze the associations cache when freezing the object. Note that retrieving associations after freezing will still work in most cases, but the associations will not be cached in the association cache.

# File 'lib/sequel/model/associations.rb', line 2231

def freeze
  associations
  super
  associations.freeze
  self
end