instance method build_joins

# File activerecord/lib/active_record/relation/query_methods.rb, line 268
    def build_joins(manager, joins)
      buckets = joins.group_by do |join|
        case join
        when String
          'string_join'
        when Hash, Symbol, Array
          'association_join'
        when ActiveRecord::Associations::JoinDependency::JoinAssociation
          'stashed_join'
        when Arel::Nodes::Join
          'join_node'
        else
          raise 'unknown class: %s' % join.class.name
        end
      end

      association_joins         = buckets['association_join'] || []
      stashed_association_joins = buckets['stashed_join'] || []
      join_nodes                = (buckets['join_node'] || []).uniq
      string_joins              = (buckets['string_join'] || []).map { |x|
        x.strip
      }.uniq

      join_list = join_nodes + custom_join_ast(manager, string_joins)

      join_dependency = ActiveRecord::Associations::JoinDependency.new(
        @klass,
        association_joins,
        join_list
      )

      join_dependency.graft(*stashed_association_joins)

      @implicit_readonly = true unless association_joins.empty? && stashed_association_joins.empty?

      # FIXME: refactor this to build an AST
      join_dependency.join_associations.each do |association|
        association.join_to(manager)
      end

      manager.join_sources.concat join_list

      manager
    end