instance method `method_missing`

Ruby on Rails 6.0.6

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

Compare with:

method_missing(method, *args, &block)

Allows access to the object attributes, which are held in the hash returned by attributes, as though they were first-class methods. So a Person class with a name attribute can for example use Person#name and Person#name= and never directly use the attributes hash – except for multiple assignments with ActiveRecord::Base#attributes=.

It’s also possible to instantiate related objects, so a Client class belonging to the clients table with a master_id foreign key can instantiate master through Client#master.

Parameters

method req
args rest
block block

Source

# File activemodel/lib/active_model/attribute_methods.rb, line 427
    def method_missing(method, *args, &block)
      if respond_to_without_attributes?(method, true)
        super
      else
        match = matched_attribute_method(method.to_s)
        match ? attribute_missing(match, *args, &block) : super
      end
    end

Defined in activemodel/lib/active_model/attribute_methods.rb line 427 · View on GitHub · Improve this page · Find usages on GitHub

Defined in ActiveModel::AttributeMethods

Signature

Parameters