activerecord 3.2.6 → 6.0.0

data/lib/active_record/associations.rb

@@ -1,96 +1,171 @@
-require 'active_support/core_ext/array/wrap'
-require 'active_support/core_ext/enumerable'
-require 'active_support/core_ext/module/delegation'
-require 'active_support/core_ext/object/blank'
-require 'active_support/core_ext/string/conversions'
-require 'active_support/core_ext/module/remove_method'
-require 'active_support/core_ext/class/attribute'
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+require "active_support/core_ext/enumerable"
+require "active_support/core_ext/string/conversions"
+require "active_support/core_ext/module/remove_method"
+require "active_record/errors"
 
 module ActiveRecord
+  class AssociationNotFoundError < ConfigurationError #:nodoc:
+    def initialize(record = nil, association_name = nil)
+      if record && association_name
+        super("Association named '#{association_name}' was not found on #{record.class.name}; perhaps you misspelled it?")
+      else
+        super("Association was not found.")
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
   class InverseOfAssociationNotFoundError < ActiveRecordError #:nodoc:
-    def initialize(reflection, associated_class = nil)
-      super("Could not find the inverse association for #{reflection.name} (#{reflection.options[:inverse_of].inspect} in #{associated_class.nil? ? reflection.class_name : associated_class.name})")
+    def initialize(reflection = nil, associated_class = nil)
+      if reflection
+        super("Could not find the inverse association for #{reflection.name} (#{reflection.options[:inverse_of].inspect} in #{associated_class.nil? ? reflection.class_name : associated_class.name})")
+      else
+        super("Could not find the inverse association.")
+      end
     end
   end
 
   class HasManyThroughAssociationNotFoundError < ActiveRecordError #:nodoc:
-    def initialize(owner_class_name, reflection)
-      super("Could not find the association #{reflection.options[:through].inspect} in model #{owner_class_name}")
+    def initialize(owner_class_name = nil, reflection = nil)
+      if owner_class_name && reflection
+        super("Could not find the association #{reflection.options[:through].inspect} in model #{owner_class_name}")
+      else
+        super("Could not find the association.")
+      end
     end
   end
 
   class HasManyThroughAssociationPolymorphicSourceError < ActiveRecordError #:nodoc:
-    def initialize(owner_class_name, reflection, source_reflection)
-      super("Cannot have a has_many :through association '#{owner_class_name}##{reflection.name}' on the polymorphic object '#{source_reflection.class_name}##{source_reflection.name}'.")
+    def initialize(owner_class_name = nil, reflection = nil, source_reflection = nil)
+      if owner_class_name && reflection && source_reflection
+        super("Cannot have a has_many :through association '#{owner_class_name}##{reflection.name}' on the polymorphic object '#{source_reflection.class_name}##{source_reflection.name}' without 'source_type'. Try adding 'source_type: \"#{reflection.name.to_s.classify}\"' to 'has_many :through' definition.")
+      else
+        super("Cannot have a has_many :through association.")
+      end
     end
   end
 
   class HasManyThroughAssociationPolymorphicThroughError < ActiveRecordError #:nodoc:
-    def initialize(owner_class_name, reflection)
-      super("Cannot have a has_many :through association '#{owner_class_name}##{reflection.name}' which goes through the polymorphic association '#{owner_class_name}##{reflection.through_reflection.name}'.")
+    def initialize(owner_class_name = nil, reflection = nil)
+      if owner_class_name && reflection
+        super("Cannot have a has_many :through association '#{owner_class_name}##{reflection.name}' which goes through the polymorphic association '#{owner_class_name}##{reflection.through_reflection.name}'.")
+      else
+        super("Cannot have a has_many :through association.")
+      end
     end
   end
 
   class HasManyThroughAssociationPointlessSourceTypeError < ActiveRecordError #:nodoc:
-    def initialize(owner_class_name, reflection, source_reflection)
-      super("Cannot have a has_many :through association '#{owner_class_name}##{reflection.name}' with a :source_type option if the '#{reflection.through_reflection.class_name}##{source_reflection.name}' is not polymorphic. Try removing :source_type on your association.")
+    def initialize(owner_class_name = nil, reflection = nil, source_reflection = nil)
+      if owner_class_name && reflection && source_reflection
+        super("Cannot have a has_many :through association '#{owner_class_name}##{reflection.name}' with a :source_type option if the '#{reflection.through_reflection.class_name}##{source_reflection.name}' is not polymorphic. Try removing :source_type on your association.")
+      else
+        super("Cannot have a has_many :through association.")
+      end
     end
   end
 
   class HasOneThroughCantAssociateThroughCollection < ActiveRecordError #:nodoc:
-    def initialize(owner_class_name, reflection, through_reflection)
-      super("Cannot have a has_one :through association '#{owner_class_name}##{reflection.name}' where the :through association '#{owner_class_name}##{through_reflection.name}' is a collection. Specify a has_one or belongs_to association in the :through option instead.")
+    def initialize(owner_class_name = nil, reflection = nil, through_reflection = nil)
+      if owner_class_name && reflection && through_reflection
+        super("Cannot have a has_one :through association '#{owner_class_name}##{reflection.name}' where the :through association '#{owner_class_name}##{through_reflection.name}' is a collection. Specify a has_one or belongs_to association in the :through option instead.")
+      else
+        super("Cannot have a has_one :through association.")
+      end
     end
   end
 
-  class HasManyThroughSourceAssociationNotFoundError < ActiveRecordError #:nodoc:
-    def initialize(reflection)
-      through_reflection      = reflection.through_reflection
-      source_reflection_names = reflection.source_reflection_names
-      source_associations     = reflection.through_reflection.klass.reflect_on_all_associations.collect { |a| a.name.inspect }
-      super("Could not find the source association(s) #{source_reflection_names.collect{ |a| a.inspect }.to_sentence(:two_words_connector => ' or ', :last_word_connector => ', or ', :locale => :en)} in model #{through_reflection.klass}. Try 'has_many #{reflection.name.inspect}, :through => #{through_reflection.name.inspect}, :source => <name>'. Is it one of #{source_associations.to_sentence(:two_words_connector => ' or ', :last_word_connector => ', or ', :locale => :en)}?")
+  class HasOneAssociationPolymorphicThroughError < ActiveRecordError #:nodoc:
+    def initialize(owner_class_name = nil, reflection = nil)
+      if owner_class_name && reflection
+        super("Cannot have a has_one :through association '#{owner_class_name}##{reflection.name}' which goes through the polymorphic association '#{owner_class_name}##{reflection.through_reflection.name}'.")
+      else
+        super("Cannot have a has_one :through association.")
+      end
     end
   end
 
-  class HasManyThroughCantAssociateThroughHasOneOrManyReflection < ActiveRecordError #:nodoc:
-    def initialize(owner, reflection)
-      super("Cannot modify association '#{owner.class.name}##{reflection.name}' because the source reflection class '#{reflection.source_reflection.class_name}' is associated to '#{reflection.through_reflection.class_name}' via :#{reflection.source_reflection.macro}.")
+  class HasManyThroughSourceAssociationNotFoundError < ActiveRecordError #:nodoc:
+    def initialize(reflection = nil)
+      if reflection
+        through_reflection      = reflection.through_reflection
+        source_reflection_names = reflection.source_reflection_names
+        source_associations     = reflection.through_reflection.klass._reflections.keys
+        super("Could not find the source association(s) #{source_reflection_names.collect(&:inspect).to_sentence(two_words_connector: ' or ', last_word_connector: ', or ', locale: :en)} in model #{through_reflection.klass}. Try 'has_many #{reflection.name.inspect}, :through => #{through_reflection.name.inspect}, :source => <name>'. Is it one of #{source_associations.to_sentence(two_words_connector: ' or ', last_word_connector: ', or ', locale: :en)}?")
+      else
+        super("Could not find the source association(s).")
+      end
     end
   end
 
-  class HasManyThroughCantAssociateNewRecords < ActiveRecordError #:nodoc:
-    def initialize(owner, reflection)
-      super("Cannot associate new records through '#{owner.class.name}##{reflection.name}' on '#{reflection.source_reflection.class_name rescue nil}##{reflection.source_reflection.name rescue nil}'. Both records must have an id in order to create the has_many :through record associating them.")
+  class HasManyThroughOrderError < ActiveRecordError #:nodoc:
+    def initialize(owner_class_name = nil, reflection = nil, through_reflection = nil)
+      if owner_class_name && reflection && through_reflection
+        super("Cannot have a has_many :through association '#{owner_class_name}##{reflection.name}' which goes through '#{owner_class_name}##{through_reflection.name}' before the through association is defined.")
+      else
+        super("Cannot have a has_many :through association before the through association is defined.")
+      end
     end
   end
 
