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module ActiveSupport::DescendantsTracker
This module provides an internal implementation to track descendants which is faster than iterating through ObjectSpace.
Public Class Methods
# File activesupport/lib/active_support/descendants_tracker.rb, line 24
def clear
if defined? ActiveSupport::Dependencies
@@direct_descendants.each do |klass, descendants|
if Dependencies.autoloaded?(klass)
@@direct_descendants.delete(klass)
else
descendants.reject! { |v| Dependencies.autoloaded?(v) }
end
end
else
@@direct_descendants.clear
end
end
# File activesupport/lib/active_support/descendants_tracker.rb, line 18
def descendants(klass)
arr = []
accumulate_descendants(klass, arr)
arr
end
# File activesupport/lib/active_support/descendants_tracker.rb, line 12
def direct_descendants(klass)
descendants = @@direct_descendants[klass]
descendants ? descendants.to_a : []
end
Also aliased as: subclasses
# File activesupport/lib/active_support/descendants_tracker.rb, line 40
def store_inherited(klass, descendant)
(@@direct_descendants[klass] ||= DescendantsArray.new) << descendant
end
This is the only method that is not thread safe, but is only ever called during the eager loading phase.
subclasses(klass)
Alias for: direct_descendants
Public Instance Methods
# File activesupport/lib/active_support/descendants_tracker.rb, line 65
def descendants
DescendantsTracker.descendants(self)
end
# File activesupport/lib/active_support/descendants_tracker.rb, line 60
def direct_descendants
DescendantsTracker.direct_descendants(self)
end
Also aliased as: subclasses
# File activesupport/lib/active_support/descendants_tracker.rb, line 55
def inherited(base)
DescendantsTracker.store_inherited(self, base)
super
end
Calls superclass method
subclasses()
Alias for: direct_descendants
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