Methods
Instance Public methods
read_attribute(attr_name, &block)
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)).
📝 Source code
# File activerecord/lib/active_record/attribute_methods/read.rb, line 54
def read_attribute(attr_name, &block)
name = if self.class.attribute_alias?(attr_name)
self.class.attribute_alias(attr_name).to_s
else
attr_name.to_s
end
primary_key = self.class.primary_key
name = primary_key if name == "id".freeze && primary_key
sync_with_transaction_state if name == primary_key
_read_attribute(name, &block)
end