module Mongoid::Relations::Reflections

The reflections module provides convenience methods that can retrieve useful information about associations.

Public Instance Methods

reflect_on_all_associations(*macros) click to toggle source

Returns all relation metadata for the supplied macros.

@example Find multiple relation metadata by macro.

person.reflect_on_all_associations(:embeds_many)

@param [ Array<Symbol> ] *macros The relation macros.

@return [ Array<Metadata> ] The matching relation metadata.

# File lib/mongoid/relations/reflections.rb, line 30
def reflect_on_all_associations(*macros)
  self.class.reflect_on_all_associations(*macros)
end
reflect_on_association(name) click to toggle source

Returns the relation metadata for the supplied name.

@example Find relation metadata by name.

person.reflect_on_association(:addresses)

@param [ String, Symbol ] name The name of the relation to find.

@return [ Metadata ] The matching relation metadata.

# File lib/mongoid/relations/reflections.rb, line 18
def reflect_on_association(name)
  self.class.reflect_on_association(name)
end