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assign_nested_attributes_for_collection_association

v2.3.8 - Show latest stable - 0 notes - Class: ActiveRecord::NestedAttributes

assign_nested_attributes_for_collection_association(association_name, attributes_collection) private

Assigns the given attributes to the collection association.

Hashes with an :id value matching an existing associated record will update that record. Hashes without an :id value will build a new record for the association. Hashes with a matching :id value and a :_destroy key set to a truthy value will mark the matched record for destruction.

For example:

  assign_nested_attributes_for_collection_association(:people, {
    '1' => { :id => '1', :name => 'Peter' },
    '2' => { :name => 'John' },
    '3' => { :id => '2', :_destroy => true }
  })

Will update the name of the Person with ID 1, build a new associated person with the name `John’, and mark the associatied Person with ID 2 for destruction.

Also accepts an Array of attribute hashes:

  assign_nested_attributes_for_collection_association(:people, [
    { :id => '1', :name => 'Peter' },
    { :name => 'John' },
    { :id => '2', :_destroy => true }
  ])

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# File activerecord/lib/active_record/nested_attributes.rb, line 329
    def assign_nested_attributes_for_collection_association(association_name, attributes_collection)
      options = nested_attributes_options[association_name]

      unless attributes_collection.is_a?(Hash) || attributes_collection.is_a?(Array)
        raise ArgumentError, "Hash or Array expected, got #{attributes_collection.class.name} (#{attributes_collection.inspect})"
      end

      if options[:limit] && attributes_collection.size > options[:limit]
        raise TooManyRecords, "Maximum #{options[:limit]} records are allowed. Got #{attributes_collection.size} records instead."
      end

      if attributes_collection.is_a? Hash
        attributes_collection = attributes_collection.sort_by { |index, _| index.to_i }.map { |_, attributes| attributes }
      end

      association = send(association_name)

      existing_records = if association.loaded?
        association.to_a
      else
        attribute_ids = attributes_collection.map {|a| a['id'] || a[:id] }.compact
        attribute_ids.present? ? association.all(:conditions => {association.primary_key => attribute_ids}) : []
      end

      attributes_collection.each do |attributes|
        attributes = attributes.with_indifferent_access

        if attributes['id'].blank?
          unless reject_new_record?(association_name, attributes)
            association.build(attributes.except(*UNASSIGNABLE_KEYS))
          end
        elsif existing_record = existing_records.detect { |record| record.id.to_s == attributes['id'].to_s }
          association.send(:add_record_to_target_with_callbacks, existing_record) unless association.loaded?
          assign_to_or_mark_for_destruction(existing_record, attributes, options[:allow_destroy])
        else
          raise_nested_attributes_record_not_found(association_name, attributes['id'])
        end
      end
    end

assign_nested_attributes_for_collection_association

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