Class: ActiveFedora::Associations::BelongsToAssociation

Inherits:
AssociationProxy show all
Defined in:
lib/active_fedora/associations/belongs_to_association.rb

Overview

:nodoc:

Instance Method Summary collapse

Methods inherited from AssociationProxy

#initialize, #loaded, #loaded?, #reload, #reset, #target, #target=

Constructor Details

This class inherits a constructor from ActiveFedora::Associations::AssociationProxy

Dynamic Method Handling

This class handles dynamic methods through the method_missing method in the class ActiveFedora::Associations::AssociationProxy

Instance Method Details

#replace(record) ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/active_fedora/associations/belongs_to_association.rb', line 4

def replace(record)
  if record.nil?
    ### TODO a more efficient way of doing this would be to write a clear_relationship method
    old_record = find_target
    @owner.remove_relationship(@reflection.options[:property], old_record) unless old_record.nil?
  else
    raise_on_type_mismatch(record)

    ### TODO a more efficient way of doing this would be to write a clear_relationship method
    old_record = find_target
    @owner.remove_relationship(@reflection.options[:property], old_record) unless old_record.nil?

    @target = (AssociationProxy === record ? record.target : record)
    @owner.add_relationship(@reflection.options[:property], record) unless record.new_record?
    @updated = true
  end

  loaded
  record
end