-  class HasManyThroughCantDissociateNewRecords < ActiveRecordError #:nodoc:
-    def initialize(owner, reflection)
-      super("Cannot dissociate new records through '#{owner.class.name}##{reflection.name}' on '#{reflection.source_reflection.class_name rescue nil}##{reflection.source_reflection.name rescue nil}'. Both records must have an id in order to delete the has_many :through record associating them.")
+  class ThroughCantAssociateThroughHasOneOrManyReflection < ActiveRecordError #:nodoc:
+    def initialize(owner = nil, reflection = nil)
+      if owner && reflection
+        super("Cannot modify association '#{owner.class.name}##{reflection.name}' because the source reflection class '#{reflection.source_reflection.class_name}' is associated to '#{reflection.through_reflection.class_name}' via :#{reflection.source_reflection.macro}.")
+      else
+        super("Cannot modify association.")
+      end
     end
   end
 
-  class HasManyThroughNestedAssociationsAreReadonly < ActiveRecordError #:nodoc:
-    def initialize(owner, reflection)
-      super("Cannot modify association '#{owner.class.name}##{reflection.name}' because it goes through more than one other association.")
+  class AmbiguousSourceReflectionForThroughAssociation < ActiveRecordError # :nodoc:
+    def initialize(klass, macro, association_name, options, possible_sources)
+      example_options = options.dup
+      example_options[:source] = possible_sources.first
+
+      super("Ambiguous source reflection for through association. Please " \
+            "specify a :source directive on your declaration like:\n" \
+            "\n" \
+            "  class #{klass} < ActiveRecord::Base\n" \
+            "    #{macro} :#{association_name}, #{example_options}\n" \
+            "  end"
+           )
     end
   end
 
-  class HasAndBelongsToManyAssociationForeignKeyNeeded < ActiveRecordError #:nodoc:
-    def initialize(reflection)
-      super("Cannot create self referential has_and_belongs_to_many association on '#{reflection.class_name rescue nil}##{reflection.name rescue nil}'. :association_foreign_key cannot be the same as the :foreign_key.")
-    end
+  class HasManyThroughCantAssociateThroughHasOneOrManyReflection < ThroughCantAssociateThroughHasOneOrManyReflection #:nodoc:
+  end
+
+  class HasOneThroughCantAssociateThroughHasOneOrManyReflection < ThroughCantAssociateThroughHasOneOrManyReflection #:nodoc:
   end
 
-  class EagerLoadPolymorphicError < ActiveRecordError #:nodoc:
-    def initialize(reflection)
-      super("Can not eagerly load the polymorphic association #{reflection.name.inspect}")
+  class ThroughNestedAssociationsAreReadonly < ActiveRecordError #:nodoc:
+    def initialize(owner = nil, reflection = nil)
+      if owner && reflection
+        super("Cannot modify association '#{owner.class.name}##{reflection.name}' because it goes through more than one other association.")
+      else
+        super("Through nested associations are read-only.")
+      end
     end
   end
 
-  class ReadOnlyAssociation < ActiveRecordError #:nodoc:
-    def initialize(reflection)
-      super("Can not add to a has_many :through association. Try adding to #{reflection.through_reflection.name.inspect}.")
+  class HasManyThroughNestedAssociationsAreReadonly < ThroughNestedAssociationsAreReadonly #:nodoc:
+  end
+
+  class HasOneThroughNestedAssociationsAreReadonly < ThroughNestedAssociationsAreReadonly #:nodoc:
+  end
+
+  # This error is raised when trying to eager load a polymorphic association using a JOIN.
+  # Eager loading polymorphic associations is only possible with
+  # {ActiveRecord::Relation#preload}[rdoc-ref:QueryMethods#preload].
+  class EagerLoadPolymorphicError < ActiveRecordError
+    def initialize(reflection = nil)
+      if reflection
+        super("Cannot eagerly load the polymorphic association #{reflection.name.inspect}")
+      else
+        super("Eager load polymorphic error.")
+      end
     end
   end
 
@@ -98,62 +173,67 @@ module ActiveRecord
   # (has_many, has_one) when there is at least 1 child associated instance.
   # ex: if @project.tasks.size > 0, DeleteRestrictionError will be raised when trying to destroy @project
   class DeleteRestrictionError < ActiveRecordError #:nodoc:
-    def initialize(name)
-      super("Cannot delete record because of dependent #{name}")
+    def initialize(name = nil)
+      if name
+        super("Cannot delete record because of dependent #{name}")
+      else
+        super("Delete restriction error.")
+      end
     end
   end
 
   # See ActiveRecord::Associations::ClassMethods for documentation.
   module Associations # :nodoc:
+    extend ActiveSupport::Autoload
     extend ActiveSupport::Concern
 
     # These classes will be loaded when associations are created.
     # So there is no need to eager load them.
-    autoload :Association,           'active_record/associations/association'
-    autoload :SingularAssociation,   'active_record/associations/singular_association'
-    autoload :CollectionAssociation, 'active_record/associations/collection_association'
-    autoload :CollectionProxy,       'active_record/associations/collection_proxy'
-
-    autoload :BelongsToAssociation,            'active_record/associations/belongs_to_association'
-    autoload :BelongsToPolymorphicAssociation, 'active_record/associations/belongs_to_polymorphic_association'
-    autoload :HasAndBelongsToManyAssociation,  'active_record/associations/has_and_belongs_to_many_association'
-    autoload :HasManyAssociation,              'active_record/associations/has_many_association'
-    autoload :HasManyThroughAssociation,       'active_record/associations/has_many_through_association'
-    autoload :HasOneAssociation,               'active_record/associations/has_one_association'
-    autoload :HasOneThroughAssociation,        'active_record/associations/has_one_through_association'
-    autoload :ThroughAssociation,              'active_record/associations/through_association'
+    autoload :Association
+    autoload :SingularAssociation
+    autoload :CollectionAssociation
+    autoload :ForeignAssociation
+    autoload :CollectionProxy
+    autoload :ThroughAssociation
 
     module Builder #:nodoc:
-      autoload :Association,           'active_record/associations/builder/association'
-      autoload :SingularAssociation,   'active_record/associations/builder/singular_association'
-      autoload :CollectionAssociation, 'active_record/associations/builder/collection_association'
+      autoload :Association,           "active_record/associations/builder/association"
+      autoload :SingularAssociation,   "active_record/associations/builder/singular_association"
+      autoload :CollectionAssociation, "active_record/associations/builder/collection_association"
 
-      autoload :BelongsTo,           'active_record/associations/builder/belongs_to'
-      autoload :HasOne,              'active_record/associations/builder/has_one'
-      autoload :HasMany,             'active_record/associations/builder/has_many'
-      autoload :HasAndBelongsToMany, 'active_record/associations/builder/has_and_belongs_to_many'
+      autoload :BelongsTo,           "active_record/associations/builder/belongs_to"
+      autoload :HasOne,              "active_record/associations/builder/has_one"
+      autoload :HasMany,             "active_record/associations/builder/has_many"
+      autoload :HasAndBelongsToMany, "active_record/associations/builder/has_and_belongs_to_many"
     end
 
-    autoload :Preloader,        'active_record/associations/preloader'
-    autoload :JoinDependency,   'active_record/associations/join_dependency'
-    autoload :AssociationScope, 'active_record/associations/association_scope'
-    autoload :AliasTracker,     'active_record/associations/alias_tracker'
-    autoload :JoinHelper,       'active_record/associations/join_helper'
+    eager_autoload do
+      autoload :BelongsToAssociation
+      autoload :BelongsToPolymorphicAssociation
+      autoload :HasManyAssociation
+      autoload :HasManyThroughAssociation
+      autoload :HasOneAssociation
+      autoload :HasOneThroughAssociation
 
-    # Clears out the association cache.
-    def clear_association_cache #:nodoc:
-      @association_cache.clear if persisted?
+      autoload :Preloader
+      autoload :JoinDependency
+      autoload :AssociationScope
+      autoload :AliasTracker
     end
 
-    # :nodoc:
-    attr_reader :association_cache
+    def self.eager_load!
+      super
+      Preloader.eager_load!
+    end
 
