Inheritance

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Tracks STI subclass representations for a base representation.

Created automatically when a representation's model uses STI. Provides resolution of records to their correct subclass representation.

Example

ClientRepresentation.inheritance.column # => :type
ClientRepresentation.inheritance.subclasses # => [PersonClientRepresentation, ...]
ClientRepresentation.inheritance.resolve(record) # => PersonClientRepresentation

Instance Methods

#base_class

#base_class

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The base class for this inheritance.

Returns

Class<Representation::Base>

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#column

#column

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The column for this inheritance.

Returns

Symbol

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#mapping

#mapping

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Mapping of API names to database type values.

Returns

Hash{String => String}

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#resolve

#resolve(record)

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Resolves a record to its subclass representation.

Parameters

Name	Type	Default	Description
record	ActiveRecord::Base		The record to resolve.

Returns

Class<Representation::Base>, nil

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#transform?

#transform?

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Whether this inheritance requires type transformation.

Returns

Boolean

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