instance method `build`

Ruby on Rails 4.0.13

Since v4.0.13

Available in: 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

Compare with:

build(attributes = {}, &block)

Returns a new object of the collection type that has been instantiated with attributes and linked to this object, but have not yet been saved. You can pass an array of attributes hashes, this will return an array with the new objects.

class Person
  has_many :pets
end

person.pets.build
# => #<Pet id: nil, name: nil, person_id: 1>

person.pets.build(name: 'Fancy-Fancy')
# => #<Pet id: nil, name: "Fancy-Fancy", person_id: 1>

person.pets.build([{name: 'Spook'}, {name: 'Choo-Choo'}, {name: 'Brain'}])
# => [
#      #<Pet id: nil, name: "Spook", person_id: 1>,
#      #<Pet id: nil, name: "Choo-Choo", person_id: 1>,
#      #<Pet id: nil, name: "Brain", person_id: 1>
#    ]

person.pets.size  # => 5 # size of the collection
person.pets.count # => 0 # count from database

Parameters

attributes opt = {}
block block

Source

# File activerecord/lib/active_record/associations/collection_proxy.rb, line 228
      def build(attributes = {}, &block)
        @association.build(attributes, &block)
      end

Defined in activerecord/lib/active_record/associations/collection_proxy.rb line 228 · View on GitHub · Improve this page · Find usages on GitHub

Defined in ActiveRecord::Associations::CollectionProxy

Signature

Parameters