     # Returns the association instance for the given name, instantiating it if it doesn't already exist
     def association(name) #:nodoc:
       association = association_instance_get(name)
 
       if association.nil?
-        reflection  = self.class.reflect_on_association(name)
+        unless reflection = self.class._reflect_on_association(name)
+          raise AssociationNotFoundError.new(self, name)
+        end
         association = reflection.association_class.new(self, reflection)
         association_instance_set(name, association)
       end
@@ -161,1444 +241,1625 @@ module ActiveRecord
       association
     end
 
-    private
-      # Returns the specified association instance if it responds to :loaded?, nil otherwise.
-      def association_instance_get(name)
-        @association_cache[name.to_sym]
-      end
+    def association_cached?(name) # :nodoc:
+      @association_cache.key?(name)
+    end
 
-      # Set the specified association instance.
-      def association_instance_set(name, association)
-        @association_cache[name] = association
+    def initialize_dup(*) # :nodoc:
+      @association_cache = {}
+      super
+    end
+
+    def reload(*) # :nodoc:
+      clear_association_cache
+      super
+    end
+
+    private
+      # Clears out the association cache.
+      def clear_association_cache
+        @association_cache.clear if persisted?
       end
 
-    # Associations are a set of macro-like class methods for tying objects together through
-    # foreign keys. They express relationships like "Project has one Project Manager"
-    # or "Project belongs to a Portfolio". Each macro adds a number of methods to the
-    # class which are specialized according to the collection or association symbol and the
-    # options hash. It works much the same way as Ruby's own <tt>attr*</tt>
-    # methods.
-    #
-    #   class Project < ActiveRecord::Base
-    #     belongs_to              :portfolio
-    #     has_one                 :project_manager
-    #     has_many                :milestones
-    #     has_and_belongs_to_many :categories
-    #   end
-    #
-    # The project class now has the following methods (and more) to ease the traversal and
-    # manipulation of its relationships:
-    # * <tt>Project#portfolio, Project#portfolio=(portfolio), Project#portfolio.nil?</tt>
-    # * <tt>Project#project_manager, Project#project_manager=(project_manager), Project#project_manager.nil?,</tt>
-    # * <tt>Project#milestones.empty?, Project#milestones.size, Project#milestones, Project#milestones<<(milestone),</tt>
-    #   <tt>Project#milestones.delete(milestone), Project#milestones.find(milestone_id), Project#milestones.all(options),</tt>
-    #   <tt>Project#milestones.build, Project#milestones.create</tt>
-    # * <tt>Project#categories.empty?, Project#categories.size, Project#categories, Project#categories<<(category1),</tt>
-    #   <tt>Project#categories.delete(category1)</tt>
-    #
-    # === Overriding generated methods
-    #
-    # Association methods are generated in a module that is included into the model class,
-    # which allows you to easily override with your own methods and call the original
-    # generated method with +super+. For example:
-    #
-    #   class Car < ActiveRecord::Base
-    #     belongs_to :owner
-    #     belongs_to :old_owner
-    #     def owner=(new_owner)
-    #       self.old_owner = self.owner
-    #       super
-    #     end
-    #   end
-    #
-    # If your model class is <tt>Project</tt>, the module is
-    # named <tt>Project::GeneratedFeatureMethods</tt>. The GeneratedFeatureMethods module is
-    # included in the model class immediately after the (anonymous) generated attributes methods
-    # module, meaning an association will override the methods for an attribute with the same name.
-    #
-    # === A word of warning
-    #
-    # Don't create associations that have the same name as instance methods of
-    # <tt>ActiveRecord::Base</tt>. Since the association adds a method with that name to
-    # its model, it will override the inherited method and break things.
-    # For instance, +attributes+ and +connection+ would be bad choices for association names.
-    #
-    # == Auto-generated methods
-    #
-    # === Singular associations (one-to-one)
-    #                                     |            |  belongs_to  |
-    #   generated methods                 | belongs_to | :polymorphic | has_one
-    #   ----------------------------------+------------+--------------+---------
-    #   other                             |     X      |      X       |    X
-    #   other=(other)                     |     X      |      X       |    X
-    #   build_other(attributes={})        |     X      |              |    X
-    #   create_other(attributes={})       |     X      |              |    X
-    #   create_other!(attributes={})      |     X      |              |    X
-    #
-    # ===Collection associations (one-to-many / many-to-many)
-    #                                     |       |          | has_many
-    #   generated methods                 | habtm | has_many | :through
-    #   ----------------------------------+-------+----------+----------
-    #   others                            |   X   |    X     |    X
-    #   others=(other,other,...)          |   X   |    X     |    X
-    #   other_ids                         |   X   |    X     |    X
-    #   other_ids=(id,id,...)             |   X   |    X     |    X
-    #   others<<                          |   X   |    X     |    X
-    #   others.push                       |   X   |    X     |    X
-    #   others.concat                     |   X   |    X     |    X
-    #   others.build(attributes={})       |   X   |    X     |    X
-    #   others.create(attributes={})      |   X   |    X     |    X
-    #   others.create!(attributes={})     |   X   |    X     |    X
-    #   others.size                       |   X   |    X     |    X
-    #   others.length                     |   X   |    X     |    X
-    #   others.count                      |   X   |    X     |    X
-    #   others.sum(args*,&block)          |   X   |    X     |    X
-    #   others.empty?                     |   X   |    X     |    X
-    #   others.clear                      |   X   |    X     |    X
-    #   others.delete(other,other,...)    |   X   |    X     |    X
-    #   others.delete_all                 |   X   |    X     |    X
-    #   others.destroy_all                |   X   |    X     |    X
-    #   others.find(*args)                |   X   |    X     |    X
-    #   others.exists?                    |   X   |    X     |    X
-    #   others.uniq                       |   X   |    X     |    X
-    #   others.reset                      |   X   |    X     |    X
-    #
-    # == Cardinality and associations
-    #
-    # Active Record associations can be used to describe one-to-one, one-to-many and many-to-many
-    # relationships between models. Each model uses an association to describe its role in
-    # the relation. The +belongs_to+ association is always used in the model that has
-    # the foreign key.
-    #
-    # === One-to-one
-    #
-    # Use +has_one+ in the base, and +belongs_to+ in the associated model.
-    #
-    #   class Employee < ActiveRecord::Base
-    #     has_one :office
-    #   end
-    #   class Office < ActiveRecord::Base
-    #     belongs_to :employee    # foreign key - employee_id
-    #   end
-    #
-    # === One-to-many
-    #
-    # Use +has_many+ in the base, and +belongs_to+ in the associated model.
-    #
-    #   class Manager < ActiveRecord::Base
-    #     has_many :employees
-    #   end
-    #   class Employee < ActiveRecord::Base
-    #     belongs_to :manager     # foreign key - manager_id
-    #   end
-    #
-    # === Many-to-many
-    #
-    # There are two ways to build a many-to-many relationship.
-    #
-    # The first way uses a +has_many+ association with the <tt>:through</tt> option and a join model, so
-    # there are two stages of associations.
-    #
-    #   class Assignment < ActiveRecord::Base
-    #     belongs_to :programmer  # foreign key - programmer_id
-    #     belongs_to :project     # foreign key - project_id
-    #   end
-    #   class Programmer < ActiveRecord::Base
-    #     has_many :assignments
-    #     has_many :projects, :through => :assignments
-    #   end
-    #   class Project < ActiveRecord::Base
-    #     has_many :assignments
-    #     has_many :programmers, :through => :assignments
-    #   end
-    #
-    # For the second way, use +has_and_belongs_to_many+ in both models. This requires a join table
-    # that has no corresponding model or primary key.
-    #
-    #   class Programmer < ActiveRecord::Base
-    #     has_and_belongs_to_many :projects       # foreign keys in the join table
-    #   end
-    #   class Project < ActiveRecord::Base
-    #     has_and_belongs_to_many :programmers    # foreign keys in the join table
-    #   end
-    #
-    # Choosing which way to build a many-to-many relationship is not always simple.
-    # If you need to work with the relationship model as its own entity,
-    # use <tt>has_many :through</tt>. Use +has_and_belongs_to_many+ when working with legacy schemas or when
-    # you never work directly with the relationship itself.
-    #
-    # == Is it a +belongs_to+ or +has_one+ association?
-    #
-    # Both express a 1-1 relationship. The difference is mostly where to place the foreign
-    # key, which goes on the table for the class declaring the +belongs_to+ relationship.
-    #
-    #   class User < ActiveRecord::Base
-    #     # I reference an account.
-    #     belongs_to :account
-    #   end
-    #
-    #   class Account < ActiveRecord::Base
-    #     # One user references me.
-    #     has_one :user
-    #   end
-    #
-    # The tables for these classes could look something like:
-    #
-    #   CREATE TABLE users (
-    #     id int(11) NOT NULL auto_increment,
-    #     account_id int(11) default NULL,
-    #     name varchar default NULL,
-    #     PRIMARY KEY  (id)
-    #   )
-    #
-    #   CREATE TABLE accounts (
-    #     id int(11) NOT NULL auto_increment,
-    #     name varchar default NULL,
-    #     PRIMARY KEY  (id)
-    #   )
-    #
-    # == Unsaved objects and associations
-    #
-    # You can manipulate objects and associations before they are saved to the database, but
-    # there is some special behavior you should be aware of, mostly involving the saving of
-    # associated objects.
-    #
-    # You can set the :autosave option on a <tt>has_one</tt>, <tt>belongs_to</tt>,
-    # <tt>has_many</tt>, or <tt>has_and_belongs_to_many</tt> association. Setting it
-    # to +true+ will _always_ save the members, whereas setting it to +false+ will
