instance method `descendants`

Ruby on Rails 6.0.6

Since v5.2.8.1

Available in: 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:

descendants()

Returns an array with all classes that are < than its receiver.

class C; end
C.descendants # => []

class B < C; end
C.descendants # => [B]

class A < B; end
C.descendants # => [B, A]

class D < C; end
C.descendants # => [B, A, D]

Source

# File activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/class/subclasses.rb, line 21
    def descendants
      descendants = []
      ObjectSpace.each_object(singleton_class) do |k|
        next if k.singleton_class?
        descendants.unshift k unless k == self
      end
      descendants
    end

Defined in activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/class/subclasses.rb line 21 · View on GitHub · Improve this page · Find usages on GitHub

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