From 46f30f902fb5e705683dea19ec22179c61e5f208 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Pratik Naik Date: Fri, 16 May 2008 23:01:32 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Merge documentation changes from docrails. commit 0fc3381aa5359f31b36057d7bfba2e0eb6a3c064 Author: Xavier Noria Date: Fri May 16 23:44:51 2008 +0200 Conventions. Formatting. Revising docs all over the rails. This revision encourages the modern resource-oriented form_for usage. In addition corrects some markup and other details. commit 70e4bcf5cb039bea073851faed2df9f465e6f2f8 Author: Chris Kampmeier Date: Fri May 16 12:09:46 2008 -0700 Fix a couple spelling errors in docs commit 6ea5e4208f724b50e774e6a1af027336c3ee3de1 Author: Chris O'Sullivan Date: Fri May 16 16:09:11 2008 +0100 Added docs about source_type for has_one association commit a01a0178be297b0eb62909819a15a01c6b69a841 Author: miloops Date: Wed May 14 09:22:39 2008 +0000 Change migration generator USAGE to explain the timestamped migrations behaviour commit 4e2bc02163aa646ab1304b1b5bec98a7af8927f5 Author: Xavier Noria Date: Fri May 16 00:43:03 2008 +0200 minor revision in url_for docs Made explicit that RESTful and controller/action styles are not interchangeable, and revised some markup. commit d6ecce66f4e125531875006eea8022b73fe135b5 Author: Michael Hartl Date: Thu May 15 10:46:40 2008 -0700 Expanded and updated the link_to documentation commit b8c46c86f0b785f6afc3c58eeb1b347543f5901e Author: Cody Fauser Date: Wed May 14 09:10:02 2008 -0400 Improve and cleanup ActionMailer documentation commit 9546ee299952c86329c4854f9b3776382c0575ff Author: Yehuda Katz Date: Mon May 12 23:41:43 2008 -0700 Add documentation for Inflector.inflections commit cbd5db8f5165f013069b02414f9bf762d88f619f Author: Manik Juneja Date: Mon May 12 23:43:31 2008 +0530 minor changes in railties/README. Added dbconsole introduction commit 130a280ddee1f96ccf378b52c17ee742b5e54f4a Author: Gaurav Sharma Date: Mon May 12 18:00:19 2008 +0530 adding documentation for cached_attributes commit 164c9586480f0a02522ea15ec7fb42c6a783a74d Author: TomK32 Date: Mon May 12 10:59:33 2008 +0200 proper heading for "Example:" commit 35634feb474cc55fbc95edeffe98cec241d45f23 Author: Matt Boehlig Date: Sun May 11 16:46:07 2008 -0500 Cleanup whitespace and change_table documentation commit 80bba28a1a56a0cafeb0fc94659905e88129bc31 Author: Xavier Noria Date: Sun May 11 02:54:02 2008 +0200 documented the source annotation extractor commit e6823bb1650d9b0fea58bd2d355f388961a408b3 Author: Mike Mondragon Date: Fri May 9 13:49:56 2008 -0700 Added additional information about processing email with ActionMailer and the strategy one might want to employ to do so. commit e6afd8b2736364322b673bbdcca3e9b38b6d3da0 Author: Xavier Noria Date: Thu May 8 23:49:36 2008 +0200 corrected and completed docs of increment/decrement/toggle in AR::Base commit 2fead68b3192332eee27945ed95a94a64ca73f70 Author: Austin Putman Date: Wed May 7 19:35:46 2008 -0700 Documented class methods on ActionController::Routing. These are dangerous, and mostly used for testing. commit f5b84182dbc39bea79c8ee319c688d00fa99f9d1 Author: Teflon Ted Date: Wed May 7 16:08:49 2008 -0400 Added explanation about errant inflections not being patched in the future in order to avoid breaking legacy applications. commit 370f4f51722cec49ace17093d29e9ce9e8f15cfb Author: Sunny Ripert Date: Wed May 7 14:00:59 2008 +0200 Applied list conventions in AR::Base commit 5bd18429f09d44e75191bec42a6db04bd33f3030 Author: Sunny Ripert Date: Wed May 7 13:53:35 2008 +0200 Renamed Options list to Attributes list whenever they weren't option hashes in AR::Base commit 2fa628e34b25166afb49e3afeea87e770ab84256 Author: Xavier Noria Date: Wed May 7 11:52:33 2008 +0200 revised details in Exceptions section of AR::Base docs commit d912bd5672316454457ae83f6e9dda5197beeb6f Author: Yaroslav Markin Date: Wed May 7 13:50:28 2008 +0400 Add a filter_parameter_logging usage hint to generated ApplicationController. This may help to remind the developer to filter sensitive information from application logs. Closes #11578 commit f81d771f0657ae8375b84a77a059812cce5d6fd9 Author: Jack Danger Canty Date: Tue May 6 23:35:05 2008 -0700 doc: ActiveRecord::Reflection::AssociationReflection#through_reflection Added documentation demonstrating the use of #through_reflection for finding intervening reflection objects for HasManyThrough and HasOneThrough. commit ae6b46f00b5b8b2939c6b37ce3329c83de7e71db Author: Cheah Chu Yeow Date: Wed May 7 13:47:41 2008 +0800 Document AttributeAssignmentError and MultiparameterAssignmentErrors. commit 8f463550b597db2156b67733f31aed13487fbc3a Author: John Barnette Date: Tue May 6 22:46:44 2008 -0700 Killing/fixing a bunch of outdated language in the AR README. commit 284a930a93fbee16e25d06392779dbf2f03e9e12 Author: Jonathan Dance Date: Tue May 6 14:58:26 2008 -0400 improvements to the page caching docs commit 9482da621390c874da7c921c8bd6230caae7035a Author: Sunny Ripert Date: Mon May 5 18:13:40 2008 +0200 validates_numericality_of() "integer" option really is "only_integer" commit e9afd6790a8f530528f6597a7f59bb283be754f6 Author: Sunny Ripert Date: Mon May 5 12:11:59 2008 +0200 Harmonized hash notation in AR::Base commit 67ebf14a91ffd970b582be4ff2991d691a9cf3e1 Author: Sunny Ripert Date: Mon May 5 12:06:19 2008 +0200 Turned options into rdoc-lists in AR::Base commit 0ec7c0a41d889d4e5382b9dff72f1aaba89bf297 Author: Marshall Huss Date: Sun May 4 23:21:33 2008 -0400 Added information of how to set element_name in the case the user has a name confliction with an existing model Signed-off-by: Pratik Naik --- actionmailer/README | 24 ++--- actionmailer/lib/action_mailer/base.rb | 46 +++++----- .../lib/action_controller/mime_responds.rb | 2 +- .../lib/action_view/helpers/form_helper.rb | 80 +++++++++++------ .../lib/action_view/helpers/url_helper.rb | 63 ++++++++++++- activerecord/CHANGELOG | 2 +- .../lib/active_record/associations.rb | 2 + .../lib/active_record/attribute_methods.rb | 40 +++++---- .../abstract/schema_definitions.rb | 90 +++++++++---------- .../abstract/schema_statements.rb | 20 ++--- .../core_ext/module/attr_internal.rb | 6 +- .../core_ext/range/conversions.rb | 5 +- activesupport/lib/active_support/inflector.rb | 7 ++ railties/README | 16 +++- .../initializers/new_rails_defaults.rb | 2 +- .../generators/components/migration/USAGE | 8 +- railties/lib/source_annotation_extractor.rb | 40 +++++++++ 17 files changed, 305 insertions(+), 148 deletions(-) diff --git a/actionmailer/README b/actionmailer/README index 