activerecord 3.1.10 → 4.2.11

data/lib/active_record/associations/collection_proxy.rb

@@ -1,12 +1,5 @@
-require 'active_support/deprecation'
-
 module ActiveRecord
   module Associations
-    AssociationCollection = ActiveSupport::Deprecation::DeprecatedConstantProxy.new(
-      'ActiveRecord::Associations::AssociationCollection',
-      'ActiveRecord::Associations::CollectionProxy'
-    )
-
     # Association proxies in Active Record are middlemen between the object that
     # holds the association, known as the <tt>@owner</tt>, and the actual associated
     # object, known as the <tt>@target</tt>. The kind of association any proxy is
@@ -25,14 +18,8 @@ module ActiveRecord
     # <tt>@owner</tt>, the collection of its posts as <tt>@target</tt>, and
     # the <tt>@reflection</tt> object represents a <tt>:has_many</tt> macro.
     #
-    # This class has most of the basic instance methods removed, and delegates
-    # unknown methods to <tt>@target</tt> via <tt>method_missing</tt>. As a
-    # corner case, it even removes the +class+ method and that's why you get
-    #
-    #   blog.posts.class # => Array
-    #
-    # though the object behind <tt>blog.posts</tt> is not an Array, but an
-    # ActiveRecord::Associations::HasManyAssociation.
+    # This class delegates unknown methods to <tt>@target</tt> via
+    # <tt>method_missing</tt>.
     #
     # The <tt>@target</tt> object is not \loaded until needed. For example,
     #
@@ -40,126 +27,1006 @@ module ActiveRecord
     #
     # is computed directly through SQL and does not trigger by itself the
     # instantiation of the actual post records.
-    class CollectionProxy # :nodoc:
-      alias :proxy_extend :extend
+    class CollectionProxy < Relation
+      delegate(*(ActiveRecord::Calculations.public_instance_methods - [:count]), to: :scope)
+      delegate :find_nth, to: :scope
+
+      def initialize(klass, association) #:nodoc:
+        @association = association
+        super klass, klass.arel_table
+        merge! association.scope(nullify: false)
+      end
+
+      def target
+        @association.target
+      end
 
-      instance_methods.each { |m| undef_method m unless m.to_s =~ /^(?:nil\?|send|object_id|to_a)$|^__|^respond_to|proxy_/ }
+      def load_target
+        @association.load_target
+      end
 
-      delegate :group, :order, :limit, :joins, :where, :preload, :eager_load, :includes, :from,
-               :lock, :readonly, :having, :to => :scoped
+      # Returns +true+ if the association has been loaded, otherwise +false+.
+      #
+      #   person.pets.loaded? # => false
+      #   person.pets
+      #   person.pets.loaded? # => true
+      def loaded?
+        @association.loaded?
+      end
 
-      delegate :target, :load_target, :loaded?, :to => :@association
+      # Works in two ways.
+      #
+      # *First:* Specify a subset of fields to be selected from the result set.
+      #
+      #   class Person < ActiveRecord::Base
+      #     has_many :pets
+      #   end
+      #
+      #   person.pets
+      #   # => [
+      #   #       #<Pet id: 1, name: "Fancy-Fancy", person_id: 1>,
+      #   #       #<Pet id: 2, name: "Spook", person_id: 1>,
+      #   #       #<Pet id: 3, name: "Choo-Choo", person_id: 1>
+      #   #    ]
+      #
+      #   person.pets.select(:name)
+      #   # => [
+      #   #      #<Pet id: nil, name: "Fancy-Fancy">,
+      #   #      #<Pet id: nil, name: "Spook">,
+      #   #      #<Pet id: nil, name: "Choo-Choo">
+      #   #    ]
+      #
+      #   person.pets.select(:id, :name )
+      #   # => [
+      #   #      #<Pet id: 1, name: "Fancy-Fancy">,
+      #   #      #<Pet id: 2, name: "Spook">,
+      #   #      #<Pet id: 3, name: "Choo-Choo">
+      #   #    ]
+      #
+      # Be careful because this also means you're initializing a model
+      # object with only the fields that you've selected. If you attempt
+      # to access a field except +id+ that is not in the initialized record you'll
+      # receive:
+      #
+      #   person.pets.select(:name).first.person_id
+      #   # => ActiveModel::MissingAttributeError: missing attribute: person_id
+      #
+      # *Second:* You can pass a block so it can be used just like Array#select.
+      # This builds an array of objects from the database for the scope,
+      # converting them into an array and iterating through them using
+      # Array#select.
+      #
+      #   person.pets.select { |pet| pet.name =~ /oo/ }
+      #   # => [
+      #   #      #<Pet id: 2, name: "Spook", person_id: 1>,
+      #   #      #<Pet id: 3, name: "Choo-Choo", person_id: 1>
+      #   #    ]
+      #
+      #   person.pets.select(:name) { |pet| pet.name =~ /oo/ }
+      #   # => [
+      #   #      #<Pet id: 2, name: "Spook">,
+      #   #      #<Pet id: 3, name: "Choo-Choo">
+      #   #    ]
+      def select(*fields, &block)
+        @association.select(*fields, &block)
+      end
 
