module DuckRecord::Persistence

DuckRecord Persistence

Public Instance Methods

becomes(klass) click to toggle source

Returns an instance of the specified klass with the attributes of the current record. This is mostly useful in relation to single-table inheritance structures where you want a subclass to appear as the superclass. This can be used along with record identification in Action Pack to allow, say, Client < Company to do something like render partial: @client.becomes(Company) to render that instance using the companies/company partial instead of clients/client.

Note: The new instance will share a link to the same attributes as the original class. Therefore the sti column value will still be the same. Any change to the attributes on either instance will affect both instances. If you want to change the sti column as well, use becomes! instead.

# File lib/duck_record/persistence.rb, line 30
def becomes(klass)
  became = klass.new
  became.instance_variable_set("@attributes", @attributes)
  became.instance_variable_set("@mutation_tracker", @mutation_tracker) if defined?(@mutation_tracker)
  became.instance_variable_set("@changed_attributes", attributes_changed_by_setter)
  became.errors.copy!(errors)
  became
end
destroyed?() click to toggle source
# File lib/duck_record/persistence.rb, line 10
def destroyed?
  false
end
new_record?() click to toggle source
# File lib/duck_record/persistence.rb, line 14
def new_record?
  true
end
persisted?() click to toggle source
# File lib/duck_record/persistence.rb, line 6
def persisted?
  false
end