method

load

v2.0.1 - Show latest stable - 0 notes - Class: ActiveResource::Base

load(attributes) public

A method to manually load attributes from a hash. Recursively loads collections of resources. This method is called in initialize and create when a Hash of attributes is provided.

Examples

  my_attrs = {:name => 'J&J Textiles', :industry => 'Cloth and textiles'}

  the_supplier = Supplier.find(:first)
  the_supplier.name
  # => 'J&M Textiles'
  the_supplier.load(my_attrs)
  the_supplier.name('J&J Textiles')

  # These two calls are the same as Supplier.new(my_attrs)
  my_supplier = Supplier.new
  my_supplier.load(my_attrs)

  # These three calls are the same as Supplier.create(my_attrs)
  your_supplier = Supplier.new
  your_supplier.load(my_attrs)
  your_supplier.save

Show source

# File activeresource/lib/active_resource/base.rb, line 750
    def load(attributes)
      raise ArgumentError, "expected an attributes Hash, got #{attributes.inspect}" unless attributes.is_a?(Hash)
      @prefix_options, attributes = split_options(attributes)
      attributes.each do |key, value|
        @attributes[key.to_s] =
          case value
            when Array
              resource = find_or_create_resource_for_collection(key)
              value.map { |attrs| resource.new(attrs) }
            when Hash
              resource = find_or_create_resource_for(key)
              resource.new(value)
            else
              value.dup rescue value
          end
      end
      self
    end

load

Related methods

Examples

Flowdock - Team Inbox With Chat