Module: ActiveUrl::BelongsTo

Defined in:
lib/active_url/belongs_to.rb

Instance Method Summary collapse

Instance Method Details

#belongs_to(object_name) ⇒ Object



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# File 'lib/active_url/belongs_to.rb', line 3

def belongs_to(object_name)
  begin
    object_name.to_s.classify.constantize
  
    attribute_name = "#{object_name}_id"
    attribute attribute_name

    define_method object_name do
      begin
        object_name.to_s.classify.constantize.find(send(attribute_name))
      rescue ActiveRecord::RecordNotFound
        nil
      end
    end

    define_method "#{object_name}=" do |object|
      if object.nil?
        self.send "#{object_name}_id=", nil
      elsif object.is_a?(object_name.to_s.classify.constantize)
        self.send "#{object_name}_id=", object.id
      else
        raise TypeError.new("object is not of type #{object_name.to_s.classify}")
      end
    end
  rescue NameError
    raise ArgumentError.new("#{object_name.to_s.classify} is not an ActiveRecord class.")
  end
end