-      delegate :select, :find, :first, :last,
-               :build, :create, :create!,
-               :concat, :replace, :delete_all, :destroy_all, :delete, :destroy, :uniq,
-               :sum, :count, :size, :length, :empty?,
-               :any?, :many?, :include?,
-               :to => :@association
+      # Finds an object in the collection responding to the +id+. Uses the same
+      # rules as <tt>ActiveRecord::Base.find</tt>. Returns <tt>ActiveRecord::RecordNotFound</tt>
+      # error if the object cannot be found.
+      #
+      #   class Person < ActiveRecord::Base
+      #     has_many :pets
+      #   end
+      #
+      #   person.pets
+      #   # => [
+      #   #       #<Pet id: 1, name: "Fancy-Fancy", person_id: 1>,
+      #   #       #<Pet id: 2, name: "Spook", person_id: 1>,
+      #   #       #<Pet id: 3, name: "Choo-Choo", person_id: 1>
+      #   #    ]
+      #
+      #   person.pets.find(1) # => #<Pet id: 1, name: "Fancy-Fancy", person_id: 1>
+      #   person.pets.find(4) # => ActiveRecord::RecordNotFound: Couldn't find Pet with id=4
+      #
+      #   person.pets.find(2) { |pet| pet.name.downcase! }
+      #   # => #<Pet id: 2, name: "fancy-fancy", person_id: 1>
+      #
+      #   person.pets.find(2, 3)
+      #   # => [
+      #   #       #<Pet id: 2, name: "Spook", person_id: 1>,
+      #   #       #<Pet id: 3, name: "Choo-Choo", person_id: 1>
+      #   #    ]
+      def find(*args, &block)
+        @association.find(*args, &block)
+      end
 
-      def initialize(association)
-        @association = association
-        Array.wrap(association.options[:extend]).each { |ext| proxy_extend(ext) }
+      # Returns the first record, or the first +n+ records, from the collection.
+      # If the collection is empty, the first form returns +nil+, and the second
+      # form returns an empty array.
+      #
+      #   class Person < ActiveRecord::Base
+      #     has_many :pets
+      #   end
+      #
+      #   person.pets
+      #   # => [
+      #   #       #<Pet id: 1, name: "Fancy-Fancy", person_id: 1>,
+      #   #       #<Pet id: 2, name: "Spook", person_id: 1>,
+      #   #       #<Pet id: 3, name: "Choo-Choo", person_id: 1>
+      #   #    ]
+      #
+      #   person.pets.first # => #<Pet id: 1, name: "Fancy-Fancy", person_id: 1>
+      #
+      #   person.pets.first(2)
+      #   # => [
+      #   #      #<Pet id: 1, name: "Fancy-Fancy", person_id: 1>,
+      #   #      #<Pet id: 2, name: "Spook", person_id: 1>
+      #   #    ]
+      #
+      #   another_person_without.pets          # => []
+      #   another_person_without.pets.first    # => nil
+      #   another_person_without.pets.first(3) # => []
+      def first(*args)
+        @association.first(*args)
+      end
+
+      # Same as +first+ except returns only the second record.
+      def second(*args)
+        @association.second(*args)
+      end
+
+      # Same as +first+ except returns only the third record.
+      def third(*args)
+        @association.third(*args)
       end
 
+      # Same as +first+ except returns only the fourth record.
+      def fourth(*args)
+        @association.fourth(*args)
+      end
+
+      # Same as +first+ except returns only the fifth record.
+      def fifth(*args)
+        @association.fifth(*args)
+      end
+
+      # Same as +first+ except returns only the forty second record.
+      # Also known as accessing "the reddit".
+      def forty_two(*args)
+        @association.forty_two(*args)
+      end
+
+      # Returns the last record, or the last +n+ records, from the collection.
+      # If the collection is empty, the first form returns +nil+, and the second
+      # form returns an empty array.
+      #
+      #   class Person < ActiveRecord::Base
+      #     has_many :pets
+      #   end
+      #
+      #   person.pets
+      #   # => [
+      #   #       #<Pet id: 1, name: "Fancy-Fancy", person_id: 1>,
+      #   #       #<Pet id: 2, name: "Spook", person_id: 1>,
+      #   #       #<Pet id: 3, name: "Choo-Choo", person_id: 1>
+      #   #    ]
+      #
+      #   person.pets.last # => #<Pet id: 3, name: "Choo-Choo", person_id: 1>
+      #
+      #   person.pets.last(2)
+      #   # => [
+      #   #      #<Pet id: 2, name: "Spook", person_id: 1>,
+      #   #      #<Pet id: 3, name: "Choo-Choo", person_id: 1>
+      #   #    ]
+      #
+      #   another_person_without.pets         # => []
+      #   another_person_without.pets.last    # => nil
+      #   another_person_without.pets.last(3) # => []
+      def last(*args)
+        @association.last(*args)
+      end
+
+      def take(n = nil)
+        @association.take(n)
+      end
+
+      # Returns a new object of the collection type that has been instantiated
+      # with +attributes+ and linked to this object, but have not yet been saved.
+      # You can pass an array of attributes hashes, this will return an array
+      # with the new objects.
+      #
+      #   class Person
+      #     has_many :pets
+      #   end
+      #
+      #   person.pets.build
+      #   # => #<Pet id: nil, name: nil, person_id: 1>
+      #
+      #   person.pets.build(name: 'Fancy-Fancy')
+      #   # => #<Pet id: nil, name: "Fancy-Fancy", person_id: 1>
+      #
+      #   person.pets.build([{name: 'Spook'}, {name: 'Choo-Choo'}, {name: 'Brain'}])
+      #   # => [
+      #   #      #<Pet id: nil, name: "Spook", person_id: 1>,
+      #   #      #<Pet id: nil, name: "Choo-Choo", person_id: 1>,
+      #   #      #<Pet id: nil, name: "Brain", person_id: 1>
+      #   #    ]
+      #
+      #   person.pets.size  # => 5 # size of the collection
+      #   person.pets.count # => 0 # count from database
+      def build(attributes = {}, &block)
+        @association.build(attributes, &block)
+      end
       alias_method :new, :build
 
