method
find_sti_class
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ActiveRecord::Inheritance::ClassMethods
find_sti_class(type_name)private
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# File activerecord/lib/active_record/inheritance.rb, line 227
def find_sti_class(type_name)
type_name = base_class.type_for_attribute(inheritance_column).cast(type_name)
subclass = begin
if store_full_sti_class
ActiveSupport::Dependencies.constantize(type_name)
else
compute_type(type_name)
end
rescue NameError
raise SubclassNotFound,
"The single-table inheritance mechanism failed to locate the subclass: '#{type_name}'. " "This error is raised because the column '#{inheritance_column}' is reserved for storing the class in case of inheritance. " "Please rename this column if you didn't intend it to be used for storing the inheritance class " "or overwrite #{name}.inheritance_column to use another column for that information."
end
unless subclass == self || descendants.include?(subclass)
raise SubclassNotFound, "Invalid single-table inheritance type: #{subclass.name} is not a subclass of #{name}"
end
subclass
end