Abstract base class for AggregateReflection and AssociationReflection. Objects of AggregateReflection and AssociationReflection are returned by the Reflection::ClassMethods.

Methods
Attributes
[R] active_record
[R] name

Returns the name of the macro.

composed_of :balance, :class_name => 'Money' returns :balance has_many :clients returns :clients

[R] macro

Returns the macro type.

composed_of :balance, :class_name => 'Money' returns :composed_of has_many :clients returns :has_many

[R] options

Returns the hash of options used for the macro.

composed_of :balance, :class_name => 'Money' returns { :class_name => "Money" } has_many :clients returns +{}+

Public Class methods
new(macro, name, options, active_record)

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      # File activerecord/lib/active_record/reflection.rb, line 86
86:       def initialize(macro, name, options, active_record)
87:         @macro, @name, @options, @active_record = macro, name, options, active_record
88:       end
Public Instance methods
==(other_aggregation)

Returns true if self and other_aggregation have the same name attribute, active_record attribute, and other_aggregation has an options hash assigned to it.

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       # File activerecord/lib/active_record/reflection.rb, line 126
126:       def ==(other_aggregation)
127:         other_aggregation.kind_of?(self.class) && name == other_aggregation.name && other_aggregation.options && active_record == other_aggregation.active_record
128:       end
class_name()

Returns the class name for the macro.

composed_of :balance, :class_name => 'Money' returns 'Money' has_many :clients returns 'Client'

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       # File activerecord/lib/active_record/reflection.rb, line 120
120:       def class_name
121:         @class_name ||= options[:class_name] || derive_class_name
122:       end
klass()

Returns the class for the macro.

composed_of :balance, :class_name => 'Money' returns the Money class has_many :clients returns the Client class

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       # File activerecord/lib/active_record/reflection.rb, line 112
112:       def klass
113:         @klass ||= class_name.constantize
114:       end
Private Instance methods
derive_class_name()

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       # File activerecord/lib/active_record/reflection.rb, line 135
135:         def derive_class_name
136:           name.to_s.camelize
137:         end