Method: Sequel::Model::ClassMethods#Model

Defined in:

lib/sequel/model/base.rb

#Model(source) ⇒ Object

Lets you create a Model subclass with its dataset already set. source should be an instance of one of the following classes:

Database

Sets the database for this model to source. Generally only useful when subclassing directly from the returned class, where the name of the subclass sets the table name (which is combined with the Database in source to create the dataset to use)

Dataset

Sets the dataset for this model to source.

other

Sets the table name for this model to source. The class will use the default database for model classes in order to create the dataset.

The purpose of this method is to set the dataset/database automatically for a model class, if the table name doesn’t match the default table name that Sequel would use.

When creating subclasses of Sequel::Model itself, this method is usually called on Sequel itself, using Sequel::Model(:something).

# Using a symbol
class Comment < Sequel::Model(:something)
  table_name # => :something
end

# Using a dataset
class Comment < Sequel::Model(DB1[:something])
  dataset # => DB1[:something]
end

# Using a database
class Comment < Sequel::Model(DB1)
  dataset # => DB1[:comments]
end

# File 'lib/sequel/model/base.rb', line 181

def Model(source)
  if cache_anonymous_models
    cache = Sequel.synchronize{@Model_cache ||= {}}
    if klass = Sequel.synchronize{cache[source]}
      return klass
    end
  end

  klass = Sequel.set_temp_name(Class.new(self)){"Sequel::_Model(#{source.inspect})"}

  if source.is_a?(::Sequel::Database)
    klass.db = source
  else
    klass.set_dataset(source)
  end

  if cache_anonymous_models
    Sequel.synchronize{cache[source] = klass}
  end

  klass
end