method

automatic_inverse_of

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automatic_inverse_of() private

returns either nil or the inverse association name that it finds.

# File activerecord/lib/active_record/reflection.rb, line 602
        def automatic_inverse_of
          if can_find_inverse_of_automatically?(self)
            inverse_name = ActiveSupport::Inflector.underscore(options[:as] || active_record.name.demodulize).to_sym

            begin
              reflection = klass._reflect_on_association(inverse_name)
            rescue NameError
              # Give up: we couldn't compute the klass type so we won't be able
              # to find any associations either.
              reflection = false
            end

            if valid_inverse_reflection?(reflection)
              inverse_name
            end
          end
        end

automatic_inverse_of

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