-    # _never_ save the members. More details about :autosave option is available at
-    # autosave_association.rb .
-    #
-    # === One-to-one associations
-    #
-    # * Assigning an object to a +has_one+ association automatically saves that object and
-    #   the object being replaced (if there is one), in order to update their foreign
-    #   keys - except if the parent object is unsaved (<tt>new_record? == true</tt>).
-    # * If either of these saves fail (due to one of the objects being invalid), an
-    #   <tt>ActiveRecord::RecordNotSaved</tt> exception is raised and the assignment is
-    #   cancelled.
-    # * If you wish to assign an object to a +has_one+ association without saving it,
-    #   use the <tt>build_association</tt> method (documented below). The object being
-    #   replaced will still be saved to update its foreign key.
-    # * Assigning an object to a +belongs_to+ association does not save the object, since
-    #   the foreign key field belongs on the parent. It does not save the parent either.
-    #
-    # === Collections
-    #
-    # * Adding an object to a collection (+has_many+ or +has_and_belongs_to_many+) automatically
-    #   saves that object, except if the parent object (the owner of the collection) is not yet
-    #   stored in the database.
-    # * If saving any of the objects being added to a collection (via <tt>push</tt> or similar)
-    #   fails, then <tt>push</tt> returns +false+.
-    # * If saving fails while replacing the collection (via <tt>association=</tt>), an
-    #   <tt>ActiveRecord::RecordNotSaved</tt> exception is raised and the assignment is
-    #   cancelled.
-    # * You can add an object to a collection without automatically saving it by using the
-    #   <tt>collection.build</tt> method (documented below).
-    # * All unsaved (<tt>new_record? == true</tt>) members of the collection are automatically
-    #   saved when the parent is saved.
-    #
-    # === Association callbacks
-    #
-    # Similar to the normal callbacks that hook into the life cycle of an Active Record object,
-    # you can also define callbacks that get triggered when you add an object to or remove an
-    # object from an association collection.
-    #
-    #   class Project
-    #     has_and_belongs_to_many :developers, :after_add => :evaluate_velocity
-    #
-    #     def evaluate_velocity(developer)
-    #       ...
-    #     end
-    #   end
-    #
-    # It's possible to stack callbacks by passing them as an array. Example:
-    #
-    #   class Project
-    #     has_and_belongs_to_many :developers,
-    #                             :after_add => [:evaluate_velocity, Proc.new { |p, d| p.shipping_date = Time.now}]
-    #   end
-    #
-    # Possible callbacks are: +before_add+, +after_add+, +before_remove+ and +after_remove+.
-    #
-    # Should any of the +before_add+ callbacks throw an exception, the object does not get
-    # added to the collection. Same with the +before_remove+ callbacks; if an exception is
-    # thrown the object doesn't get removed.
-    #
-    # === Association extensions
-    #
-    # The proxy objects that control the access to associations can be extended through anonymous
-    # modules. This is especially beneficial for adding new finders, creators, and other
-    # factory-type methods that are only used as part of this association.
-    #
-    #   class Account < ActiveRecord::Base
-    #     has_many :people do
-    #       def find_or_create_by_name(name)
-    #         first_name, last_name = name.split(" ", 2)
-    #         find_or_create_by_first_name_and_last_name(first_name, last_name)
-    #       end
-    #     end
-    #   end
-    #
-    #   person = Account.first.people.find_or_create_by_name("David Heinemeier Hansson")
-    #   person.first_name # => "David"
-    #   person.last_name  # => "Heinemeier Hansson"
-    #
-    # If you need to share the same extensions between many associations, you can use a named
-    # extension module.
-    #
-    #   module FindOrCreateByNameExtension
-    #     def find_or_create_by_name(name)
-    #       first_name, last_name = name.split(" ", 2)
-    #       find_or_create_by_first_name_and_last_name(first_name, last_name)
-    #     end
-    #   end
-    #
-    #   class Account < ActiveRecord::Base
-    #     has_many :people, :extend => FindOrCreateByNameExtension
-    #   end
-    #
-    #   class Company < ActiveRecord::Base
-    #     has_many :people, :extend => FindOrCreateByNameExtension
-    #   end
-    #
-    # If you need to use multiple named extension modules, you can specify an array of modules
-    # with the <tt>:extend</tt> option.
-    # In the case of name conflicts between methods in the modules, methods in modules later
-    # in the array supercede those earlier in the array.
-    #
-    #   class Account < ActiveRecord::Base
-    #     has_many :people, :extend => [FindOrCreateByNameExtension, FindRecentExtension]
-    #   end
-    #
-    # Some extensions can only be made to work with knowledge of the association's internals.
-    # Extensions can access relevant state using the following methods (where +items+ is the
-    # name of the association):
-    #
-    # * <tt>record.association(:items).owner</tt> - Returns the object the association is part of.
-    # * <tt>record.association(:items).reflection</tt> - Returns the reflection object that describes the association.
-    # * <tt>record.association(:items).target</tt> - Returns the associated object for +belongs_to+ and +has_one+, or
-    #   the collection of associated objects for +has_many+ and +has_and_belongs_to_many+.
-    #
-    # However, inside the actual extension code, you will not have access to the <tt>record</tt> as
-    # above. In this case, you can access <tt>proxy_association</tt>. For example,
-    # <tt>record.association(:items)</tt> and <tt>record.items.proxy_association</tt> will return
-    # the same object, allowing you to make calls like <tt>proxy_association.owner</tt> inside
-    # association extensions.
-    #
-    # === Association Join Models
-    #
-    # Has Many associations can be configured with the <tt>:through</tt> option to use an
-    # explicit join model to retrieve the data. This operates similarly to a
-    # +has_and_belongs_to_many+ association. The advantage is that you're able to add validations,
-    # callbacks, and extra attributes on the join model. Consider the following schema:
-    #
-    #   class Author < ActiveRecord::Base
-    #     has_many :authorships
-    #     has_many :books, :through => :authorships
-    #   end
-    #
-    #   class Authorship < ActiveRecord::Base
-    #     belongs_to :author
-    #     belongs_to :book
-    #   end
-    #
-    #   @author = Author.first
-    #   @author.authorships.collect { |a| a.book } # selects all books that the author's authorships belong to
-    #   @author.books                              # selects all books by using the Authorship join model
-    #
-    # You can also go through a +has_many+ association on the join model:
-    #
-    #   class Firm < ActiveRecord::Base
-    #     has_many   :clients
-    #     has_many   :invoices, :through => :clients
-    #   end
-    #
-    #   class Client < ActiveRecord::Base
-    #     belongs_to :firm
-    #     has_many   :invoices
-    #   end
-    #
-    #   class Invoice < ActiveRecord::Base
-    #     belongs_to :client
-    #   end
-    #
-    #   @firm = Firm.first
-    #   @firm.clients.collect { |c| c.invoices }.flatten # select all invoices for all clients of the firm
-    #   @firm.invoices                                   # selects all invoices by going through the Client join model
-    #
-    # Similarly you can go through a +has_one+ association on the join model:
-    #
-    #   class Group < ActiveRecord::Base
-    #     has_many   :users
-    #     has_many   :avatars, :through => :users
-    #   end
-    #
-    #   class User < ActiveRecord::Base
-    #     belongs_to :group
-    #     has_one    :avatar
-    #   end
-    #
-    #   class Avatar < ActiveRecord::Base
-    #     belongs_to :user
-    #   end
-    #
-    #   @group = Group.first
-    #   @group.users.collect { |u| u.avatar }.flatten # select all avatars for all users in the group
-    #   @group.avatars                                # selects all avatars by going through the User join model.
-    #
-    # An important caveat with going through +has_one+ or +has_many+ associations on the
-    # join model is that these associations are *read-only*. For example, the following
-    # would not work following the previous example:
-    #
-    #   @group.avatars << Avatar.new   # this would work if User belonged_to Avatar rather than the other way around
-    #   @group.avatars.delete(@group.avatars.last)  # so would this
-    #
-    # If you are using a +belongs_to+ on the join model, it is a good idea to set the
-    # <tt>:inverse_of</tt> option on the +belongs_to+, which will mean that the following example
-    # works correctly (where <tt>tags</tt> is a +has_many+ <tt>:through</tt> association):
-    #
-    #   @post = Post.first
-    #   @tag = @post.tags.build :name => "ruby"
-    #   @tag.save
-    #
-    # The last line ought to save the through record (a <tt>Taggable</tt>). This will only work if the
-    # <tt>:inverse_of</tt> is set:
-    #
-    #   class Taggable < ActiveRecord::Base
-    #     belongs_to :post
-    #     belongs_to :tag, :inverse_of => :taggings
-    #   end
-    #
-    # === Nested Associations
-    #
-    # You can actually specify *any* association with the <tt>:through</tt> option, including an
-    # association which has a <tt>:through</tt> option itself. For example:
-    #
-    #   class Author < ActiveRecord::Base
-    #     has_many :posts
-    #     has_many :comments, :through => :posts
-    #     has_many :commenters, :through => :comments
-    #   end
-    #
-    #   class Post < ActiveRecord::Base
-    #     has_many :comments
-    #   end
-    #
-    #   class Comment < ActiveRecord::Base
-    #     belongs_to :commenter
-    #   end
-    #
-    #   @author = Author.first
-    #   @author.commenters # => People who commented on posts written by the author
-    #
-    # An equivalent way of setting up this association this would be:
-    #
-    #   class Author < ActiveRecord::Base
-    #     has_many :posts
-    #     has_many :commenters, :through => :posts
-    #   end
-    #
-    #   class Post < ActiveRecord::Base
-    #     has_many :comments
-    #     has_many :commenters, :through => :comments
-    #   end
-    #
-    #   class Comment < ActiveRecord::Base
-    #     belongs_to :commenter
-    #   end
-    #
-    # When using nested association, you will not be able to modify the association because there
