Question

I have this model:

class User < ActiveRecord::Base
  belongs_to :company

  def company
    # Do something here

    # Call the actual association (that would be usually returned by calling User#company)
  end
end

I’m aware that I could use another internal name for the association but want to avoid that.

I’m pretty sure there is some kind of internal method that Rails calls when you call the plain association User#company method and I want to call it myself in my redefined User#company method here.

Thanks!

Answer 1

You can call super in your method. Or association(:company) or associations(:company) (I forgot which one). Or you can

def company_with_my_stuff
  company_without_my_stuff
end
alias_method_chain :company, :my_stuff

Also you could rename the belongs_to :original_company, :class_name => "Company", :foreign_key => "company_id" which I think is a better solution.