Abstract base class for AggregateReflection and AssociationReflection that describes the interface available for both of those classes. Objects of AggregateReflection and AssociationReflection are returned by the Reflection::ClassMethods.

Methods
Attributes
[R] active_record
Public Class methods
new(macro, name, options, active_record)
    # File vendor/rails/activerecord/lib/active_record/reflection.rb, line 61
61:       def initialize(macro, name, options, active_record)
62:         @macro, @name, @options, @active_record = macro, name, options, active_record
63:       end
Public Instance methods
==(other_aggregation)
    # File vendor/rails/activerecord/lib/active_record/reflection.rb, line 91
91:       def ==(other_aggregation)
92:         name == other_aggregation.name && other_aggregation.options && active_record == other_aggregation.active_record
93:       end
class_name()
    # File vendor/rails/activerecord/lib/active_record/reflection.rb, line 87
87:       def class_name
88:         @class_name ||= name_to_class_name(name.id2name)
89:       end
klass()

Returns the class for the macro, so "composed_of :balance, :class_name => ‘Money’" would return the Money class and "has_many :clients" would return the Client class.

    # File vendor/rails/activerecord/lib/active_record/reflection.rb, line 85
85:       def klass() end
macro()

Returns the name of the macro, so it would return :composed_of for "composed_of :balance, :class_name => ‘Money’" or :has_many for "has_many :clients".

    # File vendor/rails/activerecord/lib/active_record/reflection.rb, line 73
73:       def macro
74:         @macro
75:       end
name()

Returns the name of the macro, so it would return :balance for "composed_of :balance, :class_name => ‘Money’" or :clients for "has_many :clients".

    # File vendor/rails/activerecord/lib/active_record/reflection.rb, line 67
67:       def name
68:         @name
69:       end
options()

Returns the hash of options used for the macro, so it would return { :class_name => "Money" } for "composed_of :balance, :class_name => ‘Money’" or {} for "has_many :clients".

    # File vendor/rails/activerecord/lib/active_record/reflection.rb, line 79
79:       def options
80:         @options
81:       end