Method: ActiveModel::AttributeMethods#method_missing

Defined in:
lib/active_model/attribute_methods.rb

#method_missing(method) ⇒ Object

Allows access to the object attributes, which are held in the hash returned by attributes, as though they were first-class methods. So a Person class with a name attribute can for example use Person#name and Person#name= and never directly use the attributes hash – except for multiple assignments with ActiveRecord::Base#attributes=.

It’s also possible to instantiate related objects, so a Client class belonging to the clients table with a master_id foreign key can instantiate master through Client#master.



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# File 'lib/active_model/attribute_methods.rb', line 507

def method_missing(method, ...)
  if respond_to_without_attributes?(method, true)
    super
  else
    match = matched_attribute_method(method.name)
    match ? attribute_missing(match, ...) : super
  end
end