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- lib/active_record/inheritance.rb

### Methods

- #abstract_class?
- #base_class
- #class_of_active_record_descendant
- #compute_type
- #descends_from_active_record?
- #instantiate
- #sti_name
- #symbolized_base_class
- #symbolized_sti_name

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# ActiveRecord::Inheritance::ClassMethods

### Attributes

abstract_class[RW]

Set this to true if this is an abstract class (see `abstract_class?`).

### Public Instance Methods

abstract_class?() click to toggle source

Returns whether this class is an abstract class or not.

    # File lib/active_record/inheritance.rb, line 50
    def abstract_class?
      defined?(@abstract_class) && @abstract_class == true
    end

base_class() click to toggle source

Returns the base AR subclass that this class descends from. If A extends AR::Base, A.base_class will return A. If B descends from A through some arbitrarily deep hierarchy, B.base_class will return A.

If B < A and C < B and if A is an abstract_class then both B.base_class and C.base_class would return B as the answer since A is an abstract_class.

    # File lib/active_record/inheritance.rb, line 42
    def base_class
      class_of_active_record_descendant(self)
    end

descends_from_active_record?() click to toggle source

True if this isn't a concrete subclass needing a STI type condition.

    # File lib/active_record/inheritance.rb, line 15
    def descends_from_active_record?
      if superclass.abstract_class?
        superclass.descends_from_active_record?
      else
        superclass == Base || !columns_hash.include?(inheritance_column)
      end
    end

instantiate(record) click to toggle source

Finder methods must instantiate through this method to work with the single-table inheritance model that makes it possible to create objects of different types from the same table.

    # File lib/active_record/inheritance.rb, line 61
    def instantiate(record)
      sti_class = find_sti_class(record[inheritance_column])
      record_id = sti_class.primary_key && record[sti_class.primary_key]

      if ActiveRecord::IdentityMap.enabled? && record_id
        instance = use_identity_map(sti_class, record_id, record)
      else
        instance = sti_class.allocate.init_with('attributes' => record)
      end

      instance
    end

sti_name() click to toggle source

    # File lib/active_record/inheritance.rb, line 54
    def sti_name
      store_full_sti_class ? name : name.demodulize
    end

symbolized_base_class() click to toggle source

    # File lib/active_record/inheritance.rb, line 28
    def symbolized_base_class
      @symbolized_base_class ||= base_class.to_s.to_sym
    end

symbolized_sti_name() click to toggle source

    # File lib/active_record/inheritance.rb, line 32
    def symbolized_sti_name
      @symbolized_sti_name ||= sti_name.present? ? sti_name.to_sym : symbolized_base_class
    end

### Protected Instance Methods

class_of_active_record_descendant(klass) click to toggle source

Returns the class descending directly from ActiveRecord::Base or an abstract class, if any, in the inheritance hierarchy.

    # File lib/active_record/inheritance.rb, line 78
    def class_of_active_record_descendant(klass)
      if klass == Base || klass.superclass == Base || klass.superclass.abstract_class?
        klass
      elsif klass.superclass.nil?
        raise ActiveRecordError, "#{name} doesn't belong in a hierarchy descending from ActiveRecord"
      else
        class_of_active_record_descendant(klass.superclass)
      end
    end

compute_type(type_name) click to toggle source

Returns the class type of the record using the current module as a prefix. So descendants of MyApp::Business::Account would appear as MyApp::Business::AccountSubclass.

    # File lib/active_record/inheritance.rb, line 90
    def compute_type(type_name)
      if type_name.match(/^::/)
        # If the type is prefixed with a scope operator then we assume that
        # the type_name is an absolute reference.
        ActiveSupport::Dependencies.constantize(type_name)
      else
        # Build a list of candidates to search for
        candidates = []
        name.scan(/::|$/) { candidates.unshift "#{$`}::#{type_name}" }
        candidates << type_name

        candidates.each do |candidate|
          begin
            constant = ActiveSupport::Dependencies.constantize(candidate)
            return constant if candidate == constant.to_s
          rescue NameError => e
            # We don't want to swallow NoMethodError < NameError errors
            raise e unless e.instance_of?(NameError)
          end
        end

        raise NameError, "uninitialized constant #{candidates.first}"
      end
    end

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