Method: ReactiveResource::Association::HasManyAssociation#add_helper_methods

Defined in:
lib/reactive_resource/association/has_many_association.rb

#add_helper_methods(klass, attribute) ⇒ Object

Adds methods for has_many associations, to make dealing with these objects a bit more straightforward. If the attribute name is lawyers, it will add:

lawyers

returns the associated lawyers



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# File 'lib/reactive_resource/association/has_many_association.rb', line 38

def add_helper_methods(klass, attribute)
  association = self
  klass.class_eval do 
    # lawyer.addresses
    define_method(attribute) do
      unless instance_variable_get("@#{attribute}")
        object = association.resolve_relationship(self)
        instance_variable_set("@#{attribute}", object)
      end
      instance_variable_get("@#{attribute}")
    end
  end
end