-      def proxy_association
-        @association
+      # Returns a new object of the collection type that has been instantiated with
+      # attributes, linked to this object and that has already been saved (if it
+      # passes the validations).
+      #
+      #   class Person
+      #     has_many :pets
+      #   end
+      #
+      #   person.pets.create(name: 'Fancy-Fancy')
+      #   # => #<Pet id: 1, name: "Fancy-Fancy", person_id: 1>
+      #
+      #   person.pets.create([{name: 'Spook'}, {name: 'Choo-Choo'}])
+      #   # => [
+      #   #      #<Pet id: 2, name: "Spook", person_id: 1>,
+      #   #      #<Pet id: 3, name: "Choo-Choo", person_id: 1>
+      #   #    ]
+      #
+      #   person.pets.size  # => 3
+      #   person.pets.count # => 3
+      #
+      #   person.pets.find(1, 2, 3)
+      #   # => [
+      #   #       #<Pet id: 1, name: "Fancy-Fancy", person_id: 1>,
+      #   #       #<Pet id: 2, name: "Spook", person_id: 1>,
+      #   #       #<Pet id: 3, name: "Choo-Choo", person_id: 1>
+      #   #    ]
+      def create(attributes = {}, &block)
+        @association.create(attributes, &block)
+      end
+
+      # Like +create+, except that if the record is invalid, raises an exception.
+      #
+      #   class Person
+      #     has_many :pets
+      #   end
+      #
+      #   class Pet
+      #     validates :name, presence: true
+      #   end
+      #
+      #   person.pets.create!(name: nil)
+      #   # => ActiveRecord::RecordInvalid: Validation failed: Name can't be blank
+      def create!(attributes = {}, &block)
+        @association.create!(attributes, &block)
+      end
+
+      # Add one or more records to the collection by setting their foreign keys
+      # to the association's primary key. Since << flattens its argument list and
+      # inserts each record, +push+ and +concat+ behave identically. Returns +self+
+      # so method calls may be chained.
+      #
+      #   class Person < ActiveRecord::Base
+      #     has_many :pets
+      #   end
+      #
+      #   person.pets.size # => 0
+      #   person.pets.concat(Pet.new(name: 'Fancy-Fancy'))
+      #   person.pets.concat(Pet.new(name: 'Spook'), Pet.new(name: 'Choo-Choo'))
+      #   person.pets.size # => 3
+      #
+      #   person.id # => 1
+      #   person.pets
+      #   # => [
+      #   #       #<Pet id: 1, name: "Fancy-Fancy", person_id: 1>,
+      #   #       #<Pet id: 2, name: "Spook", person_id: 1>,
+      #   #       #<Pet id: 3, name: "Choo-Choo", person_id: 1>
+      #   #    ]
+      #
+      #   person.pets.concat([Pet.new(name: 'Brain'), Pet.new(name: 'Benny')])
+      #   person.pets.size # => 5
+      def concat(*records)
+        @association.concat(*records)
       end
 
-      def scoped
-        association = @association
-        association.scoped.extending do
-          define_method(:proxy_association) { association }
-        end
+      # Replaces this collection with +other_array+. This will perform a diff
+      # and delete/add only records that have changed.
+      #
+      #   class Person < ActiveRecord::Base
+      #     has_many :pets
+      #   end
+      #
+      #   person.pets
+      #   # => [#<Pet id: 1, name: "Gorby", group: "cats", person_id: 1>]
+      #
+      #   other_pets = [Pet.new(name: 'Puff', group: 'celebrities']
+      #
+      #   person.pets.replace(other_pets)
+      #
+      #   person.pets
+      #   # => [#<Pet id: 2, name: "Puff", group: "celebrities", person_id: 1>]
+      #
+      # If the supplied array has an incorrect association type, it raises
+      # an <tt>ActiveRecord::AssociationTypeMismatch</tt> error:
+      #
+      #   person.pets.replace(["doo", "ggie", "gaga"])
+      #   # => ActiveRecord::AssociationTypeMismatch: Pet expected, got String
+      def replace(other_array)
+        @association.replace(other_array)
       end
 