-    # is not enough information to know what modification to make. For example, if you tried to
-    # add a <tt>Commenter</tt> in the example above, there would be no way to tell how to set up the
-    # intermediate <tt>Post</tt> and <tt>Comment</tt> objects.
-    #
-    # === Polymorphic Associations
-    #
-    # Polymorphic associations on models are not restricted on what types of models they
-    # can be associated with. Rather, they specify an interface that a +has_many+ association
-    # must adhere to.
-    #
-    #   class Asset < ActiveRecord::Base
-    #     belongs_to :attachable, :polymorphic => true
-    #   end
-    #
-    #   class Post < ActiveRecord::Base
-    #     has_many :assets, :as => :attachable         # The :as option specifies the polymorphic interface to use.
-    #   end
-    #
-    #   @asset.attachable = @post
-    #
-    # This works by using a type column in addition to a foreign key to specify the associated
-    # record. In the Asset example, you'd need an +attachable_id+ integer column and an
-    # +attachable_type+ string column.
-    #
-    # Using polymorphic associations in combination with single table inheritance (STI) is
-    # a little tricky. In order for the associations to work as expected, ensure that you
-    # store the base model for the STI models in the type column of the polymorphic
-    # association. To continue with the asset example above, suppose there are guest posts
-    # and member posts that use the posts table for STI. In this case, there must be a +type+
-    # column in the posts table.
-    #
-    #   class Asset < ActiveRecord::Base
-    #     belongs_to :attachable, :polymorphic => true
-    #
-    #     def attachable_type=(sType)
-    #        super(sType.to_s.classify.constantize.base_class.to_s)
-    #     end
-    #   end
-    #
-    #   class Post < ActiveRecord::Base
-    #     # because we store "Post" in attachable_type now :dependent => :destroy will work
-    #     has_many :assets, :as => :attachable, :dependent => :destroy
-    #   end
-    #
-    #   class GuestPost < Post
-    #   end
-    #
-    #   class MemberPost < Post
-    #   end
-    #
-    # == Caching
-    #
-    # All of the methods are built on a simple caching principle that will keep the result
-    # of the last query around unless specifically instructed not to. The cache is even
-    # shared across methods to make it even cheaper to use the macro-added methods without
-    # worrying too much about performance at the first go.
-    #
-    #   project.milestones             # fetches milestones from the database
-    #   project.milestones.size        # uses the milestone cache
-    #   project.milestones.empty?      # uses the milestone cache
-    #   project.milestones(true).size  # fetches milestones from the database
-    #   project.milestones             # uses the milestone cache
-    #
-    # == Eager loading of associations
-    #
-    # Eager loading is a way to find objects of a certain class and a number of named associations.
-    # This is one of the easiest ways of to prevent the dreaded 1+N problem in which fetching 100
-    # posts that each need to display their author triggers 101 database queries. Through the
-    # use of eager loading, the 101 queries can be reduced to 2.
-    #
-    #   class Post < ActiveRecord::Base
-    #     belongs_to :author
-    #     has_many   :comments
-    #   end
-    #
-    # Consider the following loop using the class above:
-    #
-    #   Post.all.each do |post|
-    #     puts "Post:            " + post.title
-    #     puts "Written by:      " + post.author.name
-    #     puts "Last comment on: " + post.comments.first.created_on
-    #   end
-    #
-    # To iterate over these one hundred posts, we'll generate 201 database queries. Let's
-    # first just optimize it for retrieving the author:
-    #
-    #   Post.includes(:author).each do |post|
-    #
-    # This references the name of the +belongs_to+ association that also used the <tt>:author</tt>
-    # symbol. After loading the posts, find will collect the +author_id+ from each one and load
-    # all the referenced authors with one query. Doing so will cut down the number of queries
-    # from 201 to 102.
-    #
-    # We can improve upon the situation further by referencing both associations in the finder with:
-    #
-    #   Post.includes(:author, :comments).each do |post|
-    #
-    # This will load all comments with a single query. This reduces the total number of queries
-    # to 3. More generally the number of queries will be 1 plus the number of associations
-    # named (except if some of the associations are polymorphic +belongs_to+ - see below).
-    #
-    # To include a deep hierarchy of associations, use a hash:
-    #
-    #   Post.includes(:author, {:comments => {:author => :gravatar}}).each do |post|
-    #
-    # That'll grab not only all the comments but all their authors and gravatar pictures.
-    # You can mix and match symbols, arrays and hashes in any combination to describe the
-    # associations you want to load.
-    #
-    # All of this power shouldn't fool you into thinking that you can pull out huge amounts
-    # of data with no performance penalty just because you've reduced the number of queries.
-    # The database still needs to send all the data to Active Record and it still needs to
-    # be processed. So it's no catch-all for performance problems, but it's a great way to
-    # cut down on the number of queries in a situation as the one described above.
-    #
-    # Since only one table is loaded at a time, conditions or orders cannot reference tables
-    # other than the main one. If this is the case Active Record falls back to the previously
-    # used LEFT OUTER JOIN based strategy. For example
-    #
-    #   Post.includes([:author, :comments]).where(['comments.approved = ?', true]).all
-    #
-    # This will result in a single SQL query with joins along the lines of:
-    # <tt>LEFT OUTER JOIN comments ON comments.post_id = posts.id</tt> and
-    # <tt>LEFT OUTER JOIN authors ON authors.id = posts.author_id</tt>. Note that using conditions
-    # like this can have unintended consequences.
-    # In the above example posts with no approved comments are not returned at all, because
-    # the conditions apply to the SQL statement as a whole and not just to the association.
-    # You must disambiguate column references for this fallback to happen, for example
-    # <tt>:order => "author.name DESC"</tt> will work but <tt>:order => "name DESC"</tt> will not.
-    #
-    # If you do want eager load only some members of an association it is usually more natural
-    # to include an association which has conditions defined on it:
-    #
-    #   class Post < ActiveRecord::Base
-    #     has_many :approved_comments, :class_name => 'Comment', :conditions => ['approved = ?', true]
-    #   end
-    #
-    #   Post.includes(:approved_comments)
-    #
-    # This will load posts and eager load the +approved_comments+ association, which contains
-    # only those comments that have been approved.
-    #
-    # If you eager load an association with a specified <tt>:limit</tt> option, it will be ignored,
-    # returning all the associated objects:
-    #
-    #   class Picture < ActiveRecord::Base
-    #     has_many :most_recent_comments, :class_name => 'Comment', :order => 'id DESC', :limit => 10
-    #   end
-    #
-    #   Picture.includes(:most_recent_comments).first.most_recent_comments # => returns all associated comments.
-    #
-    # When eager loaded, conditions are interpolated in the context of the model class, not
-    # the model instance. Conditions are lazily interpolated before the actual model exists.
-    #
-    # Eager loading is supported with polymorphic associations.
-    #
-    #   class Address < ActiveRecord::Base
-    #     belongs_to :addressable, :polymorphic => true
-    #   end
-    #
-    # A call that tries to eager load the addressable model
-    #
-    #   Address.includes(:addressable)
-    #
-    # This will execute one query to load the addresses and load the addressables with one
-    # query per addressable type.
-    # For example if all the addressables are either of class Person or Company then a total
-    # of 3 queries will be executed. The list of addressable types to load is determined on
-    # the back of the addresses loaded. This is not supported if Active Record has to fallback
-    # to the previous implementation of eager loading and will raise ActiveRecord::EagerLoadPolymorphicError.
-    # The reason is that the parent model's type is a column value so its corresponding table
-    # name cannot be put in the +FROM+/+JOIN+ clauses of that query.
-    #
-    # == Table Aliasing
-    #
-    # Active Record uses table aliasing in the case that a table is referenced multiple times
-    # in a join. If a table is referenced only once, the standard table name is used. The
-    # second time, the table is aliased as <tt>#{reflection_name}_#{parent_table_name}</tt>.
-    # Indexes are appended for any more successive uses of the table name.
-    #
-    #   Post.joins(:comments)
-    #   # => SELECT ... FROM posts INNER JOIN comments ON ...
-    #   Post.joins(:special_comments) # STI
-    #   # => SELECT ... FROM posts INNER JOIN comments ON ... AND comments.type = 'SpecialComment'
-    #   Post.joins(:comments, :special_comments) # special_comments is the reflection name, posts is the parent table name
-    #   # => SELECT ... FROM posts INNER JOIN comments ON ... INNER JOIN comments special_comments_posts
-    #
-    # Acts as tree example:
-    #
-    #   TreeMixin.joins(:children)
-    #   # => SELECT ... FROM mixins INNER JOIN mixins childrens_mixins ...
-    #   TreeMixin.joins(:children => :parent)
-    #   # => SELECT ... FROM mixins INNER JOIN mixins childrens_mixins ...
-    #                               INNER JOIN parents_mixins ...
-    #   TreeMixin.joins(:children => {:parent => :children})
-    #   # => SELECT ... FROM mixins INNER JOIN mixins childrens_mixins ...
-    #                               INNER JOIN parents_mixins ...
-    #                               INNER JOIN mixins childrens_mixins_2
-    #
-    # Has and Belongs to Many join tables use the same idea, but add a <tt>_join</tt> suffix:
-    #
-    #   Post.joins(:categories)
-    #   # => SELECT ... FROM posts INNER JOIN categories_posts ... INNER JOIN categories ...
-    #   Post.joins(:categories => :posts)
-    #   # => SELECT ... FROM posts INNER JOIN categories_posts ... INNER JOIN categories ...
-    #                              INNER JOIN categories_posts posts_categories_join INNER JOIN posts posts_categories
-    #   Post.joins(:categories => {:posts => :categories})
