Method: ActiveRecord::AttributeMethods::Read#read_attribute

Defined in:
activerecord/lib/active_record/attribute_methods/read.rb

#read_attribute(attr_name, &block) ⇒ Object

Returns the value of the attribute identified by attr_name after it has been type cast. For example, a date attribute will cast “2004-12-12” to Date.new(2004, 12, 12). (For information about specific type casting behavior, see the types under ActiveModel::Type.)



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# File 'activerecord/lib/active_record/attribute_methods/read.rb', line 29

def read_attribute(attr_name, &block)
  name = attr_name.to_s
  name = self.class.attribute_aliases[name] || name

  @attributes.fetch_value(name, &block)
end