method

load

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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
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