-    #   # => SELECT ... FROM posts INNER JOIN categories_posts ... INNER JOIN categories ...
-    #                              INNER JOIN categories_posts posts_categories_join INNER JOIN posts posts_categories
-    #                              INNER JOIN categories_posts categories_posts_join INNER JOIN categories categories_posts_2
-    #
-    # If you wish to specify your own custom joins using <tt>joins</tt> method, those table
-    # names will take precedence over the eager associations:
-    #
-    #   Post.joins(:comments).joins("inner join comments ...")
-    #   # => SELECT ... FROM posts INNER JOIN comments_posts ON ... INNER JOIN comments ...
-    #   Post.joins(:comments, :special_comments).joins("inner join comments ...")
-    #   # => SELECT ... FROM posts INNER JOIN comments comments_posts ON ...
-    #                              INNER JOIN comments special_comments_posts ...
-    #                              INNER JOIN comments ...
-    #
-    # Table aliases are automatically truncated according to the maximum length of table identifiers
-    # according to the specific database.
-    #
-    # == Modules
-    #
-    # By default, associations will look for objects within the current module scope. Consider:
-    #
-    #   module MyApplication
-    #     module Business
-    #       class Firm < ActiveRecord::Base
-    #          has_many :clients
-    #        end
-    #
-    #       class Client < ActiveRecord::Base; end
-    #     end
-    #   end
-    #
-    # When <tt>Firm#clients</tt> is called, it will in turn call
-    # <tt>MyApplication::Business::Client.find_all_by_firm_id(firm.id)</tt>.
-    # If you want to associate with a class in another module scope, this can be done by
-    # specifying the complete class name.
-    #
-    #   module MyApplication
-    #     module Business
-    #       class Firm < ActiveRecord::Base; end
-    #     end
-    #
-    #     module Billing
-    #       class Account < ActiveRecord::Base
-    #         belongs_to :firm, :class_name => "MyApplication::Business::Firm"
-    #       end
-    #     end
-    #   end
-    #
-    # == Bi-directional associations
-    #
-    # When you specify an association there is usually an association on the associated model
-    # that specifies the same relationship in reverse. For example, with the following models:
-    #
-    #    class Dungeon < ActiveRecord::Base
-    #      has_many :traps
-    #      has_one :evil_wizard
-    #    end
-    #
-    #    class Trap < ActiveRecord::Base
-    #      belongs_to :dungeon
-    #    end
-    #
-    #    class EvilWizard < ActiveRecord::Base
-    #      belongs_to :dungeon
-    #    end
-    #
-    # The +traps+ association on +Dungeon+ and the +dungeon+ association on +Trap+ are
-    # the inverse of each other and the inverse of the +dungeon+ association on +EvilWizard+
-    # is the +evil_wizard+ association on +Dungeon+ (and vice-versa). By default,
-    # Active Record doesn't know anything about these inverse relationships and so no object
-    # loading optimization is possible. For example:
-    #
-    #    d = Dungeon.first
-    #    t = d.traps.first
-    #    d.level == t.dungeon.level # => true
-    #    d.level = 10
-    #    d.level == t.dungeon.level # => false
-    #
-    # The +Dungeon+ instances +d+ and <tt>t.dungeon</tt> in the above example refer to
-    # the same object data from the database, but are actually different in-memory copies
-    # of that data. Specifying the <tt>:inverse_of</tt> option on associations lets you tell
-    # Active Record about inverse relationships and it will optimise object loading. For
-    # example, if we changed our model definitions to:
-    #
-    #    class Dungeon < ActiveRecord::Base
-    #      has_many :traps, :inverse_of => :dungeon
-    #      has_one :evil_wizard, :inverse_of => :dungeon
-    #    end
-    #
-    #    class Trap < ActiveRecord::Base
-    #      belongs_to :dungeon, :inverse_of => :traps
-    #    end
-    #
-    #    class EvilWizard < ActiveRecord::Base
-    #      belongs_to :dungeon, :inverse_of => :evil_wizard
-    #    end
-    #
-    # Then, from our code snippet above, +d+ and <tt>t.dungeon</tt> are actually the same
-    # in-memory instance and our final <tt>d.level == t.dungeon.level</tt> will return +true+.
-    #
-    # There are limitations to <tt>:inverse_of</tt> support:
-    #
-    # * does not work with <tt>:through</tt> associations.
-    # * does not work with <tt>:polymorphic</tt> associations.
-    # * for +belongs_to+ associations +has_many+ inverse associations are ignored.
-    #
-    # == Deleting from associations
-    #
-    # === Dependent associations
-    #
-    # +has_many+, +has_one+ and +belongs_to+ associations support the <tt>:dependent</tt> option.
-    # This allows you to specify that associated records should be deleted when the owner is
-    # deleted.
-    #
-    # For example:
-    #
-    #     class Author
-    #       has_many :posts, :dependent => :destroy
-    #     end
-    #     Author.find(1).destroy # => Will destroy all of the author's posts, too
-    #
-    # The <tt>:dependent</tt> option can have different values which specify how the deletion
-    # is done. For more information, see the documentation for this option on the different
-    # specific association types.
-    #
-    # === Delete or destroy?
-    #
-    # +has_many+ and +has_and_belongs_to_many+ associations have the methods <tt>destroy</tt>,
-    # <tt>delete</tt>, <tt>destroy_all</tt> and <tt>delete_all</tt>.
-    #
-    # For +has_and_belongs_to_many+, <tt>delete</tt> and <tt>destroy</tt> are the same: they
-    # cause the records in the join table to be removed.
-    #
-    # For +has_many+, <tt>destroy</tt> will always call the <tt>destroy</tt> method of the
-    # record(s) being removed so that callbacks are run. However <tt>delete</tt> will either
-    # do the deletion according to the strategy specified by the <tt>:dependent</tt> option, or
-    # if no <tt>:dependent</tt> option is given, then it will follow the default strategy.
-    # The default strategy is <tt>:nullify</tt> (set the foreign keys to <tt>nil</tt>), except for
-    # +has_many+ <tt>:through</tt>, where the default strategy is <tt>delete_all</tt> (delete
-    # the join records, without running their callbacks).
-    #
-    # There is also a <tt>clear</tt> method which is the same as <tt>delete_all</tt>, except that
-    # it returns the association rather than the records which have been deleted.
-    #
-    # === What gets deleted?
-    #
-    # There is a potential pitfall here: +has_and_belongs_to_many+ and +has_many+ <tt>:through</tt>
-    # associations have records in join tables, as well as the associated records. So when we
-    # call one of these deletion methods, what exactly should be deleted?
-    #
-    # The answer is that it is assumed that deletion on an association is about removing the
-    # <i>link</i> between the owner and the associated object(s), rather than necessarily the
-    # associated objects themselves. So with +has_and_belongs_to_many+ and +has_many+
-    # <tt>:through</tt>, the join records will be deleted, but the associated records won't.
-    #
-    # This makes sense if you think about it: if you were to call <tt>post.tags.delete(Tag.find_by_name('food'))</tt>
-    # you would want the 'food' tag to be unlinked from the post, rather than for the tag itself
-    # to be removed from the database.
-    #
-    # However, there are examples where this strategy doesn't make sense. For example, suppose
-    # a person has many projects, and each project has many tasks. If we deleted one of a person's
-    # tasks, we would probably not want the project to be deleted. In this scenario, the delete method
-    # won't actually work: it can only be used if the association on the join model is a
-    # +belongs_to+. In other situations you are expected to perform operations directly on
-    # either the associated records or the <tt>:through</tt> association.
-    #
-    # With a regular +has_many+ there is no distinction between the "associated records"
-    # and the "link", so there is only one choice for what gets deleted.
-    #
-    # With +has_and_belongs_to_many+ and +has_many+ <tt>:through</tt>, if you want to delete the
-    # associated records themselves, you can always do something along the lines of
-    # <tt>person.tasks.each(&:destroy)</tt>.
-    #
-    # == Type safety with <tt>ActiveRecord::AssociationTypeMismatch</tt>
-    #
-    # If you attempt to assign an object to an association that doesn't match the inferred
-    # or specified <tt>:class_name</tt>, you'll get an <tt>ActiveRecord::AssociationTypeMismatch</tt>.
-    #
-    # == Options
-    #
-    # All of the association macros can be specialized through options. This makes cases
-    # more complex than the simple and guessable ones possible.
-    module ClassMethods
-      # Specifies a one-to-many association. The following methods for retrieval and query of
-      # collections of associated objects will be added:
-      #
-      # [collection(force_reload = false)]
-      #   Returns an array of all the associated objects.
-      #   An empty array is returned if none are found.
-      # [collection<<(object, ...)]
-      #   Adds one or more objects to the collection by setting their foreign keys to the collection's primary key.
-      #   Note that this operation instantly fires update sql without waiting for the save or update call on the
-      #   parent object.
-      # [collection.delete(object, ...)]
-      #   Removes one or more objects from the collection by setting their foreign keys to +NULL+.
-      #   Objects will be in addition destroyed if they're associated with <tt>:dependent => :destroy</tt>,
-      #   and deleted if they're associated with <tt>:dependent => :delete_all</tt>.
-      #
-      #   If the <tt>:through</tt> option is used, then the join records are deleted (rather than
-      #   nullified) by default, but you can specify <tt>:dependent => :destroy</tt> or
-      #   <tt>:dependent => :nullify</tt> to override this.
-      # [collection=objects]
-      #   Replaces the collections content by deleting and adding objects as appropriate. If the <tt>:through</tt>
-      #   option is true callbacks in the join models are triggered except destroy callbacks, since deletion is
-      #   direct.
-      # [collection_singular_ids]
-      #   Returns an array of the associated objects' ids
-      # [collection_singular_ids=ids]
-      #   Replace the collection with the objects identified by the primary keys in +ids+. This
-      #   method loads the models and calls <tt>collection=</tt>. See above.
-      # [collection.clear]
-      #   Removes every object from the collection. This destroys the associated objects if they