67e8266e92d..0e16ea6ec6b 100755 --- a/actionmailer/README +++ b/actionmailer/README @@ -19,8 +19,7 @@ are all set up this way. An example of such a method: recipients recipient subject "[Signed up] Welcome #{recipient}" from "system@loudthinking.com" - - body(:recipient => recipient) + body :recipient => recipient end The body of the email is created by using an Action View template (regular @@ -78,21 +77,26 @@ Example: end end -This Mailman can be the target for Postfix. In Rails, you would use the runner like this: +This Mailman can be the target for Postfix or other MTAs. In Rails, you would use the runner in the +trivial case like this: ./script/runner 'Mailman.receive(STDIN.read)' +However, invoking Rails in the runner for each mail to be received is very resource intensive. A single +instance of Rails should be run within a daemon if it is going to be utilized to process more than just +a limited number of email. + == Configuration The Base class has the full list of configuration options. Here's an example: -ActionMailer::Base.smtp_settings = { - :address=>'smtp.yourserver.com', # default: localhost - :port=>'25', # default: 25 - :user_name=>'user', - :password=>'pass', - :authentication=>:plain # :plain, :login or :cram_md5 -} + ActionMailer::Base.smtp_settings = { + :address => 'smtp.yourserver.com', # default: localhost + :port => '25', # default: 25 + :user_name => 'user', + :password => 'pass', + :authentication => :plain # :plain, :login or :cram_md5 + } == Dependencies diff --git a/actionmailer/lib/action_mailer/base.rb b/actionmailer/lib/action_mailer/base.rb index aafa26e79eb..7ed133d0992 100644 --- a/actionmailer/lib/action_mailer/base.rb +++ b/actionmailer/lib/action_mailer/base.rb @@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ module ActionMailer #:nodoc: # * subject - The subject of your email. Sets the Subject: header. # * from - Who the email you are sending is from. Sets the From: header. # * cc - Takes one or more email addresses. These addresses will receive a carbon copy of your email. Sets the Cc: header. - # * bcc - Takes one or more email address. These addresses will receive a blind carbon copy of your email. Sets the Bcc header. + # * bcc - Takes one or more email address. These addresses will receive a blind carbon copy of your email. Sets the Bcc: header. # * sent_on - The date on which the message was sent. If not set, the header wil be set by the delivery agent. # * content_type - Specify the content type of the message. Defaults to text/plain. # * headers - Specify additional headers to be set for the message, e.g. headers 'X-Mail-Count' => 107370. @@ -127,11 +127,11 @@ module ActionMailer #:nodoc: # # class MyMailer < ActionMailer::Base # def signup_notification(recipient) - # recipients recipient.email_address_with_name - # subject "New account information" - # body "account" => recipient - # from "system@example.com" - # content_type "text/html" # Here's where the magic happens + # recipients recipient.email_address_with_name + # subject "New account information" + # from "system@example.com" + # body :account => recipient + # content_type "text/html" # end # end # @@ -145,6 +145,7 @@ module ActionMailer #:nodoc: # recipients recipient.email_address_with_name # subject "New account information" # from "system@example.com" + # content_type "multipart/alternative" # # part :content_type => "text/html", # :body => render_message("signup-as-html", :account => recipient) @@ -167,9 +168,14 @@ module ActionMailer #:nodoc: # * signup_notification.text.x-yaml.erb # # Each would be rendered and added as a separate part to the message, - # with the corresponding content type. The same body hash is passed to - # each template. + # with the corresponding content type. The content type for the entire + # message is automatically set to multipart/alternative, which indicates + # that the email contains multiple different representations of the same email + # body. The same body hash is passed to each template. # + # Implicit template rendering is not performed if any attachments or parts have been added to the email. + # This means that you'll have to manually add each part to the email and set the content type of the email + # to multipart/alternative. # # = Attachments # @@ -209,12 +215,12 @@ module ActionMailer #:nodoc: # * :domain - If you need to specify a HELO domain, you can do it here. # * :user_name - If your mail server requires authentication, set the username in this setting. # * :password - If your mail server requires authentication, set the password in this setting. - # * :authentication - If your mail server requires authentication, you need to specify the authentication type here. - # This is a symbol and one of :plain, :login, :cram_md5 + # * :authentication - If your mail server requires authentication, you need to specify the authentication type here. + # This is a symbol and one of :plain, :login, :cram_md5. # - # * sendmail_settings - Allows you to override options for the :sendmail delivery method - # * :location - The location of the sendmail executable, defaults to "/usr/sbin/sendmail" - # * :arguments - The command line arguments + # * sendmail_settings - Allows you to override options for the :sendmail delivery method. + # * :location - The location of the sendmail executable. Defaults to /usr/sbin/sendmail. + # * :arguments - The command line arguments. Defaults to -i -t. # # * raise_delivery_errors - Whether or not errors should be raised if the email fails to be delivered. # @@ -226,17 +232,17 @@ module ActionMailer #:nodoc: # * deliveries - Keeps an array of all the emails sent out through the Action Mailer with delivery_method :test. Most useful # for unit and functional testing. # - # * default_charset - The default charset used for the body and to encode the subject. Defaults to UTF-8. You can also - # pick a different charset from inside a method with @charset. + # * default_charset - The default charset used for the body and to encode the subject. Defaults to UTF-8. You can also + # pick a different charset from inside a method with +charset+. # * default_content_type - The default content type used for the main part of the message. Defaults to "text/plain". You - # can also pick a different content type from inside a method with @content_type. - # * default_mime_version - The default mime version used for the message. Defaults to "1.0". You - # can also pick a different value from inside a method with @mime_version. + # can also pick a different content type from inside a method with +content_type+. + # * default_mime_version - The default mime version used for the message. Defaults to 1.0. You + # can also pick a different value from inside a method with +mime_version+. # * default_implicit_parts_order - When a message is built implicitly (i.e. multiple parts are assembled from templates # which specify the content type in their filenames) this variable controls how the parts are ordered. Defaults to - # ["text/html", "text/enriched", "text/plain"]. Items that appear first in the array have higher priority in the mail client + # ["text/html", "text/enriched", "text/plain"]. Items that appear first in the array have higher priority in the mail client # and appear last in the mime encoded message. You can also pick a different order from inside a method with - # @implicit_parts_order. + # +implicit_parts_order+. class Base include AdvAttrAccessor, PartContainer include ActionController::UrlWriter if Object.const_defined?