Module: ActiveRecord::AttributeMethods

Extended by:
ActiveSupport::Autoload, ActiveSupport::Concern
Includes:
ActiveModel::AttributeMethods
Defined in:
activerecord/lib/active_record/attribute_methods.rb,
activerecord/lib/active_record.rb,
activerecord/lib/active_record/attribute_methods/read.rb,
activerecord/lib/active_record/attribute_methods/query.rb,
activerecord/lib/active_record/attribute_methods/dirty.rb,
activerecord/lib/active_record/attribute_methods/write.rb,
activerecord/lib/active_record/attribute_methods/primary_key.rb,
activerecord/lib/active_record/attribute_methods/before_type_cast.rb,
activerecord/lib/active_record/attribute_methods/time_zone_conversion.rb

Overview

Active Record Attribute Methods

Defined Under Namespace

Modules: BeforeTypeCast, ClassMethods, Dirty, PrimaryKey, Query, Read, TimeZoneConversion, Write

Constant Summary

Constants included from ActiveModel::AttributeMethods

ActiveModel::AttributeMethods::COMPILABLE_REGEXP

Instance Method Summary collapse

Methods included from ActiveSupport::Concern

append_features, extended, included

Methods included from ActiveSupport::Autoload

autoload, autoload_at, autoload_under, autoloads, eager_autoload, eager_autoload!

Methods included from ActiveModel::AttributeMethods

#respond_to_without_attributes?

Dynamic Method Handling

This class handles dynamic methods through the method_missing method

#method_missing(method_id, *args, &block) ⇒ Object 



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# File 'activerecord/lib/active_record/attribute_methods.rb', line 51

def method_missing(method_id, *args, &block)
  # If we haven't generated any methods yet, generate them, then
  # see if we've created the method we're looking for.
  if !self.class.attribute_methods_generated?
    self.class.define_attribute_methods
    method_name = method_id.to_s
    guard_private_attribute_method!(method_name, args)
    send(method_id, *args, &block)
  else
    super
  end
end

Instance Method Details

#respond_to?(name, include_private = false) ⇒ Boolean

Returns:

  • (Boolean) 


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# File 'activerecord/lib/active_record/attribute_methods.rb', line 64

def respond_to?(name, include_private = false)
  self.class.define_attribute_methods unless self.class.attribute_methods_generated?
  super
end