instance method `attribute_method_prefix`

Ruby on Rails 3.1.12

Since v3.0.20

Available in: v3.0.20 v3.1.12 v3.2.22.5 v4.0.13 v4.1.16 v4.2.9 v5.2.8.1 v6.0.6 v6.1.7.10 v7.0.10 v7.1.6 v7.2.3 v8.0.4 v8.1.2

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attribute_method_prefix(*prefixes)

Declares a method available for all attributes with the given prefix. Uses method_missing and respond_to? to rewrite the method.

#{prefix}#{attr}(*args, &block)

#{prefix}attribute(#{attr}, *args, &block)

An instance method #{prefix}attribute must exist and accept at least the attr argument.

For example:

class Person

  include ActiveModel::AttributeMethods
  attr_accessor :name
  attribute_method_prefix 'clear_'
  define_attribute_methods [:name]

  private

  def clear_attribute(attr)
    send("#{attr}=", nil)
  end
end

person = Person.new
person.name = "Bob"
person.name          # => "Bob"
person.clear_name
person.name          # => nil

Parameters

prefixes rest

Source

# File activemodel/lib/active_model/attribute_methods.rb, line 158
      def attribute_method_prefix(*prefixes)
        self.attribute_method_matchers += prefixes.map { |prefix| AttributeMethodMatcher.new :prefix => prefix }
        undefine_attribute_methods
      end

Defined in activemodel/lib/active_model/attribute_methods.rb line 158 · View on GitHub · Improve this page · Find usages on GitHub

Defined in ActiveModel::AttributeMethods::ClassMethods

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