(:ActionController) diff --git a/actionpack/lib/action_controller/mime_responds.rb b/actionpack/lib/action_controller/mime_responds.rb index a17782cafc2..1dbd8b9e6f3 100644 --- a/actionpack/lib/action_controller/mime_responds.rb +++ b/actionpack/lib/action_controller/mime_responds.rb @@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ module ActionController #:nodoc: # with the remaining data. # # Note that you can define your own XML parameter parser which would allow you to describe multiple entities - # in a single request (i.e., by wrapping them all in a single root note), but if you just go with the flow + # in a single request (i.e., by wrapping them all in a single root node), but if you just go with the flow # and accept Rails' defaults, life will be much easier. # # If you need to use a MIME type which isn't supported by default, you can register your own handlers in diff --git a/actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/form_helper.rb b/actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/form_helper.rb index b8600fe4457..6d97038da92 100644 --- a/actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/form_helper.rb +++ b/actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/form_helper.rb @@ -73,30 +73,54 @@ module ActionView # There are also methods for helping to build form tags in link:classes/ActionView/Helpers/FormOptionsHelper.html, # link:classes/ActionView/Helpers/DateHelper.html, and link:classes/ActionView/Helpers/ActiveRecordHelper.html module FormHelper - # Creates a form and a scope around a specific model object that is used as a base for questioning about - # values for the fields. + # Creates a form and a scope around a specific model object that is used as + # a base for questioning about values for the fields. + # + # Rails provides succint resource-oriented form generation with +form_for+ + # like this: + # + # <% form_for @offer do |f| %> + # <%= f.label :version, 'Version' %>: + # <%= f.text_field :version %>
+ # <%= f.label :author, 'Author' %>: + # <%= f.text_field :author %>
+ # <% end %> + # + # There, +form_for+ is able to generate the rest of RESTful parameters + # based on introspection on the record, but to understand what it does we + # need to dig first into the alternative generic usage it is based upon. + # + # === Generic form_for + # + # The generic way to call +form_for+ requires a few arguments: # # <% form_for :person, @person, :url => { :action => "update" } do |f| %> # <%= f.error_messages %> - # First name: <%= f.text_field :first_name %> - # Last name : <%= f.text_field :last_name %> - # Biography : <%= f.text_area :biography %> - # Admin? : <%= f.check_box :admin %> + # First name: <%= f.text_field :first_name %>
+ # Last name : <%= f.text_field :last_name %>
+ # Biography : <%= f.text_area :biography %>
+ # Admin? : <%= f.check_box :admin %>
# <% end %> # - # Worth noting is that the form_for tag is called in a ERb evaluation block, not an ERb output block. So that's <% %>, - # not <%= %>. Also worth noting is that form_for yields a form_builder object, in this example as f, which emulates - # the API for the stand-alone FormHelper methods, but without the object name. So instead of text_field :person, :name, - # you get away with f.text_field :name. Notice that you can even do <%= f.error_messages %> to display the - # error messsages of the model object in question. + # Worth noting is that the +form_for+ tag is called in a ERb evaluation block, + # not an ERb output block. So that's <% %>, not <%= %>. Also + # worth noting is that +form_for+ yields a form builder object, in this + # example as +f+, which emulates the API for the stand-alone FormHelper + # methods, but without the object name. So instead of text_field :person, :name, + # you get away with f.text_field :name. Notice that you can even do + # <%= f.error_messages %> to display the error messsages of the model + # object in question. # - # Even further, the form_for method allows you to more easily escape the instance variable convention. So while the stand-alone - # approach would require text_field :person, :name, :object => person - # to work with local variables instead of instance ones, the form_for calls remain the same. You simply declare once with - # :person, person and all subsequent field calls save :person and :object => person. + # Even further, the +form_for+ method allows you to more easily escape the + # instance variable convention. So while the stand-alone approach would require + # text_field :person, :name, :object => person to work with local + # variables instead of instance ones, the +form_for+ calls remain the same. + # You simply declare once with :person, person and all subsequent + # field calls save :person and :object => person. # - # Also note that form_for doesn't create an exclusive scope. It's still possible to use both the stand-alone FormHelper methods - # and methods from FormTagHelper. For example: + # Also note that +form_for+ doesn't create an exclusive scope. It's still + # possible to use both the stand-alone FormHelper methods and methods from + # FormTagHelper. For example: # # <% form_for :person, @person, :url => { :action => "update" } do |f| %> # First name: <%= f.text_field :first_name %> @@ -105,22 +129,26 @@ module ActionView # Admin? : <%= check_box_tag "person[admin]", @person.company.admin? %> # <% end %> # - # Note: This also works for the methods in FormOptionHelper and DateHelper that are designed to work with an object as base, - # like FormOptionHelper#collection_select and DateHelper#datetime_select. + # This also works for the methods in FormOptionHelper and DateHelper that are + # designed to work with an object as base, like FormOptionHelper#collection_select + # and DateHelper#datetime_select. # - # HTML attributes for the form tag can be given as :html => {...