简而言之,解决方案是:关联回调(在关联回调部分下有更多信息:http ://railsapi.com/doc/rails-v3.0.0/classes/ActiveRecord/Associations/ClassMethods.html )
为了更详细一点,我对您的示例进行了一些调整,但基本上结构是相同的,这里是代码:
class Person < ActiveRecord::Base
has_many :relationships
has_many :pupils, :through => :relationships, :source => :other_person, :conditions => 'relationships.type = "MasterPupil"', :after_add => Proc.new{|p,o| Relationship.update_all("type = 'MasterPupil'", ['person_id = ? AND other_person_id = ?', p.id, o.id])}
has_many :masters, :through => :relationships, :source => :other_person, :conditions => 'relationships.type = "PupilMaster"', :after_add => Proc.new{|p,o| Relationship.update_all("type = 'PupilMaster'", ['person_id = ? AND other_person_id = ?', p.id, o.id])}
end
class Relationship < ActiveRecord::Base
belongs_to :person
belongs_to :other_person, :class_name => 'Person'
before_validation :set_type
def set_type
self.type = 'OpenRelationship'
end
end
class MasterPupil < Relationship
end
class PupilMaster < Relationship
end
RelationShip 模型包含一个与您的状态列等效的类型列,但如果我以后想做 STI 并声明 MasterPupil/PupilMaster 关系模型,类型会更好。
RelationShip 还有一个 set_type before_validation 将类型设置为 OpenRelationship,这应该是临时的,在每个关联中 Person 模型中定义的 after_add 回调将设置清楚之前(并设置 MasterPupil 或 PupilMaster 类型)
现在:
Loading development environment (Rails 3.0.0)
irb(main):001:0> p = Person.create
=> #<Person id: 1, created_at: "2010-09-10 23:35:37", updated_at: "2010-09-10 23:35:37">
irb(main):002:0> p.pupils
=> []
irb(main):003:0> p.masters
=> []
irb(main):004:0> p.pupils << Person.create
=> [#<Person id: 2, created_at: "2010-09-10 23:35:56", updated_at: "2010-09-10 23:35:56">]
irb(main):005:0> Relationship.all
=> [#<MasterPupil id: 1, person_id: 1, other_person_id: 2, type: "MasterPupil">]
irb(main):006:0> p.masters << Person.create
=> [#<Person id: 3, created_at: "2010-09-10 23:36:29", updated_at: "2010-09-10 23:36:29">]
irb(main):007:0> Relationship.all
=> [#<MasterPupil id: 1, person_id: 1, other_person_id: 2, type: "MasterPupil">, #<PupilMaster id: 2, person_id: 1, other_person_id: 3, type: "PupilMaster">]
irb(main):008:0> p.reload
=> #<Person id: 1, created_at: "2010-09-10 23:35:37", updated_at: "2010-09-10 23:35:37">
irb(main):009:0> p.pupils
=> [#<Person id: 2, created_at: "2010-09-10 23:35:56", updated_at: "2010-09-10 23:35:56">]
irb(main):010:0> p.masters
=> [#<Person id: 3, created_at: "2010-09-10 23:36:29", updated_at: "2010-09-10 23:36:29">]