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Class: ActiveModel::Name

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Inherits: Object
Defined in: activemodel/lib/active_model/naming.rb

Class Method Summary

Instance Attribute Summary

Instance Method Summary

Constructor Details

.new(klass, namespace = nil, name = nil) ⇒ Name

Returns a new Name instance. By default, the namespace and #name option will take the namespace and name of the given class respectively.

module Foo
  class Bar
  end
end

ActiveModel::Name.new(Foo::Bar).to_s
# => "Foo::Bar"

Raises:

  • (ArgumentError)
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# File 'activemodel/lib/active_model/naming.rb', line 146



def initialize(klass, namespace = nil, name = nil)
  @name = name || klass.name

  raise ArgumentError, "Class name cannot be blank. You need to supply a name argument when anonymous class given" if @name.blank?

  @unnamespaced = @name.sub(/^#{namespace.name}::/, '') if namespace
  @klass        = klass
  @singular     = _singularize(@name)
  @plural       = ActiveSupport::Inflector.pluralize(@singular)
  @element      = ActiveSupport::Inflector.underscore(ActiveSupport::Inflector.demodulize(@name))
  @human        = ActiveSupport::Inflector.humanize(@element)
  @collection   = ActiveSupport::Inflector.tableize(@name)
  @param_key    = (namespace ? _singularize(@unnamespaced) : @singular)
  @i18n_key     = @name.underscore.to_sym

  @route_key          = (namespace ? ActiveSupport::Inflector.pluralize(@param_key) : @plural.dup)
  @singular_route_key = ActiveSupport::Inflector.singularize(@route_key)
  @route_key << "_index" if @plural == @singular
end


  







Instance Attribute Details



  

    #cache_key   (readonly)
  



  

    

Alias for #collection.


  



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# File 'activemodel/lib/active_model/naming.rb', line 13



alias_method :cache_key, :collection


  








  

    #collection   (readonly)
    Also known as: #cache_key
  

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# File 'activemodel/lib/active_model/naming.rb', line 9



attr_reader :singular, :plural, :element, :collection,
  :singular_route_key, :route_key, :param_key, :i18n_key,
  :name


  








  

    #element   (readonly)
  

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# File 'activemodel/lib/active_model/naming.rb', line 9



attr_reader :singular, :plural, :element, :collection,
  :singular_route_key, :route_key, :param_key, :i18n_key,
  :name


  








  

    #i18n_key   (readonly)
  

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# File 'activemodel/lib/active_model/naming.rb', line 9



attr_reader :singular, :plural, :element, :collection,
  :singular_route_key, :route_key, :param_key, :i18n_key,
  :name


  








  

    #name   (readonly)
  

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# File 'activemodel/lib/active_model/naming.rb', line 9



attr_reader :singular, :plural, :element, :collection,
  :singular_route_key, :route_key, :param_key, :i18n_key,
  :name


  








  

    #param_key   (readonly)
  

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# File 'activemodel/lib/active_model/naming.rb', line 9



attr_reader :singular, :plural, :element, :collection,
  :singular_route_key, :route_key, :param_key, :i18n_key,
  :name


  








  

    #plural   (readonly)
  

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# File 'activemodel/lib/active_model/naming.rb', line 9



attr_reader :singular, :plural, :element, :collection,
  :singular_route_key, :route_key, :param_key, :i18n_key,
  :name


  








  

    #route_key   (readonly)
  

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# File 'activemodel/lib/active_model/naming.rb', line 9



attr_reader :singular, :plural, :element, :collection,
  :singular_route_key, :route_key, :param_key, :i18n_key,
  :name


  








  

    #singular   (readonly)
  

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# File 'activemodel/lib/active_model/naming.rb', line 9



attr_reader :singular, :plural, :element, :collection,
  :singular_route_key, :route_key, :param_key, :i18n_key,
  :name


  








  

    #singular_route_key   (readonly)
  

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# File 'activemodel/lib/active_model/naming.rb', line 9



attr_reader :singular, :plural, :element, :collection,
  :singular_route_key, :route_key, :param_key, :i18n_key,
  :name


  







Instance Method Details



  

    #!~(regexp)    



  

    

Equivalent to String#!~. Match the class name against the given regexp. Returns true if there is no match, otherwise false.



class BlogPost
  extend ActiveModel::Naming
end

BlogPost.model_name !~ /Post/ # => false
BlogPost.model_name !~ /\d/   # => true


  



