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module ActiveRecord::AttributeMethods::Read

Constants

ID
ReaderMethodCache

Public Instance Methods

read_attribute(attr_name, &block) Show source

Returns the value of the attribute identified by attr_name after it has been typecast (for example, “2004-12-12” in a date column is cast to a date object, like Date.new(2004, 12, 12)).

# File activerecord/lib/active_record/attribute_methods/read.rb, line 84
def read_attribute(attr_name, &block)
  name = attr_name.to_s
  name = self.class.primary_key if name == ID
  _read_attribute(name, &block)
end