method

new?

v2.2.1 - Show latest stable - Class: ActiveResource::Base

new?()

public

A method to determine if the resource a \new object (i.e., it has not been POSTed to the remote service yet).

Examples

  not_new = Computer.create(:brand => 'Apple', :make => 'MacBook', :vendor => 'MacMall')
  not_new.new? # => false

  is_new = Computer.new(:brand => 'IBM', :make => 'Thinkpad', :vendor => 'IBM')
  is_new.new? # => true

  is_new.save
  is_new.new? # => false

# File activeresource/lib/active_resource/base.rb, line 705
    def new?
      id.nil?
    end

2Notes

Method doesn't exists

rafaelrosafu · Dec 3, 20085 thanks

Don't confuse it with new_record? in ActiveRecord

Corrected link to ActiveRecord's "new_record?" method

gdelfino · Apr 20, 20094 thanks

rafaelrosafu, the correct tink to ActiveRecord's "new_record?" method is:

"http://apidock.com/rails/ActiveRecord/Base/new_record%3F"

new?

Examples

2Notes

Method doesn't exists

Corrected link to ActiveRecord's "new_record?" method

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