-      #   are associated with <tt>:dependent => :destroy</tt>, deletes them directly from the
-      #   database if <tt>:dependent => :delete_all</tt>, otherwise sets their foreign keys to +NULL+.
-      #   If the <tt>:through</tt> option is true no destroy callbacks are invoked on the join models.
-      #   Join models are directly deleted.
-      # [collection.empty?]
-      #   Returns +true+ if there are no associated objects.
-      # [collection.size]
-      #   Returns the number of associated objects.
-      # [collection.find(...)]
-      #   Finds an associated object according to the same rules as ActiveRecord::Base.find.
-      # [collection.exists?(...)]
-      #   Checks whether an associated object with the given conditions exists.
-      #   Uses the same rules as ActiveRecord::Base.exists?.
-      # [collection.build(attributes = {}, ...)]
-      #   Returns one or more new objects of the collection type that have been instantiated
-      #   with +attributes+ and linked to this object through a foreign key, but have not yet
-      #   been saved.
-      # [collection.create(attributes = {})]
-      #   Returns a new object of the collection type that has been instantiated
-      #   with +attributes+, linked to this object through a foreign key, and that has already
-      #   been saved (if it passed the validation). *Note*: This only works if the base model
-      #   already exists in the DB, not if it is a new (unsaved) record!
-      #
-      # (*Note*: +collection+ is replaced with the symbol passed as the first argument, so
-      # <tt>has_many :clients</tt> would add among others <tt>clients.empty?</tt>.)
-      #
-      # === Example
-      #
-      # Example: A Firm class declares <tt>has_many :clients</tt>, which will add:
-      # * <tt>Firm#clients</tt> (similar to <tt>Clients.all :conditions => ["firm_id = ?", id]</tt>)
-      # * <tt>Firm#clients<<</tt>
-      # * <tt>Firm#clients.delete</tt>
-      # * <tt>Firm#clients=</tt>
-      # * <tt>Firm#client_ids</tt>
-      # * <tt>Firm#client_ids=</tt>
-      # * <tt>Firm#clients.clear</tt>
-      # * <tt>Firm#clients.empty?</tt> (similar to <tt>firm.clients.size == 0</tt>)
-      # * <tt>Firm#clients.size</tt> (similar to <tt>Client.count "firm_id = #{id}"</tt>)
-      # * <tt>Firm#clients.find</tt> (similar to <tt>Client.find(id, :conditions => "firm_id = #{id}")</tt>)
-      # * <tt>Firm#clients.exists?(:name => 'ACME')</tt> (similar to <tt>Client.exists?(:name => 'ACME', :firm_id => firm.id)</tt>)
-      # * <tt>Firm#clients.build</tt> (similar to <tt>Client.new("firm_id" => id)</tt>)
-      # * <tt>Firm#clients.create</tt> (similar to <tt>c = Client.new("firm_id" => id); c.save; c</tt>)
-      # The declaration can also include an options hash to specialize the behavior of the association.
-      #
-      # === Options
-      # [:class_name]
-      #   Specify the class name of the association. Use it only if that name can't be inferred
-      #   from the association name. So <tt>has_many :products</tt> will by default be linked
-      #   to the Product class, but if the real class name is SpecialProduct, you'll have to
-      #   specify it with this option.
-      # [:conditions]
-      #   Specify the conditions that the associated objects must meet in order to be included as a +WHERE+
-      #   SQL fragment, such as <tt>price > 5 AND name LIKE 'B%'</tt>. Record creations from
-      #   the association are scoped if a hash is used.
-      #   <tt>has_many :posts, :conditions => {:published => true}</tt> will create published
-      #   posts with <tt>@blog.posts.create</tt> or <tt>@blog.posts.build</tt>.
-      # [:order]
-      #   Specify the order in which the associated objects are returned as an <tt>ORDER BY</tt> SQL fragment,
-      #   such as <tt>last_name, first_name DESC</tt>.
-      # [:foreign_key]
-      #   Specify the foreign key used for the association. By default this is guessed to be the name
-      #   of this class in lower-case and "_id" suffixed. So a Person class that makes a +has_many+
-      #   association will use "person_id" as the default <tt>:foreign_key</tt>.
-      # [:primary_key]
-      #   Specify the method that returns the primary key used for the association. By default this is +id+.
-      # [:dependent]
-      #   If set to <tt>:destroy</tt> all the associated objects are destroyed
-      #   alongside this object by calling their +destroy+ method. If set to <tt>:delete_all</tt> all associated
-      #   objects are deleted *without* calling their +destroy+ method. If set to <tt>:nullify</tt> all associated
-      #   objects' foreign keys are set to +NULL+ *without* calling their +save+ callbacks. If set to
-      #   <tt>:restrict</tt> this object raises an <tt>ActiveRecord::DeleteRestrictionError</tt> exception and
-      #   cannot be deleted if it has any associated objects.
-      #
-      #   If using with the <tt>:through</tt> option, the association on the join model must be
-      #   a +belongs_to+, and the records which get deleted are the join records, rather than
-      #   the associated records.
-      #
-      # [:finder_sql]
-      #   Specify a complete SQL statement to fetch the association. This is a good way to go for complex
-      #   associations that depend on multiple tables. May be supplied as a string or a proc where interpolation is
-      #   required. Note: When this option is used, +find_in_collection+
-      #   is _not_ added.
-      # [:counter_sql]
-      #   Specify a complete SQL statement to fetch the size of the association. If <tt>:finder_sql</tt> is
-      #   specified but not <tt>:counter_sql</tt>, <tt>:counter_sql</tt> will be generated by
-      #   replacing <tt>SELECT ... FROM</tt> with <tt>SELECT COUNT(*) FROM</tt>.
-      # [:extend]
-      #   Specify a named module for extending the proxy. See "Association extensions".
-      # [:include]
-      #   Specify second-order associations that should be eager loaded when the collection is loaded.
-      # [:group]
-      #   An attribute name by which the result should be grouped. Uses the <tt>GROUP BY</tt> SQL-clause.
-      # [:having]
-      #   Combined with +:group+ this can be used to filter the records that a <tt>GROUP BY</tt>
-      #   returns. Uses the <tt>HAVING</tt> SQL-clause.
-      # [:limit]
-      #   An integer determining the limit on the number of rows that should be returned.
-      # [:offset]
-      #   An integer determining the offset from where the rows should be fetched. So at 5,
-      #   it would skip the first 4 rows.
-      # [:select]
-      #   By default, this is <tt>*</tt> as in <tt>SELECT * FROM</tt>, but can be changed if
-      #   you, for example, want to do a join but not include the joined columns. Do not forget
-      #   to include the primary and foreign keys, otherwise it will raise an error.
-      # [:as]
-      #   Specifies a polymorphic interface (See <tt>belongs_to</tt>).
-      # [:through]
-      #   Specifies an association through which to perform the query. This can be any other type
-      #   of association, including other <tt>:through</tt> associations. Options for <tt>:class_name</tt>,
-      #   <tt>:primary_key</tt> and <tt>:foreign_key</tt> are ignored, as the association uses the
-      #   source reflection.
-      #
-      #   If the association on the join model is a +belongs_to+, the collection can be modified
-      #   and the records on the <tt>:through</tt> model will be automatically created and removed
-      #   as appropriate. Otherwise, the collection is read-only, so you should manipulate the
-      #   <tt>:through</tt> association directly.
-      #
-      #   If you are going to modify the association (rather than just read from it), then it is
-      #   a good idea to set the <tt>:inverse_of</tt> option on the source association on the
-      #   join model. This allows associated records to be built which will automatically create
-      #   the appropriate join model records when they are saved. (See the 'Association Join Models'
-      #   section above.)
-      # [:source]
-      #   Specifies the source association name used by <tt>has_many :through</tt> queries.
-      #   Only use it if the name cannot be inferred from the association.
-      #   <tt>has_many :subscribers, :through => :subscriptions</tt> will look for either <tt>:subscribers</tt> or
-      #   <tt>:subscriber</tt> on Subscription, unless a <tt>:source</tt> is given.
-      # [:source_type]
-      #   Specifies type of the source association used by <tt>has_many :through</tt> queries where the source
-      #   association is a polymorphic +belongs_to+.
-      # [:uniq]
-      #   If true, duplicates will be omitted from the collection. Useful in conjunction with <tt>:through</tt>.
-      # [:readonly]
-      #   If true, all the associated objects are readonly through the association.
-      # [:validate]
-      #   If +false+, don't validate the associated objects when saving the parent object. true by default.
-      # [:autosave]
-      #   If true, always save the associated objects or destroy them if marked for destruction,
-      #   when saving the parent object. If false, never save or destroy the associated objects.
-      #   By default, only save associated objects that are new records.
-      # [:inverse_of]
-      #   Specifies the name of the <tt>belongs_to</tt> association on the associated object
-      #   that is the inverse of this <tt>has_many</tt> association. Does not work in combination
-      #   with <tt>:through</tt> or <tt>:as</tt> options.
-      #   See ActiveRecord::Associations::ClassMethods's overview on Bi-directional associations for more detail.
-      #
-      # Option examples:
-      #   has_many :comments, :order => "posted_on"
-      #   has_many :comments, :include => :author
-      #   has_many :people, :class_name => "Person", :conditions => "deleted = 0", :order => "name"
-      #   has_many :tracks, :order => "position", :dependent => :destroy
-      #   has_many :comments, :dependent => :nullify
-      #   has_many :tags, :as => :taggable
-      #   has_many :reports, :readonly => true
-      #   has_many :subscribers, :through => :subscriptions, :source => :user
-      #   has_many :subscribers, :class_name => "Person", :finder_sql => Proc.new {
-      #       %Q{
-      #         SELECT DISTINCT *
-      #         FROM people p, post_subscriptions ps
-      #         WHERE ps.post_id = #{id} AND ps.person_id = p.id
-      #         ORDER BY p.first_name
-      #       }
-      #   }
-      def has_many(name, options = {}, &extension)
-        Builder::HasMany.build(self, name, options, &extension)
+      def init_internals
+        @association_cache = {}
+        super
       end
 
