Module: ActiveRecord::Associations

Extended by:
ActiveSupport::Concern
Included in:
Base
Defined in:
lib/active_record/associations.rb,
lib/active_record/associations/preloader.rb,
lib/active_record/associations/association.rb,
lib/active_record/associations/join_helper.rb,
lib/active_record/associations/alias_tracker.rb,
lib/active_record/associations/join_dependency.rb,
lib/active_record/associations/collection_proxy.rb,
lib/active_record/associations/association_scope.rb,
lib/active_record/associations/preloader/has_one.rb,
lib/active_record/associations/preloader/has_many.rb,
lib/active_record/associations/has_one_association.rb,
lib/active_record/associations/through_association.rb,
lib/active_record/associations/has_many_association.rb,
lib/active_record/associations/preloader/belongs_to.rb,
lib/active_record/associations/singular_association.rb,
lib/active_record/associations/preloader/association.rb,
lib/active_record/associations/belongs_to_association.rb,
lib/active_record/associations/collection_association.rb,
lib/active_record/associations/join_dependency/join_base.rb,
lib/active_record/associations/join_dependency/join_part.rb,
lib/active_record/associations/preloader/has_one_through.rb,
lib/active_record/associations/preloader/has_many_through.rb,
lib/active_record/associations/has_one_through_association.rb,
lib/active_record/associations/has_many_through_association.rb,
lib/active_record/associations/preloader/through_association.rb,
lib/active_record/associations/preloader/singular_association.rb,
lib/active_record/associations/join_dependency/join_association.rb,
lib/active_record/associations/preloader/collection_association.rb,
lib/active_record/associations/preloader/has_and_belongs_to_many.rb,
lib/active_record/associations/belongs_to_polymorphic_association.rb,
lib/active_record/associations/has_and_belongs_to_many_association.rb

Overview

Active Record Has And Belongs To Many Association

Defined Under Namespace

Modules: Builder, ClassMethods, JoinHelper, ThroughAssociation Classes: AliasTracker, Association, AssociationScope, BelongsToAssociation, BelongsToPolymorphicAssociation, CollectionAssociation, CollectionProxy, HasAndBelongsToManyAssociation, HasManyAssociation, HasManyThroughAssociation, HasOneAssociation, HasOneThroughAssociation, JoinDependency, Preloader, SingularAssociation

Instance Attribute Summary collapse

Instance Method Summary collapse

Instance Attribute Details

#association_cache ⇒ Object (readonly)

:nodoc:



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# File 'lib/active_record/associations.rb', line 149

def association_cache
  @association_cache
end

Instance Method Details

#association(name) ⇒ Object

Returns the association instance for the given name, instantiating it if it doesn’t already exist



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# File 'lib/active_record/associations.rb', line 152

def association(name) #:nodoc:
  association = association_instance_get(name)

  if association.nil?
    reflection  = self.class.reflect_on_association(name)
    association = reflection.association_class.new(self, reflection)
    association_instance_set(name, association)
  end

  association
end

#clear_association_cache ⇒ Object

Clears out the association cache.



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# File 'lib/active_record/associations.rb', line 144

def clear_association_cache #:nodoc:
  @association_cache.clear if persisted?
end