}. For example: + # HTML attributes for the form tag can be given as :html => {...}. + # For example: # # <% form_for :person, @person, :html => {:id => 'person_form'} do |f| %> # ... # <% end %> # - # The above form will then have the id attribute with the value person_form, which you can then - # style with CSS or manipulate with JavaScript. + # The above form will then have the +id+ attribute with the value "person_form", + # which you can then style with CSS or manipulate with JavaScript. # # === Relying on record identification # - # In addition to manually configuring the form_for call, you can also rely on record identification, which will use - # the conventions and named routes of that approach. Examples: + # As we said above, in addition to manually configuring the +form_for+ call, + # you can rely on record identification, which will use the conventions and + # named routes of that approach. This is the preferred way to use +form_for+ + # nowadays: # # <% form_for(@post) do |f| %> # ... @@ -140,7 +168,7 @@ module ActionView # # This will expand to be the same as: # - # <% form_for :post, @post, :url => posts_path, :html => { :class => "new_post", :id => "new_post" } do |f| %> + # <% form_for :post, Post.new, :url => posts_path, :html => { :class => "new_post", :id => "new_post" } do |f| %> # ... # <% end %> # @@ -150,7 +178,7 @@ module ActionView # ... # <% end %> # - # And for namespaced routes, like admin_post_url: + # And for namespaced routes, like +admin_post_url+: # # <% form_for([:admin, @post]) do |f| %> # ... diff --git a/actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/url_helper.rb b/actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/url_helper.rb index 375ebfcdc58..38c8d18cb08 100644 --- a/actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/url_helper.rb +++ b/actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/url_helper.rb @@ -120,17 +120,72 @@ module ActionView # exception. # # ==== Examples + # Because it relies on +url_for+, +link_to+ supports both older-style controller/action/id arguments + # and newer RESTful routes. Current Rails style favors RESTful routes whenever possible, so base + # your application on resources and use + # + # link_to "Profile", profile_path(@profile) + # # => Profile + # + # or the even pithier + # + # link_to "Profile", @profile + # # => Profile + # + # in place of the older more verbose, non-resource-oriented + # + # link_to "Profile", :controller => "profiles", :action => "show", :id => @profile + # # => Profile + # + # Similarly, + # + # link_to "Profiles", profiles_path + # # => Profiles + # + # is better than + # + # link_to "Profiles", :controller => "profiles" + # # => Profiles + # + # Classes and ids for CSS are easy to produce: + # + # link_to "Articles", articles_path, :id => "news", :class => "article" + # # => Articles + # + # Be careful when using the older argument style, as an extra literal hash is needed: + # + # link_to "Articles", { :controller => "articles" }, :id => "news", :class => "article" + # # => Articles + # + # Leaving the hash off gives the wrong link: + # + # link_to "WRONG!", :controller => "articles", :id => "news", :class => "article" + # # => WRONG! + # + # +link_to+ can also produce links with anchors or query strings: + # + # link_to "Comment wall", profile_path(@profile, :anchor => "wall") + # # => Comment wall + # + # link_to "Ruby on Rails search", :controller => "searches", :query => "ruby on rails" + # # => Ruby on Rails search + # + # link_to "Nonsense search", searches_path(:foo => "bar", :baz => "quux") + # # => Nonsense search + # + # The three options specfic to +link_to+ (:confirm, :popup, and :method) are used as follows: + # # link_to "Visit Other Site", "http://www.rubyonrails.org/", :confirm => "Are you sure?" # # => Visit Other Site # # link_to "Help", { :action => "help" }, :popup => true # # => Help # - # link_to "View Image", { :action => "view" }, :popup => ['new_window_name', 'height=300,width=600'] - # # => View Image + # link_to "View Image", @image, :popup => ['new_window_name', 'height=300,width=600'] + # # => View Image # - # link_to "Delete Image", { :action => "delete", :id => @image.id }, :confirm => "Are you sure?", :method => :delete - # # => "Are you sure?", :method => :delete + # # => Delete Image diff --git a/activerecord/CHANGELOG b/activerecord/CHANGELOG index 9b936863bad..cd526a52a73 100644 --- a/activerecord/CHANGELOG +++ b/activerecord/CHANGELOG @@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ change_table :videos do |t| t.timestamps # adds created_at, updated_at - t.belongs_to :goat # add goat_id integer + t.belongs_to :goat # adds goat_id integer t.string :name, :email, :limit => 20 # adds name and email both with a 20 char limit t.remove :name, :email # removes the name and email columns end diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations.rb index c17e35f5e0f..95caf686925 100644 --- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations.rb +++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations.rb @@ -753,6 +753,8 @@ module ActiveRecord # * :source - Specifies the source association name used by has_one :through queries. Only use it if the name cannot be # inferred from the association. has_one :favorite, :through => :favorites will look for a # :favorite on Favorite, unless a :source is given. + # * :source_type - Specifies type of the source association used by has_one :through queries where the source + # association is a polymorphic +belongs_to+. # * :readonly - If true, the associated object is readonly through the association. # # Option examples: diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/attribute_methods.