class Sequel::Plugins::AssociationProxies::AssociationProxy

  1. lib/sequel/plugins/association_proxies.rb
Parent: AssociationProxies

A proxy for the association. Calling an array method will load the associated objects and call the method on the associated object array. Calling any other method will call that method on the association's dataset.

Methods

Public Class

  1. new

Public Instance

  1. method_missing

Constants

ARRAY = []  

Empty array used to check if an array responds to the given method.

Public Class methods

new (instance, reflection, reload=nil)

Set the association reflection to use, and whether the association should be reloaded if an array method is called.

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# File lib/sequel/plugins/association_proxies.rb, line 26
def initialize(instance, reflection, reload=nil)
  @instance = instance
  @reflection = reflection
  @reload = reload
end

Public Instance methods

method_missing (meth, *args, &block)

Call the method given on the array of associated objects if the method is an array method, otherwise call the method on the association's dataset.

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# File lib/sequel/plugins/association_proxies.rb, line 34
def method_missing(meth, *args, &block)
  (ARRAY.respond_to?(meth) ? @instance.send(:load_associated_objects, @reflection, @reload) : @instance.send(@reflection.dataset_method)).
    send(meth, *args, &block)
end