Have you ever tried to define initialized method for an ActiveRecord?
Try it if you haven’t.
class MyRecord < ActiveRecord::Base
def initialize
end
end
MyRecord.new #<MyRecord not initialized>
This is probably not what you have expected. Why is MyRecord not initialized?
Well, ActiveRecord::Base has already defined initialize method. It is used to instantiate Rails models.
def initialize(attributes = nil, options = {})
If you really want to override it with your own version, you would want to do this:
class MyRecord < ActiveRecord::Base
def initialize(attributes = nil, options = {})
super
# now do your own initialization
end
end
MyRecord.new
This should build a new AR for you (if you have a defined my_records table in database).
Rails provides a cleaner way to handle this via after_initilize callback.
class MyClass < ActiveRecord::Base
after_initialize do
# do your thing here
puts 'more to do after initialization'
end
end
after_initialize is called when ActiveRecord is instantiated and before it is saved.