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/attribute_methods.rb index 2db27226f22..c2604894a88 100644 --- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/attribute_methods.rb +++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/attribute_methods.rb @@ -16,16 +16,20 @@ module ActiveRecord # Declare and check for suffixed attribute methods. module ClassMethods - # Declare a method available for all attributes with the given suffix. - # Uses method_missing and respond_to? to rewrite the method + # Declares a method available for all attributes with the given suffix. + # Uses +method_missing+ and respond_to? to rewrite the method + # # #{attr}#{suffix}(*args, &block) + # # to + # # attribute#{suffix}(#{attr}, *args, &block) # - # An attribute#{suffix} instance method must exist and accept at least - # the attr argument. + # An attribute#{suffix} instance method must exist and accept at least + # the +attr+ argument. # # For example: + # # class Person < ActiveRecord::Base # attribute_method_suffix '_changed?' # @@ -60,8 +64,8 @@ module ActiveRecord !generated_methods.empty? end - # generates all the attribute related methods for columns in the database - # accessors, mutators and query methods + # Generates all the attribute related methods for columns in the database + # accessors, mutators and query methods. def define_attribute_methods return if generated_methods? columns_hash.each do |name, column| @@ -89,8 +93,9 @@ module ActiveRecord end end - # Check to see if the method is defined in the model or any of its subclasses that also derive from ActiveRecord. - # Raise DangerousAttributeError if the method is defined by ActiveRecord though. + # Checks whether the method is defined in the model or any of its subclasses + # that also derive from ActiveRecord. Raises DangerousAttributeError if the + # method is defined by Active Record though. def instance_method_already_implemented?(method_name) method_name = method_name.to_s return true if method_name =~ /^id(=$|\?$|$)/ @@ -104,17 +109,19 @@ module ActiveRecord # +cache_attributes+ allows you to declare which converted attribute values should # be cached. Usually caching only pays off for attributes with expensive conversion - # methods, like date columns (e.g. created_at, updated_at). + # methods, like time related columns (e.g. +created_at+, +updated_at+). def cache_attributes(*attribute_names) attribute_names.each {|attr| cached_attributes << attr.to_s} end - # returns the attributes where + # Returns the attributes which are cached. By default time related columns + # with datatype :datetime, :timestamp, :time, :date are cached. def cached_attributes @cached_attributes ||= columns.select{|c| attribute_types_cached_by_default.include?(c.type)}.map(&:name).to_set end + # Returns +true+ if the provided attribute is being cached. def cache_attribute?(attr_name) cached_attributes.include?(attr_name) end @@ -210,14 +217,14 @@ module ActiveRecord end # ClassMethods - # Allows access to the object attributes, which are held in the @attributes hash, as though they + # Allows access to the object attributes, which are held in the @attributes hash, as though they # were first-class methods. So a Person class with a name attribute can use Person#name and # Person#name= and never directly use the attributes hash -- except for multiple assigns with # ActiveRecord#attributes=. A Milestone class can also ask Milestone#completed? to test that - # the completed attribute is not nil or 0. + # the completed attribute is not +nil+ or 0. # # 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. + # table with a +master_id+ foreign key can instantiate master through Client#master. def method_missing(method_id, *args, &block) method_name = method_id.to_s @@ -288,7 +295,7 @@ module ActiveRecord # Updates the attribute identified by attr_name with the specified +value+. Empty strings for fixnum and float - # columns are turned into nil. + # columns are turned into +nil+. def write_attribute(attr_name, value) attr_name = attr_name.to_s @attributes_cache.delete(attr_name) @@ -319,8 +326,9 @@ module ActiveRecord end end - # A Person object with a name attribute can ask person.respond_to?("name"), person.respond_to?("name="), and - # person.respond_to?("name?") which will all return true. + # A Person object with a name attribute can ask person.respond_to?("name"), + # person.respond_to?("name="), and person.respond_to?("name?") + # which will all return +true+. alias :respond_to_without_attributes? :respond_to? def respond_to?(method, include_priv = false) method_name = method.to_s diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/schema_definitions.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/schema_definitions.rb index d73ffc3da6a..fdb18b234c4 100644 --- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/schema_definitions.rb +++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/schema_definitions.rb @@ -18,11 +18,11 @@ module ActiveRecord # # +name+ is the column's name, as in supplier_id int(11). # +default+ is the type-casted default value, such as sales_stage varchar(20) default 'new'. - # +sql_type+ is only used to extract the column's length, if necessary. For example, company_name varchar(60). + # +sql_type+ is only used to extract the column's length, if necessary. For example, company_name varchar(60). # +null+ determines if this column allows +NULL+ values. def initialize(name, default, sql_type = nil, null = true) @name, @sql_type, @null = name, sql_type, null - @limit, @precision, @scale = extract_limit(sql_type), extract_precision(sql_type), extract_scale(sql_type) + @limit, @precision, @scale = extract_limit(sql_type), extract_precision(sql_type), extract_scale(sql_type) @type = simplified_type(sql_type) @default = extract_default(default) @@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ module ActiveRecord def new_time(year, mon, mday, hour, min, sec, microsec) # Treat 0000-00-00 00:00:00 as nil. return nil if year.nil? || year == 0 - + Time.time_with_datetime_fallback(Base.default_timezone, year, mon, mday, hour, min, sec, microsec) rescue nil end @@ -250,11 +250,11 @@ module ActiveRecord end class ColumnDefinition < Struct.new(:base, :name, :type, :limit, :precision, :scale, :default, :null) #:nodoc: - + def sql_type base.type_to_sql(type.to_sym, limit, precision, scale) rescue type end - + def to_sql column_sql = "#{base.quote_column_name(name)} #{sql_type}" add_column_options!