method
association_accessor_methods
association_accessor_methods(reflection, association_proxy_class)
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# File activerecord/lib/active_record/associations.rb, line 830 def association_accessor_methods(reflection, association_proxy_class) define_method(reflection.name) do |*params| force_reload = params.first unless params.empty? association = instance_variable_get("@#{reflection.name}") if association.nil? || force_reload association = association_proxy_class.new(self, reflection) retval = association.reload unless retval.nil? instance_variable_set("@#{reflection.name}", association) else instance_variable_set("@#{reflection.name}", nil) return nil end end association end define_method("#{reflection.name}=") do |new_value| association = instance_variable_get("@#{reflection.name}") if association.nil? association = association_proxy_class.new(self, reflection) end association.replace(new_value) unless new_value.nil? instance_variable_set("@#{reflection.name}", association) else instance_variable_set("@#{reflection.name}", nil) return nil end association end define_method("set_#{reflection.name}_target") do |target| return if target.nil? association = association_proxy_class.new(self, reflection) association.target = target instance_variable_set("@#{reflection.name}", association) end end