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 74
74:       def initialize(macro, name, options, active_record)
75:         @macro, @name, @options, @active_record = macro, name, options, active_record
76:       end
Public Instance methods
==(other_aggregation)
     # File vendor/rails/activerecord/lib/active_record/reflection.rb, line 104
104:       def ==(other_aggregation)
105:         name == other_aggregation.name && other_aggregation.options && active_record == other_aggregation.active_record
106:       end
class_name()
     # File vendor/rails/activerecord/lib/active_record/reflection.rb, line 100
100:       def class_name
101:         @class_name ||= name_to_class_name(name.id2name)
102:       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 98
98:       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 86
86:       def macro
87:         @macro
88:       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 80
80:       def name
81:         @name
82:       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 92
92:       def options
93:         @options
94:       end