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# File 'activemodel/lib/active_model/naming.rb', line 80



rdoc_method :method: !~


  








  

    #==(other)    



  

    

Equivalent to String#<=>.



class BlogPost
  extend ActiveModel::Naming
end

BlogPost.model_name <=> 'BlogPost'  # => 0
BlogPost.model_name <=> 'Blog'      # => 1
BlogPost.model_name <=> 'BlogPosts' # => -1


  



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# File 'activemodel/lib/active_model/naming.rb', line 132



delegate :==, :===, :<=>, :=~, :"!~", :eql?, :to_s,
         :to_str, :as_json, to: :name


  








  

    #==(other)    



  

    

Equivalent to String#==. Returns true if the class name and other are equal, otherwise false.



class BlogPost
  extend ActiveModel::Naming
end

BlogPost.model_name == 'BlogPost'  # => true
BlogPost.model_name == 'Blog Post' # => false


  



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# File 'activemodel/lib/active_model/naming.rb', line 132



delegate :==, :===, :<=>, :=~, :"!~", :eql?, :to_s,
         :to_str, :as_json, to: :name


  








  

    #===(other)    



  

    

Equivalent to #==.



class BlogPost
  extend ActiveModel::Naming
end

BlogPost.model_name === 'BlogPost'  # => true
BlogPost.model_name === 'Blog Post' # => false


  



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# File 'activemodel/lib/active_model/naming.rb', line 132



delegate :==, :===, :<=>, :=~, :"!~", :eql?, :to_s,
         :to_str, :as_json, to: :name


  








  

    #=~(regexp)    



  

    

Equivalent to String#=~. Match the class name against the given regexp. Returns the position where the match starts or nil if there is no match.



class BlogPost
  extend ActiveModel::Naming
end

BlogPost.model_name =~ /Post/ # => 4
BlogPost.model_name =~ /\d/   # => nil


  



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# File 'activemodel/lib/active_model/naming.rb', line 132



delegate :==, :===, :<=>, :=~, :"!~", :eql?, :to_s,
         :to_str, :as_json, to: :name


  








  

    #as_json  
  

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# File 'activemodel/lib/active_model/naming.rb', line 132



delegate :==, :===, :<=>, :=~, :"!~", :eql?, :to_s,
         :to_str, :as_json, to: :name


  








  

    #eql?(other)  ⇒ Boolean   



  

    

Equivalent to String#eql?. Returns true if the class name and other have the same length and content, otherwise false.



class BlogPost
  extend ActiveModel::Naming
end

BlogPost.model_name.eql?('BlogPost')  # => true
BlogPost.model_name.eql?('Blog Post') # => false


  





  


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# File 'activemodel/lib/active_model/naming.rb', line 132



delegate :==, :===, :<=>, :=~, :"!~", :eql?, :to_s,
         :to_str, :as_json, to: :name


  








  

    #human(options = {})  
  



  

    

Transform the model name into a more humane format, using ::I18n. By default, it will underscore then humanize the class name.



class BlogPost
  extend ActiveModel::Naming
end

BlogPost.model_name.human # => "Blog post"



Specify options with additional translating options.


  



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# File 'activemodel/lib/active_model/naming.rb', line 176



def human(options={})
  return @human unless @klass.respond_to?(:lookup_ancestors) &&
                       @klass.respond_to?(:i18n_scope)

  defaults = @klass.lookup_ancestors.map do |klass|
    klass.model_name.i18n_key
  end

  defaults << options[:default] if options[:default]
  defaults << @human

  options = { scope: [@klass.i18n_scope, :models], count: 1, default: defaults }.merge!(options.except(:default))
  I18n.translate(defaults.shift, options)
end


  








  

    #to_s  ⇒ ?   



  

    

Returns the class name.



class BlogPost
  extend ActiveModel::Naming
end

BlogPost.model_name.to_s # => "BlogPost"


  



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# File 'activemodel/lib/active_model/naming.rb', line 132



delegate :==, :===, :<=>, :=~, :"!~", :eql?, :to_s,
         :to_str, :as_json, to: :name


  








  

    #to_str  ⇒ ?   



  

    

Equivalent to #to_s.


  



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# File 'activemodel/lib/active_model/naming.rb', line 132



delegate :==, :===, :<=>, :=~, :"!~", :eql?, :to_s,
         :to_str, :as_json, to: :name