(column_sql, :null => null, :default => default) unless type.to_sym == :primary_key @@ -309,39 +309,39 @@ module ActiveRecord # * :default - # The column's default value. Use nil for NULL. # * :null - - # Allows or disallows +NULL+ values in the column. This option could + # Allows or disallows +NULL+ values in the column. This option could # have been named :null_allowed. # * :precision - - # Specifies the precision for a :decimal column. + # Specifies the precision for a :decimal column. # * :scale - - # Specifies the scale for a :decimal column. + # Specifies the scale for a :decimal column. # # Please be aware of different RDBMS implementations behavior with # :decimal columns: # * The SQL standard says the default scale should be 0, :scale <= # :precision, and makes no comments about the requirements of # :precision. - # * MySQL: :precision [1..63], :scale [0..30]. + # * MySQL: :precision [1..63], :scale [0..30]. # Default is (10,0). - # * PostgreSQL: :precision [1..infinity], + # * PostgreSQL: :precision [1..infinity], # :scale [0..infinity]. No default. - # * SQLite2: Any :precision and :scale may be used. + # * SQLite2: Any :precision and :scale may be used. # Internal storage as strings. No default. # * SQLite3: No restrictions on :precision and :scale, # but the maximum supported :precision is 16. No default. - # * Oracle: :precision [1..38], :scale [-84..127]. + # * Oracle: :precision [1..38], :scale [-84..127]. # Default is (38,0). - # * DB2: :precision [1..63], :scale [0..62]. + # * DB2: :precision [1..63], :scale [0..62]. # Default unknown. - # * Firebird: :precision [1..18], :scale [0..18]. + # * Firebird: :precision [1..18], :scale [0..18]. # Default (9,0). Internal types NUMERIC and DECIMAL have different # storage rules, decimal being better. - # * FrontBase?: :precision [1..38], :scale [0..38]. + # * FrontBase?: :precision [1..38], :scale [0..38]. # Default (38,0). WARNING Max :precision/:scale for # NUMERIC is 19, and DECIMAL is 38. - # * SqlServer?: :precision [1..38], :scale [0..38]. + # * SqlServer?: :precision [1..38], :scale [0..38]. # Default (38,0). - # * Sybase: :precision [1..38], :scale [0..38]. + # * Sybase: :precision [1..38], :scale [0..38]. # Default (38,0). # * OpenBase?: Documentation unclear. Claims storage in double. # @@ -394,7 +394,7 @@ module ActiveRecord # t.timestamps # end # - # There's a short-hand method for each of the type values declared at the top. And then there's + # There's a short-hand method for each of the type values declared at the top. And then there's # TableDefinition#timestamps that'll add created_at and updated_at as datetimes. # # TableDefinition#references will add an appropriately-named _id column, plus a corresponding _type @@ -434,13 +434,13 @@ module ActiveRecord def #{column_type}(*args) options = args.extract_options! column_names = args - + column_names.each { |name| column(name, '#{column_type}', options) } end EOV end - - # Appends :datetime columns :created_at and + + # Appends :datetime columns :created_at and # :updated_at to the table. def timestamps column(:created_at, :datetime) @@ -458,7 +458,7 @@ module ActiveRecord alias :belongs_to :references # Returns a String whose contents are the column definitions - # concatenated together. This string can then be prepended and appended to + # concatenated together. This string can then be prepended and appended to # to generate the final SQL to create the table. def to_sql @columns * ', ' @@ -510,15 +510,15 @@ module ActiveRecord # Adds a new column to the named table. # See TableDefinition#column for details of the options you can use. - # ===== Examples - # ====== Creating a simple columns + # ===== Example + # ====== Creating a simple column # t.column(:name, :string) def column(column_name, type, options = {}) @base.add_column(@table_name, column_name, type, options) end - # Adds a new index to the table. +column_name+ can be a single Symbol, or - # an Array of Symbols. See SchemaStatements#add_index + # Adds a new index to the table. +column_name+ can be a single Symbol, or + # an Array of Symbols. See SchemaStatements#add_index # # ===== Examples # ====== Creating a simple index @@ -531,8 +531,8 @@ module ActiveRecord @base.add_index(@table_name, column_name, options) end - # Adds timestamps (created_at and updated_at) columns to the table. See SchemaStatements#timestamps - # ===== Examples + # Adds timestamps (created_at and updated_at) columns to the table. See SchemaStatements#add_timestamps + # ===== Example # t.timestamps def timestamps @base.add_timestamps(@table_name) @@ -547,7 +547,7 @@ module ActiveRecord @base.change_column(@table_name, column_name, type, options) end - # Sets a new default value for a column. See + # Sets a new default value for a column. See SchemaStatements#change_column_default # ===== Examples # t.change_default(:qualification, 'new') # t.change_default(:authorized, 1) @@ -559,27 +559,27 @@ module ActiveRecord # ===== Examples # t.remove(:qualification) # t.remove(:qualification, :experience) - # t.removes(:qualification, :experience) def remove(*column_names) @base.remove_column(@table_name, column_names) end - # Remove the given index from the table. + # Removes the given index from the table. # - # Remove the suppliers_name_index in the suppliers table. + # ===== Examples + # ====== Remove the suppliers_name_index in the suppliers table # t.remove_index :name - # Remove the index named accounts_branch_id_index in the accounts table. + # ====== Remove the index named accounts_branch_id_index in the accounts table # t.remove_index :column => :branch_id - # Remove the index named accounts_branch_id_party_id_index in the accounts table. + # ====== Remove the index named accounts_branch_id_party_id_index in the accounts table # t.remove_index :column => [:branch_id, :party_id] - # Remove the index named by_branch_party in the accounts table. + # ====== Remove the index named by_branch_party in the accounts table # t.remove_index :name => :by_branch_party def remove_index(options = {}) @base.remove_index(@table_name, options) end # Removes the timestamp columns (created_at and updated_at) from the table. - # ===== Examples + # ===== Example # t.remove_timestamps def remove_timestamps @base.remove_timestamps(@table_name) @@ -592,12 +592,11 @@ module ActiveRecord @base.rename_column(@table_name, column_name, new_column_name) end - # Adds a reference. Optionally adds a +type+ column. reference, - # references and belongs_to are all acceptable - # ===== Example + # Adds a reference. Optionally adds a +type+ column. + # references and belongs_to are acceptable. + # ===== Examples # t.references(:goat) # t.references(:goat, :polymorphic => true) - # t.references(:goat) # t.belongs_to(:goat) def references(*args) options = args.extract_options! @@ -609,12 +608,11 @@ module ActiveRecord end alias :belongs_to :references - # Adds a reference. Optionally removes a +type+ column. remove_reference, - # remove_references and remove_belongs_to are all acceptable - # ===== Example - # t.remove_reference(:goat) - # t.remove_reference(:goat, :polymorphic => true) + # Removes a reference. Optionally removes a +type+ column. + # remove_references and remove_belongs_to are acceptable. + # ===== Examples # t.remove_references(:goat) + # t.remove_references(:goat, :polymorphic => true) # t.remove_belongs_to(:goat) def remove_references(*args) options = args.extract_options! @@ -627,7 +625,7 @@ module ActiveRecord alias :remove_belongs_to :remove_references # Adds a column or columns of a specified type - # ===== Example + # ===== Examples # t.string(:goat) # t.string(:goat, :sheep) %w( string text integer float decimal datetime timestamp time date binary boolean ).each do |column_type| diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/schema_statements.