method

load

rails latest stable - Class: ActiveResource::Base

load(attributes, remove_root = false)

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'}
my_attrs = {:name => 'Marty', :colors => ["red", "green", "blue"]}

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

# File activeresource/lib/active_resource/base.rb, line 1254
    def load(attributes, remove_root = false)
      raise ArgumentError, "expected an attributes Hash, got #{attributes.inspect}" unless attributes.is_a?(Hash)
      @prefix_options, attributes = split_options(attributes)

      if attributes.keys.size == 1
        remove_root = self.class.element_name == attributes.keys.first.to_s
      end

      attributes = Formats.remove_root(attributes) if remove_root

      attributes.each do |key, value|
        @attributes[key.to_s] =
          case value
            when Array
              resource = nil
              value.map do |attrs|
                if attrs.is_a?(Hash)
                  resource ||= find_or_create_resource_for_collection(key)
                  resource.new(attrs)
                else
                  attrs.duplicable? ? attrs.dup : attrs
                end
              end
            when Hash
              resource = find_or_create_resource_for(key)
              resource.new(value)
            else
              value.duplicable? ? value.dup : value
          end
      end
      self
    end

load

Method deprecated or moved

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