-      def respond_to?(name, include_private = false)
-        super ||
-        (load_target && target.respond_to?(name, include_private)) ||
-        proxy_association.klass.respond_to?(name, include_private)
+      # Deletes all the records from the collection according to the strategy
+      # specified by the +:dependent+ option. If no +:dependent+ option is given,
+      # then it will follow the default strategy.
+      #
+      # For +has_many :through+ associations, the default deletion strategy is
+      # +:delete_all+.
+      #
+      # For +has_many+ associations, the default deletion strategy is +:nullify+.
+      # This sets the foreign keys to +NULL+.
+      #
+      #   class Person < ActiveRecord::Base
+      #     has_many :pets # dependent: :nullify option by default
+      #   end
+      #
+      #   person.pets.size # => 3
+      #   person.pets
+      #   # => [
+      #   #       #<Pet id: 1, name: "Fancy-Fancy", person_id: 1>,
+      #   #       #<Pet id: 2, name: "Spook", person_id: 1>,
+      #   #       #<Pet id: 3, name: "Choo-Choo", person_id: 1>
+      #   #    ]
+      #
+      #   person.pets.delete_all
+      #   # => [
+      #   #       #<Pet id: 1, name: "Fancy-Fancy", person_id: 1>,
+      #   #       #<Pet id: 2, name: "Spook", person_id: 1>,
+      #   #       #<Pet id: 3, name: "Choo-Choo", person_id: 1>
+      #   #    ]
+      #
+      #   person.pets.size # => 0
+      #   person.pets      # => []
+      #
+      #   Pet.find(1, 2, 3)
+      #   # => [
+      #   #       #<Pet id: 1, name: "Fancy-Fancy", person_id: nil>,
+      #   #       #<Pet id: 2, name: "Spook", person_id: nil>,
+      #   #       #<Pet id: 3, name: "Choo-Choo", person_id: nil>
+      #   #    ]
+      #
+      # Both +has_many+ and +has_many :through+ dependencies default to the
+      # +:delete_all+ strategy if the +:dependent+ option is set to +:destroy+.
+      # Records are not instantiated and callbacks will not be fired.
+      #
+      #   class Person < ActiveRecord::Base
+      #     has_many :pets, dependent: :destroy
+      #   end
+      #
+      #   person.pets.size # => 3
+      #   person.pets
+      #   # => [
+      #   #       #<Pet id: 1, name: "Fancy-Fancy", person_id: 1>,
+      #   #       #<Pet id: 2, name: "Spook", person_id: 1>,
+      #   #       #<Pet id: 3, name: "Choo-Choo", person_id: 1>
+      #   #    ]
+      #
+      #   person.pets.delete_all
+      #
+      #   Pet.find(1, 2, 3)
+      #   # => ActiveRecord::RecordNotFound
+      #
+      # If it is set to <tt>:delete_all</tt>, all the objects are deleted
+      # *without* calling their +destroy+ method.
+      #
+      #   class Person < ActiveRecord::Base
+      #     has_many :pets, dependent: :delete_all
+      #   end
+      #
+      #   person.pets.size # => 3
+      #   person.pets
+      #   # => [
+      #   #       #<Pet id: 1, name: "Fancy-Fancy", person_id: 1>,
+      #   #       #<Pet id: 2, name: "Spook", person_id: 1>,
+      #   #       #<Pet id: 3, name: "Choo-Choo", person_id: 1>
+      #   #    ]
+      #
+      #   person.pets.delete_all
+      #
+      #   Pet.find(1, 2, 3)
+      #   # => ActiveRecord::RecordNotFound
+      def delete_all(dependent = nil)
+        @association.delete_all(dependent)
       end
 