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/schema_statements.rb index 1594be40e29..ac24e920fe1 100644 --- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/schema_statements.rb +++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/schema_statements.rb @@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ module ActiveRecord 255 end - # Truncates a table alias according to the limits of the current adapter. + # Truncates a table alias according to the limits of the current adapter. def table_alias_for(table_name) table_name[0..table_alias_length-1].gsub(/\./, '_') end @@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ module ActiveRecord # t.remove :company # end # - # ====== Remove a column + # ====== Remove several columns # change_table(:suppliers) do |t| # t.remove :company_id # t.remove :width, :height @@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ module ActiveRecord def change_table(table_name) yield Table.new(table_name, self) end - + # Renames a table. # ===== Example # rename_table('octopuses', 'octopi') @@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ module ActiveRecord end end alias :remove_columns :remove_column - + # Changes the column's definition according to the new options. # See TableDefinition#column for details of the options you can use. # ===== Examples @@ -389,7 +389,7 @@ module ActiveRecord def distinct(columns, order_by) "DISTINCT #{columns}" end - + # ORDER BY clause for the passed order option. # PostgreSQL overrides this due to its stricter standards compliance. def add_order_by_for_association_limiting!(sql, options) @@ -401,17 +401,17 @@ module ActiveRecord # add_timestamps(:suppliers) def add_timestamps(table_name) add_column table_name, :created_at, :datetime - add_column table_name, :updated_at, :datetime + add_column table_name, :updated_at, :datetime end - + # Removes the timestamp columns (created_at and updated_at) from the table definition. # ===== Examples # remove_timestamps(:suppliers) def remove_timestamps(table_name) - remove_column table_name, :updated_at - remove_column table_name, :created_at + remove_column table_name, :updated_at + remove_column table_name, :created_at end - + protected def options_include_default?(options) options.include?(:default) && !(options[:null] == false && options[:default].nil?) diff --git a/activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/module/attr_internal.rb b/activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/module/attr_internal.rb index e0be31090c3..b66c0d75005 100644 --- a/activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/module/attr_internal.rb +++ b/activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/module/attr_internal.rb @@ -1,19 +1,19 @@ class Module - # Declare an attribute reader backed by an internally-named instance variable. + # Declares an attribute reader backed by an internally-named instance variable. def attr_internal_reader(*attrs) attrs.each do |attr| module_eval "def #{attr}() #{attr_internal_ivar_name(attr)} end" end end - # Declare an attribute writer backed by an internally-named instance variable. + # Declares an attribute writer backed by an internally-named instance variable. def attr_internal_writer(*attrs) attrs.each do |attr| module_eval "def #{attr}=(v) #{attr_internal_ivar_name(attr)} = v end" end end - # Declare an attribute reader and writer backed by an internally-named instance + # Declares an attribute reader and writer backed by an internally-named instance # variable. def attr_internal_accessor(*attrs) attr_internal_reader(*attrs) diff --git a/activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/range/conversions.rb b/activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/range/conversions.rb index 8d757646d34..932bdedad36 100644 --- a/activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/range/conversions.rb +++ b/activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/range/conversions.rb @@ -15,10 +15,9 @@ module ActiveSupport #:nodoc: end # Gives a human readable format of the range. # - # Example: + # ==== Example: # - # >> [1..100].to_formatted_s - # => "1..100" + # [1..100].to_formatted_s # => "1..100" def to_formatted_s(format = :default) RANGE_FORMATS[format] ? RANGE_FORMATS[format].call(first, last) : to_default_s end diff --git a/activesupport/lib/active_support/inflector.rb b/activesupport/lib/active_support/inflector.rb index 68fbf3da352..0fd44324bb1 100644 --- a/activesupport/lib/active_support/inflector.rb +++ b/activesupport/lib/active_support/inflector.rb @@ -92,6 +92,13 @@ module Inflector extend self + # Yields a singleton instance of Inflector::Inflections so you can specify additional + # inflector rules. + # + # Example: + # Inflector.inflections do |inflect| + # inflect.uncountable "rails" + # end def inflections if block_given? yield Inflections.instance diff --git a/railties/README b/railties/README index b5f4eee4b7c..2af0fb1133d 100644 --- a/railties/README +++ b/railties/README @@ -145,7 +145,9 @@ and also on programming in general. Debugger support is available through the debugger command when you start your Mongrel or Webrick server with --debugger. This means that you can break out of execution at any point -in the code, investigate and change the model, AND then resume execution! Example: +in the code, investigate and change the model, AND then resume execution! +You need to install ruby-debug to run the server in debugging mode. With gems, use 'gem install ruby-debug' +Example: class WeblogController < ActionController::Base def index @@ -183,6 +185,13 @@ Passing an argument will specify a different environment, like script/consol To reload your controllers and models after launching the console run reload! +== dbconsole + +You can go to the command line of your database directly through script/dbconsole. +You would be connected to the database with the credentials defined in database.yml. +Starting the script without arguments will connect