Class | Sequel::Model::Associations::AssociationReflection
In: | lib/sequel/model/associations.rb
Parent: | Hash

AssociationReflection is a Hash subclass that keeps information on Sequel::Model associations. It provides methods to reduce internal code duplication. It should not be instantiated by the user.

### Methods

_add_method _dataset_method _remove_all_method _remove_method _setter_method add_method associated_class association_method can_have_associated_objects? dataset_helper_method dataset_method dataset_need_primary_key? eager_graph_lazy_dataset? eager_loading_use_associated_key? need_associated_primary_key? reciprocal reciprocal_array? remove_all_method remove_method remove_should_check_existing? returns_array? select set_reciprocal_to_self? setter_method

### Included Modules

Sequel::Inflections

### Public Instance methods

_add_method()

Name symbol for the _add internal association method

[Source]

        # File lib/sequel/model/associations.rb, line 21
    21:         def _add_method
    22:
    23:           "_add_#{singularize(self[:name])}"
    24:         end

_dataset_method()

Name symbol for the _dataset association method

[Source]

        # File lib/sequel/model/associations.rb, line 26
    26:         def _dataset_method
    27:
    28:           "_#{self[:name]}_dataset"
    29:         end

_remove_all_method()

Name symbol for the _remove_all internal association method

[Source]

        # File lib/sequel/model/associations.rb, line 31
    31:         def _remove_all_method
    32:
    33:           "_remove_all_#{self[:name]}"
    34:         end

_remove_method()

Name symbol for the _remove internal association method

[Source]

        # File lib/sequel/model/associations.rb, line 36
    36:         def _remove_method
    37:
    38:           "_remove_#{singularize(self[:name])}"
    39:         end

_setter_method()

Name symbol for the _setter association method

[Source]

        # File lib/sequel/model/associations.rb, line 41
    41:         def _setter_method
    42:
    43:           "_#{self[:name]}="
    44:         end

add_method()

Name symbol for the add association method

[Source]

        # File lib/sequel/model/associations.rb, line 46
    46:         def add_method
    47:
    48:           "add_#{singularize(self[:name])}"
    49:         end

associated_class()

The class associated to the current model class via this association

[Source]

        # File lib/sequel/model/associations.rb, line 56
    56:         def associated_class
    57:           self[:class] ||= constantize(self[:class_name])
    58:         end

association_method()

Name symbol for association method, the same as the name of the association.

[Source]

        # File lib/sequel/model/associations.rb, line 51
    51:         def association_method
    52:           self[:name]
    53:         end

can_have_associated_objects?(obj)

Whether this association can have associated objects, given the current object. Should be false if obj cannot have associated objects because the necessary key columns are NULL.

[Source]

        # File lib/sequel/model/associations.rb, line 63
    63:         def can_have_associated_objects?(obj)
    64:           true
    65:         end

dataset_helper_method()

Name symbol for the _helper internal association method

[Source]

        # File lib/sequel/model/associations.rb, line 73
    73:         def dataset_helper_method
    74:
    75:           "_#{self[:name]}_dataset_helper"
    76:         end

dataset_method()

Name symbol for the dataset association method

[Source]

        # File lib/sequel/model/associations.rb, line 68
    68:         def dataset_method
    69:
    70:           "#{self[:name]}_dataset"
    71:         end

dataset_need_primary_key?()

Whether the dataset needs a primary key to function, true by default.

[Source]

        # File lib/sequel/model/associations.rb, line 78
    78:         def dataset_need_primary_key?
    79:           true
    80:         end

eager_graph_lazy_dataset?()

Whether to eagerly graph a lazy dataset, true by default. If this is false, the association won‘t respect the :eager_graph option when loading the association for a single record.

[Source]

        # File lib/sequel/model/associations.rb, line 91
    91:         def eager_graph_lazy_dataset?
    92:           true
    93:         end

eager_loading_use_associated_key?()

By default associations do not need to select a key in an associated table to eagerly load.

[Source]

        # File lib/sequel/model/associations.rb, line 84
    84:         def eager_loading_use_associated_key?
    85:           false
    86:         end

need_associated_primary_key?()

Whether the associated object needs a primary key to be added/removed, false by default.

[Source]

        # File lib/sequel/model/associations.rb, line 97
    97:         def need_associated_primary_key?
    98:           false
    99:         end

reciprocal()

Returns the reciprocal association variable, if one exists. The reciprocal association is the association in the associated class that is the opposite of the current association. For example, Album.many_to_one :artist and Artist.one_to_many :albums are reciprocal associations. This information is to populate reciprocal associations. For example, when you do this_artist.add_album(album) it sets album.artist to this_artist.

[Source]

         # File lib/sequel/model/associations.rb, line 107
    107:         def reciprocal
    108:           return self[:reciprocal] if include?(:reciprocal)
    109:           r_type = reciprocal_type
    110:           keys = self[:keys]
    111:           associated_class.all_association_reflections.each do |assoc_reflect|
    112:             if assoc_reflect[:type] == r_type && assoc_reflect[:keys] == keys && assoc_reflect.associated_class == self[:model]
    113:               return self[:reciprocal] = assoc_reflect[:name]
    114:             end
    115:           end
    116:           self[:reciprocal] = nil
    117:         end

reciprocal_array?()

Whether the reciprocal of this association returns an array of objects instead of a single object, true by default.

[Source]

         # File lib/sequel/model/associations.rb, line 121
    121:         def reciprocal_array?
    122:           true
    123:         end

remove_all_method()

Name symbol for the remove_all_ association method

[Source]

         # File lib/sequel/model/associations.rb, line 126
    126:         def remove_all_method
    127:
    128:           "remove_all_#{self[:name]}"
    129:         end

remove_method()

Name symbol for the remove_ association method

[Source]

         # File lib/sequel/model/associations.rb, line 131
    131:         def remove_method
    132:
    133:           "remove_#{singularize(self[:name])}"
    134:         end

remove_should_check_existing?()

Whether to check that an object to be disassociated is already associated to this object, false by default.

[Source]

         # File lib/sequel/model/associations.rb, line 136
    136:         def remove_should_check_existing?
    137:           false
    138:         end

returns_array?()

Whether this association returns an array of objects instead of a single object, true by default.

[Source]

         # File lib/sequel/model/associations.rb, line 142
    142:         def returns_array?
    143:           true
    144:         end

select()

The columns to select when loading the association, nil by default.

[Source]

         # File lib/sequel/model/associations.rb, line 147
    147:         def select
    148:           self[:select]
    149:         end

set_reciprocal_to_self?()

Whether to set the reciprocal association to self when loading associated records, false by default.

[Source]

         # File lib/sequel/model/associations.rb, line 153
    153:         def set_reciprocal_to_self?
    154:           false
    155:         end

setter_method()

Name symbol for the setter association method

[Source]

         # File lib/sequel/model/associations.rb, line 158
    158:         def setter_method
    159:
    160:           "#{self[:name]}="
    161:         end

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