-      def method_missing(method, *args, &block)
-        match = DynamicFinderMatch.match(method)
-        if match && match.instantiator?
-          send(:find_or_instantiator_by_attributes, match, match.attribute_names, *args) do |r|
-            proxy_association.send :set_owner_attributes, r
-            proxy_association.send :add_to_target, r
-            yield(r) if block_given?
-          end
-        end
+      # Deletes the records of the collection directly from the database
+      # ignoring the +:dependent+ option. Records are instantiated and it
+      # invokes +before_remove+, +after_remove+ , +before_destroy+ and
+      # +after_destroy+ callbacks.
+      #
+      #   class Person < ActiveRecord::Base
+      #     has_many :pets
+      #   end
+      #
+      #   person.pets.size # => 3
+      #   person.pets
+      #   # => [
+      #   #       #<Pet id: 1, name: "Fancy-Fancy", person_id: 1>,
+      #   #       #<Pet id: 2, name: "Spook", person_id: 1>,
+      #   #       #<Pet id: 3, name: "Choo-Choo", person_id: 1>
+      #   #    ]
+      #
+      #   person.pets.destroy_all
+      #
+      #   person.pets.size # => 0
+      #   person.pets      # => []
+      #
+      #   Pet.find(1) # => Couldn't find Pet with id=1
+      def destroy_all
+        @association.destroy_all
+      end
+
+      # Deletes the +records+ supplied from the collection according to the strategy
+      # specified by the +:dependent+ option. If no +:dependent+ option is given,
+      # then it will follow the default strategy. Returns an array with the
+      # deleted records.
+      #
+      # For +has_many :through+ associations, the default deletion strategy is
+      # +:delete_all+.
+      #
+      # For +has_many+ associations, the default deletion strategy is +:nullify+.
+      # This sets the foreign keys to +NULL+.
+      #
+      #   class Person < ActiveRecord::Base
+      #     has_many :pets # dependent: :nullify option by default
+      #   end
+      #
+      #   person.pets.size # => 3
+      #   person.pets
+      #   # => [
+      #   #       #<Pet id: 1, name: "Fancy-Fancy", person_id: 1>,
+      #   #       #<Pet id: 2, name: "Spook", person_id: 1>,
+      #   #       #<Pet id: 3, name: "Choo-Choo", person_id: 1>
+      #   #    ]
+      #
+      #   person.pets.delete(Pet.find(1))
+      #   # => [#<Pet id: 1, name: "Fancy-Fancy", person_id: 1>]
+      #
+      #   person.pets.size # => 2
+      #   person.pets
+      #   # => [
+      #   #       #<Pet id: 2, name: "Spook", person_id: 1>,
+      #   #       #<Pet id: 3, name: "Choo-Choo", person_id: 1>
+      #   #    ]
+      #
+      #   Pet.find(1)
+      #   # => #<Pet id: 1, name: "Fancy-Fancy", person_id: nil>
+      #
+      # If it is set to <tt>:destroy</tt> all the +records+ are removed by calling
+      # their +destroy+ method. See +destroy+ for more information.
+      #
+      #   class Person < ActiveRecord::Base
+      #     has_many :pets, dependent: :destroy
+      #   end
+      #
+      #   person.pets.size # => 3
+      #   person.pets
+      #   # => [
+      #   #       #<Pet id: 1, name: "Fancy-Fancy", person_id: 1>,
+      #   #       #<Pet id: 2, name: "Spook", person_id: 1>,
+      #   #       #<Pet id: 3, name: "Choo-Choo", person_id: 1>
+      #   #    ]
+      #
+      #   person.pets.delete(Pet.find(1), Pet.find(3))
+      #   # => [
+      #   #       #<Pet id: 1, name: "Fancy-Fancy", person_id: 1>,
+      #   #       #<Pet id: 3, name: "Choo-Choo", person_id: 1>
+      #   #    ]
+      #
+      #   person.pets.size # => 1
+      #   person.pets
+      #   # => [#<Pet id: 2, name: "Spook", person_id: 1>]
+      #
+      #   Pet.find(1, 3)
+      #   # => ActiveRecord::RecordNotFound: Couldn't find all Pets with IDs (1, 3)
+      #
+      # If it is set to <tt>:delete_all</tt>, all the +records+ are deleted
+      # *without* calling their +destroy+ method.
+      #
+      #   class Person < ActiveRecord::Base
+      #     has_many :pets, dependent: :delete_all
+      #   end
+      #
+      #   person.pets.size # => 3
+      #   person.pets
+      #   # => [
+      #   #       #<Pet id: 1, name: "Fancy-Fancy", person_id: 1>,
+      #   #       #<Pet id: 2, name: "Spook", person_id: 1>,
+      #   #       #<Pet id: 3, name: "Choo-Choo", person_id: 1>
+      #   #    ]
+      #
+      #   person.pets.delete(Pet.find(1))
+      #   # => [#<Pet id: 1, name: "Fancy-Fancy", person_id: 1>]
+      #
+      #   person.pets.size # => 2
+      #   person.pets
+      #   # => [
+      #   #       #<Pet id: 2, name: "Spook", person_id: 1>,
+      #   #       #<Pet id: 3, name: "Choo-Choo", person_id: 1>
+      #   #    ]
+      #
+      #   Pet.find(1)
+      #   # => ActiveRecord::RecordNotFound: Couldn't find Pet with id=1
+      #
+      # You can pass +Integer+ or +String+ values, it finds the records
+      # responding to the +id+ and executes delete on them.
+      #
+      #   class Person < ActiveRecord::Base
+      #     has_many :pets
+      #   end
+      #
+      #   person.pets.size # => 3
+      #   person.pets
+      #   # => [
+      #   #       #<Pet id: 1, name: "Fancy-Fancy", person_id: 1>,
+      #   #       #<Pet id: 2, name: "Spook", person_id: 1>,
+      #   #       #<Pet id: 3, name: "Choo-Choo", person_id: 1>
+      #   #    ]
+      #
+      #   person.pets.delete("1")
+      #   # => [#<Pet id: 1, name: "Fancy-Fancy", person_id: 1>]
+      #
+      #   person.pets.delete(2, 3)
+      #   # => [
+      #   #       #<Pet id: 2, name: "Spook", person_id: 1>,
+      #   #       #<Pet id: 3, name: "Choo-Choo", person_id: 1>
+      #   #    ]
+      def delete(*records)
+        @association.delete(*records)
+      end
+
+      # Destroys the +records+ supplied and removes them from the collection.
+      # This method will _always_ remove record from the database ignoring
+      # the +:dependent+ option. Returns an array with the removed records.
+      #
+      #   class Person < ActiveRecord::Base
+      #     has_many :pets
+      #   end
+      #
+      #   person.pets.size # => 3
+      #   person.pets
+      #   # => [
+      #   #       #<Pet id: 1, name: "Fancy-Fancy", person_id: 1>,
+      #   #       #<Pet id: 2, name: "Spook", person_id: 1>,
+      #   #       #<Pet id: 3, name: "Choo-Choo", person_id: 1>
+      #   #    ]
+      #
+      #   person.pets.destroy(Pet.find(1))
+      #   # => [#<Pet id: 1, name: "Fancy-Fancy", person_id: 1>]
+      #
+      #   person.pets.size # => 2
+      #   person.pets
+      #   # => [
+      #   #       #<Pet id: 2, name: "Spook", person_id: 1>,
+      #   #       #<Pet id: 3, name: "Choo-Choo", person_id: 1>
+      #   #    ]
+      #
+      #   person.pets.destroy(Pet.find(2), Pet.find(3))
+      #   # => [
+      #   #       #<Pet id: 2, name: "Spook", person_id: 1>,
+      #   #       #<Pet id: 3, name: "Choo-Choo", person_id: 1>
+      #   #    ]
+      #
+      #   person.pets.size  # => 0
+      #   person.pets       # => []
+      #
+      #   Pet.find(1, 2, 3) # => ActiveRecord::RecordNotFound: Couldn't find all Pets with IDs (1, 2, 3)
+      #
+      # You can pass +Integer+ or +String+ values, it finds the records
+      # responding to the +id+ and then deletes them from the database.
+      #
+      #   person.pets.size # => 3
+      #   person.pets
+      #   # => [
+      #   #       #<Pet id: 4, name: "Benny", person_id: 1>,
+      #   #       #<Pet id: 5, name: "Brain", person_id: 1>,
+      #   #       #<Pet id: 6, name: "Boss",  person_id: 1>
+      #   #    ]
+      #
+      #   person.pets.destroy("4")
+      #   # => #<Pet id: 4, name: "Benny", person_id: 1>
+      #
+      #   person.pets.size # => 2
+      #   person.pets
+      #   # => [
+      #   #       #<Pet id: 5, name: "Brain", person_id: 1>,
+      #   #       #<Pet id: 6, name: "Boss",  person_id: 1>
+      #   #    ]
+      #
+      #   person.pets.destroy(5, 6)
+      #   # => [
+      #   #       #<Pet id: 5, name: "Brain", person_id: 1>,
+      #   #       #<Pet id: 6, name: "Boss",  person_id: 1>
+      #   #    ]
+      #
+      #   person.pets.size  # => 0
+      #   person.pets       # => []
+      #
+      #   Pet.find(4, 5, 6) # => ActiveRecord::RecordNotFound: Couldn't find all Pets with IDs (4, 5, 6)
+      def destroy(*records)
+        @association.destroy(*records)
+      end
+
+      # Specifies whether the records should be unique or not.
+      #
+      #   class Person < ActiveRecord::Base
+      #     has_many :pets
+      #   end
+      #
+      #   person.pets.select(:name)
+      #   # => [
+      #   #      #<Pet name: "Fancy-Fancy">,
+      #   #      #<Pet name: "Fancy-Fancy">
+      #   #    ]
+      #
+      #   person.pets.select(:name).distinct
+      #   # => [#<Pet name: "Fancy-Fancy">]
+      def distinct
+        @association.distinct
+      end
+      alias uniq distinct
+
+      # Count all records using SQL.
+      #
+      #   class Person < ActiveRecord::Base
+      #     has_many :pets
+      #   end
+      #
+      #   person.pets.count # => 3
+      #   person.pets
+      #   # => [
+      #   #       #<Pet id: 1, name: "Fancy-Fancy", person_id: 1>,
+      #   #       #<Pet id: 2, name: "Spook", person_id: 1>,
+      #   #       #<Pet id: 3, name: "Choo-Choo", person_id: 1>
+      #   #    ]
+      def count(column_name = nil, options = {})
+        # TODO: Remove options argument as soon we remove support to
+        # activerecord-deprecated_finders.
+        @association.count(column_name, options)
+      end
 
