Class: ActiveRecord::Associations::BelongsToAssociation

Inherits:
Object
  • Object
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Defined in:
lib/hopsoft/acts_as_lookup.rb

Instance Method Summary collapse

Instance Method Details

#orig_replace ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/hopsoft/acts_as_lookup.rb', line 243

alias :orig_replace :replace

#replace(record) ⇒ Object

Overriding “replace” to allow implicit lookup table insertions. The assumption being that the only required field is the specified “key column” or in other words the column whose value we use to key off of.



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# File 'lib/hopsoft/acts_as_lookup.rb', line 248

def replace(record)
  if record.is_a?(Symbol) || record.is_a?(String)
    value = record.to_s
    attribute_name = proxy_reflection.table_name.singularize
    lookup_models = proxy_owner.class.lookup_models

    lookup_models.each do |model|
      if attribute_name =~ /^#{model.table_name.singularize}$/i
        record = model.get_record(value)

        if record.nil?
          new_record = model.new(model.key_column.to_sym => value)
          record = new_record if new_record.save
        end

        break
      end
    end

  end

  return orig_replace(record)
end