Question

 Ap::Application.routes.draw do
  resources :accounts
 end

I want to know the class or module to which the “resources” method belongs. If i search for “resources” method in http://apidock.com/rails/ (in the search text box provided), a list of classes are appearing which has the method name “resources”. Confused, with knowing the origin of the method.

Is their any command which i can use in puts to see the origin.

The question is bit of beginners level.

Thanks

Answer 1

Ruby is an object-oriented language. And while methods aren’t objects in Ruby, you can ask Ruby to give you a Method object representing the method in question, and then you can simply tell that Method to give you its owner:

Ap::Application.routes.draw do
  p method(:resources).owner
end