-        if target.respond_to?(method) || (!proxy_association.klass.respond_to?(method) && Class.respond_to?(method))
-          if load_target
-            if target.respond_to?(method)
-              target.send(method, *args, &block)
-            else
-              begin
-                super
-              rescue NoMethodError => e
-                raise e, e.message.sub(/ for #<.*$/, " via proxy for #{target}")
-              end
-            end
-          end
+      # Returns the size of the collection. If the collection hasn't been loaded,
+      # it executes a <tt>SELECT COUNT(*)</tt> query. Else it calls <tt>collection.size</tt>.
+      #
+      # If the collection has been already loaded +size+ and +length+ are
+      # equivalent. If not and you are going to need the records anyway
+      # +length+ will take one less query. Otherwise +size+ is more efficient.
+      #
+      #   class Person < ActiveRecord::Base
+      #     has_many :pets
+      #   end
+      #
+      #   person.pets.size # => 3
+      #   # executes something like SELECT COUNT(*) FROM "pets" WHERE "pets"."person_id" = 1
+      #
+      #   person.pets # This will execute a SELECT * FROM query
+      #   # => [
+      #   #       #<Pet id: 1, name: "Fancy-Fancy", person_id: 1>,
+      #   #       #<Pet id: 2, name: "Spook", person_id: 1>,
+      #   #       #<Pet id: 3, name: "Choo-Choo", person_id: 1>
+      #   #    ]
+      #
+      #   person.pets.size # => 3
+      #   # Because the collection is already loaded, this will behave like
+      #   # collection.size and no SQL count query is executed.
+      def size
+        @association.size
+      end
+
+      # Returns the size of the collection calling +size+ on the target.
+      # If the collection has been already loaded, +length+ and +size+ are
+      # equivalent. If not and you are going to need the records anyway this
+      # method will take one less query. Otherwise +size+ is more efficient.
+      #
+      #   class Person < ActiveRecord::Base
+      #     has_many :pets
+      #   end
+      #
+      #   person.pets.length # => 3
+      #   # executes something like SELECT "pets".* FROM "pets" WHERE "pets"."person_id" = 1
+      #
+      #   # Because the collection is loaded, you can
+      #   # call the collection with no additional queries:
+      #   person.pets
+      #   # => [
+      #   #       #<Pet id: 1, name: "Fancy-Fancy", person_id: 1>,
+      #   #       #<Pet id: 2, name: "Spook", person_id: 1>,
+      #   #       #<Pet id: 3, name: "Choo-Choo", person_id: 1>
+      #   #    ]
+      def length
+        @association.length
+      end
+
+      # Returns +true+ if the collection is empty. If the collection has been
+      # loaded it is equivalent
+      # to <tt>collection.size.zero?</tt>. If the collection has not been loaded,
+      # it is equivalent to <tt>collection.exists?</tt>. If the collection has
+      # not already been loaded and you are going to fetch the records anyway it
+      # is better to check <tt>collection.length.zero?</tt>.
+      #
+      #   class Person < ActiveRecord::Base
+      #     has_many :pets
+      #   end
+      #
+      #   person.pets.count  # => 1
+      #   person.pets.empty? # => false
+      #
+      #   person.pets.delete_all
+      #
+      #   person.pets.count  # => 0
+      #   person.pets.empty? # => true
+      def empty?
+        @association.empty?
+      end
+
+      # Returns +true+ if the collection is not empty.
+      #
+      #   class Person < ActiveRecord::Base
+      #     has_many :pets
+      #   end
+      #
+      #   person.pets.count # => 0
+      #   person.pets.any?  # => false
+      #
+      #   person.pets << Pet.new(name: 'Snoop')
+      #   person.pets.count # => 0
+      #   person.pets.any?  # => true
+      #
+      # You can also pass a +block+ to define criteria. The behavior
+      # is the same, it returns true if the collection based on the
+      # criteria is not empty.
+      #
+      #   person.pets
+      #   # => [#<Pet name: "Snoop", group: "dogs">]
+      #
+      #   person.pets.any? do |pet|
+      #     pet.group == 'cats'
+      #   end
+      #   # => false
+      #
+      #   person.pets.any? do |pet|
+      #     pet.group == 'dogs'
+      #   end
+      #   # => true
+      def any?(&block)
+        @association.any?(&block)
+      end
+
+      # Returns true if the collection has more than one record.
+      # Equivalent to <tt>collection.size > 1</tt>.
+      #
+      #   class Person < ActiveRecord::Base
+      #     has_many :pets
+      #   end
+      #
+      #   person.pets.count # => 1
+      #   person.pets.many? # => false
+      #
+      #   person.pets << Pet.new(name: 'Snoopy')
+      #   person.pets.count # => 2
+      #   person.pets.many? # => true
+      #
+      # You can also pass a +block+ to define criteria. The
+      # behavior is the same, it returns true if the collection
+      # based on the criteria has more than one record.
+      #
+      #   person.pets
+      #   # => [
+      #   #      #<Pet name: "Gorby", group: "cats">,
+      #   #      #<Pet name: "Puff", group: "cats">,
+      #   #      #<Pet name: "Snoop", group: "dogs">
+      #   #    ]
+      #
+      #   person.pets.many? do |pet|
+      #     pet.group == 'dogs'
+      #   end
+      #   # => false
+      #
+      #   person.pets.many? do |pet|
+      #     pet.group == 'cats'
+      #   end
+      #   # => true
+      def many?(&block)
+        @association.many?(&block)
+      end
 
