collection_accessor_methods

# File activerecord/lib/active_record/associations.rb, line 966
        def collection_accessor_methods(reflection, association_proxy_class)
          collection_reader_method(reflection, association_proxy_class)

          define_method("#{reflection.name}=") do |new_value|
            # Loads proxy class instance (defined in collection_reader_method) if not already loaded
            association = send(reflection.name) 
            association.replace(new_value)
            association
          end

          define_method("#{reflection.name.to_s.singularize}_ids") do
            send(reflection.name).map(&:id)
          end

          define_method("#{reflection.name.to_s.singularize}_ids=") do |new_value|
            ids = (new_value || []).reject { |nid| nid.blank? }
            send("#{reflection.name}=", reflection.class_name.constantize.find(ids))
          end
        end