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+module CompositePrimaryKeys
+ module ActiveRecord
+ module AttributeMethods #:nodoc:
+ def self.append_features(base)
+ super
+ base.send(:extend, ClassMethods)
+ end
+
+ module ClassMethods
+ # Define an attribute reader method. Cope with nil column.
+ def define_read_method(symbol, attr_name, column)
+ cast_code = column.type_cast_code('v') if column
+ cast_code = "::#{cast_code}" if cast_code && cast_code.match('ActiveRecord::.*')
+ access_code = cast_code ? "(v=@attributes['#{attr_name}']) && #{cast_code}" : "@attributes['#{attr_name}']"
+
+ unless self.primary_keys.include?(attr_name.to_sym)
+ access_code = access_code.insert(0, "missing_attribute('#{attr_name}', caller) unless @attributes.has_key?('#{attr_name}'); ")
+ end
+
+ if cache_attribute?(attr_name)
+ access_code = "@attributes_cache['#{attr_name}'] ||= (#{access_code})"
+ end
+
+ evaluate_attribute_method attr_name, "def #{symbol}; #{access_code}; end"
+ end
+
+ # Evaluate the definition for an attribute related method
+ def evaluate_attribute_method(attr_name, method_definition, method_name=attr_name)
+ unless primary_keys.include?(method_name.to_sym)
+ generated_methods << method_name
+ end
+
+ begin
+ class_eval(method_definition, __FILE__, __LINE__)
+ rescue SyntaxError => err
+ generated_methods.delete(attr_name)
+ if logger
+ logger.warn "Exception occurred during reader method compilation."
+ logger.warn "Maybe #{attr_name} is not a valid Ruby identifier?"
+ logger.warn "#{err.message}"
+ end
+ end
+ end
+ end
+
+ # 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.
+ #
+ # 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.
+ def method_missing(method_id, *args, &block)
+ method_name = method_id.to_s
+
+ # If we haven't generated any methods yet, generate them, then
+ # see if we've created the method we're looking for.
+ if !self.class.generated_methods?
+ self.class.define_attribute_methods
+
+ if self.class.generated_methods.include?(method_name)
+ return self.send(method_id, *args, &block)
+ end
+ end
+
+ if self.class.primary_keys.include?(method_name.to_sym)
+ ids[self.class.primary_keys.index(method_name.to_sym)]
+ elsif md = self.class.match_attribute_method?(method_name)
+ attribute_name, method_type = md.pre_match, md.to_s
+ if @attributes.include?(attribute_name)
+ __send__("attribute#{method_type}", attribute_name, *args, &block)
+ else
+ super
+ end
+ elsif @attributes.include?(method_name)
+ read_attribute(method_name)
+ else
+ super
+ end
+ end
+ end
+ end
+end