-        else
-          scoped.readonly(nil).send(method, *args, &block)
-        end
+      # Returns +true+ if the given +record+ is present in the collection.
+      #
+      #   class Person < ActiveRecord::Base
+      #     has_many :pets
+      #   end
+      #
+      #   person.pets # => [#<Pet id: 20, name: "Snoop">]
+      #
+      #   person.pets.include?(Pet.find(20)) # => true
+      #   person.pets.include?(Pet.find(21)) # => false
+      def include?(record)
+        !!@association.include?(record)
       end
 
-      # Forwards <tt>===</tt> explicitly to the \target because the instance method
-      # removal above doesn't catch it. Loads the \target if needed.
-      def ===(other)
-        other === load_target
+      def arel
+        scope.arel
       end
 
+      def proxy_association
+        @association
+      end
+
+      # We don't want this object to be put on the scoping stack, because
+      # that could create an infinite loop where we call an @association
+      # method, which gets the current scope, which is this object, which
+      # delegates to @association, and so on.
+      def scoping
+        @association.scope.scoping { yield }
+      end
+
+      # Returns a <tt>Relation</tt> object for the records in this association
+      def scope
+        @association.scope
+      end
+      alias spawn scope
+
+      # Equivalent to <tt>Array#==</tt>. Returns +true+ if the two arrays
+      # contain the same number of elements and if each element is equal
+      # to the corresponding element in the +other+ array, otherwise returns
+      # +false+.
+      #
+      #   class Person < ActiveRecord::Base
+      #     has_many :pets
+      #   end
+      #
+      #   person.pets
+      #   # => [
+      #   #      #<Pet id: 1, name: "Fancy-Fancy", person_id: 1>,
+      #   #      #<Pet id: 2, name: "Spook", person_id: 1>
+      #   #    ]
+      #
+      #   other = person.pets.to_ary
+      #
+      #   person.pets == other
+      #   # => true
+      #
+      #   other = [Pet.new(id: 1), Pet.new(id: 2)]
+      #
+      #   person.pets == other
+      #   # => false
+      def ==(other)
+        load_target == other
+      end
+
+      # Returns a new array of objects from the collection. If the collection
+      # hasn't been loaded, it fetches the records from the database.
+      #
+      #   class Person < ActiveRecord::Base
+      #     has_many :pets
+      #   end
+      #
+      #   person.pets
+      #   # => [
+      #   #       #<Pet id: 4, name: "Benny", person_id: 1>,
+      #   #       #<Pet id: 5, name: "Brain", person_id: 1>,
+      #   #       #<Pet id: 6, name: "Boss",  person_id: 1>
+      #   #    ]
+      #
+      #   other_pets = person.pets.to_ary
+      #   # => [
+      #   #       #<Pet id: 4, name: "Benny", person_id: 1>,
+      #   #       #<Pet id: 5, name: "Brain", person_id: 1>,
+      #   #       #<Pet id: 6, name: "Boss",  person_id: 1>
+      #   #    ]
+      #
+      #   other_pets.replace([Pet.new(name: 'BooGoo')])
+      #
+      #   other_pets
+      #   # => [#<Pet id: nil, name: "BooGoo", person_id: 1>]
+      #
+      #   person.pets
+      #   # This is not affected by replace
+      #   # => [
+      #   #       #<Pet id: 4, name: "Benny", person_id: 1>,
+      #   #       #<Pet id: 5, name: "Brain", person_id: 1>,
+      #   #       #<Pet id: 6, name: "Boss",  person_id: 1>
+      #   #    ]
       def to_ary
         load_target.dup
       end
       alias_method :to_a, :to_ary
 
