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module ActiveModel::Naming

Active Model Naming

Creates a model_name method on your object.

To implement, just extend ActiveModel::Naming in your object:

class BookCover
  extend ActiveModel::Naming
end

BookCover.model_name.name   # => "BookCover"
BookCover.model_name.human  # => "Book cover"

BookCover.model_name.i18n_key              # => :book_cover
BookModule::BookCover.model_name.i18n_key  # => :"book_module/book_cover"

Providing the functionality that ActiveModel::Naming provides in your object is required to pass the Active Model Lint test. So either extending the provided method below, or rolling your own is required.

Public class methods

param_key(record_or_class)

Returns string to use for params names. It differs for namespaced models regarding whether it’s inside isolated engine.

# For isolated engine:
ActiveModel::Naming.param_key(Blog::Post) # => "post"

# For shared engine:
ActiveModel::Naming.param_key(Blog::Post) # => "blog_post"
Source code GitHub 
# File activemodel/lib/active_model/naming.rb, line 338
def self.param_key(record_or_class)
  model_name_from_record_or_class(record_or_class).param_key
end

plural(record_or_class)

Returns the plural class name of a record or class.

ActiveModel::Naming.plural(post)             # => "posts"
ActiveModel::Naming.plural(Highrise::Person) # => "highrise_people"
Source code GitHub 
# File activemodel/lib/active_model/naming.rb, line 283
def self.plural(record_or_class)
  model_name_from_record_or_class(record_or_class).plural
end

route_key(record_or_class)

Returns string to use while generating route names. It differs for namespaced models regarding whether it’s inside isolated engine.

# For isolated engine:
ActiveModel::Naming.route_key(Blog::Post) # => "posts"

# For shared engine:
ActiveModel::Naming.route_key(Blog::Post) # => "blog_posts"

The route key also considers if the noun is uncountable and, in such cases, automatically appends _index.

Source code GitHub 
# File activemodel/lib/active_model/naming.rb, line 326
def self.route_key(record_or_class)
  model_name_from_record_or_class(record_or_class).route_key
end

singular(record_or_class)

Returns the singular class name of a record or class.

ActiveModel::Naming.singular(post)             # => "post"
ActiveModel::Naming.singular(Highrise::Person) # => "highrise_person"
Source code GitHub 
# File activemodel/lib/active_model/naming.rb, line 291
def self.singular(record_or_class)
  model_name_from_record_or_class(record_or_class).singular
end

singular_route_key(record_or_class)

Returns string to use while generating route names. It differs for namespaced models regarding whether it’s inside isolated engine.

# For isolated engine:
ActiveModel::Naming.singular_route_key(Blog::Post) # => "post"

# For shared engine:
ActiveModel::Naming.singular_route_key(Blog::Post) # => "blog_post"
Source code GitHub 
# File activemodel/lib/active_model/naming.rb, line 311
def self.singular_route_key(record_or_class)
  model_name_from_record_or_class(record_or_class).singular_route_key
end

uncountable?(record_or_class)

Identifies whether the class name of a record or class is uncountable.

ActiveModel::Naming.uncountable?(Sheep) # => true
ActiveModel::Naming.uncountable?(Post)  # => false
Source code GitHub 
# File activemodel/lib/active_model/naming.rb, line 299
def self.uncountable?(record_or_class)
  model_name_from_record_or_class(record_or_class).uncountable?
end

Public instance methods

model_name()

Returns an ActiveModel::Name object for module. It can be used to retrieve all kinds of naming-related information (See ActiveModel::Name for more information).

class Person
  extend ActiveModel::Naming
end

Person.model_name.name     # => "Person"
Person.model_name.class    # => ActiveModel::Name
Person.model_name.singular # => "person"
Person.model_name.plural   # => "people"
Source code GitHub 
# File activemodel/lib/active_model/naming.rb, line 270
def model_name
  @_model_name ||= begin
    namespace = module_parents.detect do |n|
      n.respond_to?(:use_relative_model_naming?) && n.use_relative_model_naming?
    end
    ActiveModel::Name.new(self, namespace)
  end
end

Definition files