you to the development database. Passing an +argument will connect you to a different database, like script/dbconsole production. +Currently works for mysql, postgresql and sqlite. == Description of Contents @@ -200,13 +209,13 @@ app/models app/views Holds the template files for the view that should be named like - weblogs/index.erb for the WeblogsController#index action. All views use eRuby + weblogs/index.html.erb for the WeblogsController#index action. All views use eRuby syntax. app/views/layouts Holds the template files for layouts to be used with views. This models the common header/footer method of wrapping views. In your views, define a layout using the - layout :default and create a file named default.erb. Inside default.erb, + layout :default and create a file named default.html.erb. Inside default.html.erb, call <% yield %> to render the view using this layout. app/helpers @@ -243,4 +252,5 @@ test vendor External libraries that the application depends on. Also includes the plugins subdirectory. + If the app has frozen rails, those gems also go here, under vendor/rails/. This directory is in the load path. diff --git a/railties/configs/initializers/new_rails_defaults.rb b/railties/configs/initializers/new_rails_defaults.rb index b8f0e2cac23..1a718608aef 100644 --- a/railties/configs/initializers/new_rails_defaults.rb +++ b/railties/configs/initializers/new_rails_defaults.rb @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -# These settins change the behavior of Rails 2 apps and will be defaults +# These settings change the behavior of Rails 2 apps and will be defaults # for Rails 3. You can remove this initializer when Rails 3 is released. # Only save the attributes that have changed since the record was loaded. diff --git a/railties/lib/rails_generator/generators/components/migration/USAGE b/railties/lib/rails_generator/generators/components/migration/USAGE index 3e914a5d7b0..b83c657963b 100644 --- a/railties/lib/rails_generator/generators/components/migration/USAGE +++ b/railties/lib/rails_generator/generators/components/migration/USAGE @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ Description: Stubs out a new database migration. Pass the migration name, either CamelCased or under_scored, and an optional list of attribute pairs as arguments. - A migration class is generated in db/migrate prefixed by the latest migration number. + A migration class is generated in db/migrate prefixed by a timestamp of the current date and time. You can name your migration in either of these formats to generate add/remove column lines from supplied attributes: AddColumnsToTable or RemoveColumnsFromTable @@ -10,12 +10,12 @@ Description: Example: `./script/generate migration AddSslFlag` - With 4 existing migrations, this creates the AddSslFlag migration in - db/migrate/005_add_ssl_flag.rb + If the current date is May 14, 2008 and the current time 09:09:12, this creates the AddSslFlag migration + db/migrate/20080514090912_add_ssl_flag.rb `./script/generate migration AddTitleBodyToPost title:string body:text published:boolean` - This will create the AddTitleBodyToPost in db/migrate/005_add_title_body_to_post.rb with + This will create the AddTitleBodyToPost in db/migrate/20080514090912_add_title_body_to_post.rb with this in the Up migration: add_column :posts, :title, :string diff --git a/railties/lib/source_annotation_extractor.rb b/railties/lib/source_annotation_extractor.rb index 8844226536b..591fd6f6bd3 100644 --- a/railties/lib/source_annotation_extractor.rb +++ b/railties/lib/source_annotation_extractor.rb @@ -1,5 +1,26 @@ +# Implements the logic behind the rake tasks for annotations like +# +# rake notes +# rake notes:optimize +# +# and friends. See rake -T notes and railties/lib/tasks/annotations.rake. +# +# Annotation objects are triplets :line, :tag, :text that +# represent the line where the annotation lives, its tag, and its text. Note +# the filename is not stored. +# +# Annotations are looked for in comments and modulus whitespace they have to +# start with the tag optionally followed by a colon. Everything up to the end +# of the line (or closing ERb comment tag) is considered to be their text. class SourceAnnotationExtractor class Annotation < Struct.new(:line, :tag, :text) + + # Returns a representation of the annotation that looks like this: + # + # [126] [TODO] This algorithm is simple and clearly correct, make it faster. + # + # If +options+ has a flag :tag the tag is shown as in the example above. + # Otherwise the string contains just line and text. def to_s(options={}) s = "[%3d] " % line s << "[#{tag}] " if options[:tag] @@ -7,6 +28,12 @@ class SourceAnnotationExtractor end end + # Prints all annotations with tag +tag+ under the root directories +app+, +lib+, + # and +test+ (recursively). Only filenames with extension +.builder+, +.rb+, + # +.rxml+, +.rjs+, +.rhtml+, or +.erb+ are taken into account. The +options+ + # hash is passed to each annotation's +to_s+. + # + # This class method is the single entry point for the rake tasks. def self.enumerate(tag, options={}) extractor = new(tag) extractor.display(extractor.find, options) @@ -18,10 +45,18 @@ class SourceAnnotationExtractor @tag = tag end + # Returns a hash that maps filenames under +dirs+ (recursively) to arrays + # with their annotations. Only files with annotations are included, and only + # those with extension +.builder+, +.rb+, +.rxml+, +.rjs+, +.rhtml+, and +.erb+ + # are taken into account. def find(dirs=%w(app lib test)) dirs.inject({}) { |h, dir| h.update(find_in(dir)) } end + # Returns a hash that maps filenames under +dir+ (recursively) to arrays + # with their annotations. Only files with annotations are included, and only + # those with extension +.builder+, +.rb+, +.rxml+, +.rjs+, +.rhtml+, and +.erb+ + # are taken into account. def find_in(dir) results = {} @@ -40,6 +75,9 @@ class SourceAnnotationExtractor results end + # If +file+ is the filename of a file that contains annotations this method returns + # a hash with a single entry that maps +file+ to an array of its annotations. + # Otherwise it returns an empty hash. def extract_annotations_from(file, pattern) lineno = 0 result = File.readlines(file).inject([]) do |list, line| @@ -50,6 +88,8 @@ class SourceAnnotationExtractor result.empty? ? {} : { file => result } end + # Prints the mapping from filenames to annotations in +results+ ordered by filename. + # The +options+ hash is passed to each annotation's +to_s+. def display(results, options={}) results.keys.sort.each do |file| puts "#{file}:"