+      # Adds one or more +records+ to the collection by setting their foreign keys
+      # to the association's primary key. Returns +self+, so several appends may be
+      # chained together.
+      #
+      #   class Person < ActiveRecord::Base
+      #     has_many :pets
+      #   end
+      #
+      #   person.pets.size # => 0
+      #   person.pets << Pet.new(name: 'Fancy-Fancy')
+      #   person.pets << [Pet.new(name: 'Spook'), Pet.new(name: 'Choo-Choo')]
+      #   person.pets.size # => 3
+      #
+      #   person.id # => 1
+      #   person.pets
+      #   # => [
+      #   #      #<Pet id: 1, name: "Fancy-Fancy", person_id: 1>,
+      #   #      #<Pet id: 2, name: "Spook", person_id: 1>,
+      #   #      #<Pet id: 3, name: "Choo-Choo", person_id: 1>
+      #   #    ]
       def <<(*records)
         proxy_association.concat(records) && self
       end
       alias_method :push, :<<
+      alias_method :append, :<<
+
+      def prepend(*args)
+        raise NoMethodError, "prepend on association is not defined. Please use << or append"
+      end
 
+      # Equivalent to +delete_all+. The difference is that returns +self+, instead
+      # of an array with the deleted objects, so methods can be chained. See
+      # +delete_all+ for more information.
       def clear
         delete_all
         self
       end
 
+      # Reloads the collection from the database. Returns +self+.
+      # Equivalent to <tt>collection(true)</tt>.
+      #
+      #   class Person < ActiveRecord::Base
+      #     has_many :pets
+      #   end
+      #
+      #   person.pets # fetches pets from the database
+      #   # => [#<Pet id: 1, name: "Snoop", group: "dogs", person_id: 1>]
+      #
+      #   person.pets # uses the pets cache
+      #   # => [#<Pet id: 1, name: "Snoop", group: "dogs", person_id: 1>]
+      #
+      #   person.pets.reload # fetches pets from the database
+      #   # => [#<Pet id: 1, name: "Snoop", group: "dogs", person_id: 1>]
+      #
+      #   person.pets(true)  # fetches pets from the database
+      #   # => [#<Pet id: 1, name: "Snoop", group: "dogs", person_id: 1>]
       def reload
         proxy_association.reload
         self
       end
 
-      def proxy_owner
-        ActiveSupport::Deprecation.warn(
-          "Calling record.#{@association.reflection.name}.proxy_owner is deprecated. Please use " \
-          "record.association(:#{@association.reflection.name}).owner instead. Or, from an " \
-          "association extension you can access proxy_association.owner."
-        )
-        proxy_association.owner
-      end
-
-      def proxy_target
-        ActiveSupport::Deprecation.warn(
-          "Calling record.#{@association.reflection.name}.proxy_target is deprecated. Please use " \
-          "record.association(:#{@association.reflection.name}).target instead. Or, from an " \
-          "association extension you can access proxy_association.target."
-        )
-        proxy_association.target
-      end
-
-      def proxy_reflection
-        ActiveSupport::Deprecation.warn(
-          "Calling record.#{@association.reflection.name}.proxy_reflection is deprecated. Please use " \
-          "record.association(:#{@association.reflection.name}).reflection instead. Or, from an " \
-          "association extension you can access proxy_association.reflection."
-        )
-        proxy_association.reflection
+      # Unloads the association. Returns +self+.
+      #
+      #   class Person < ActiveRecord::Base
+      #     has_many :pets
+      #   end
+      #
+      #   person.pets # fetches pets from the database
+      #   # => [#<Pet id: 1, name: "Snoop", group: "dogs", person_id: 1>]
+      #
+      #   person.pets # uses the pets cache
+      #   # => [#<Pet id: 1, name: "Snoop", group: "dogs", person_id: 1>]
+      #
+      #   person.pets.reset # clears the pets cache
+      #
+      #   person.pets  # fetches pets from the database
+      #   # => [#<Pet id: 1, name: "Snoop", group: "dogs", person_id: 1>]
+      def reset
+        proxy_association.reset
+        proxy_association.reset_scope
+        self
       end
     end
   end