-      # Specifies a one-to-one association with another class. This method should only be used
-      # if the other class contains the foreign key. If the current class contains the foreign key,
-      # then you should use +belongs_to+ instead. See also ActiveRecord::Associations::ClassMethods's overview
-      # on when to use has_one and when to use belongs_to.
-      #
-      # The following methods for retrieval and query of a single associated object will be added:
-      #
-      # [association(force_reload = false)]
-      #   Returns the associated object. +nil+ is returned if none is found.
-      # [association=(associate)]
-      #   Assigns the associate object, extracts the primary key, sets it as the foreign key,
-      #   and saves the associate object.
-      # [build_association(attributes = {})]
-      #   Returns a new object of the associated type that has been instantiated
-      #   with +attributes+ and linked to this object through a foreign key, but has not
-      #   yet been saved.
-      # [create_association(attributes = {})]
-      #   Returns a new object of the associated type that has been instantiated
-      #   with +attributes+, linked to this object through a foreign key, and that
-      #   has already been saved (if it passed the validation).
-      # [create_association!(attributes = {})]
-      #   Does the same as <tt>create_association</tt>, but raises <tt>ActiveRecord::RecordInvalid</tt>
-      #   if the record is invalid.
-      #
-      # (+association+ is replaced with the symbol passed as the first argument, so
-      # <tt>has_one :manager</tt> would add among others <tt>manager.nil?</tt>.)
-      #
-      # === Example
-      #
-      # An Account class declares <tt>has_one :beneficiary</tt>, which will add:
-      # * <tt>Account#beneficiary</tt> (similar to <tt>Beneficiary.first(:conditions => "account_id = #{id}")</tt>)
-      # * <tt>Account#beneficiary=(beneficiary)</tt> (similar to <tt>beneficiary.account_id = account.id; beneficiary.save</tt>)
-      # * <tt>Account#build_beneficiary</tt> (similar to <tt>Beneficiary.new("account_id" => id)</tt>)
-      # * <tt>Account#create_beneficiary</tt> (similar to <tt>b = Beneficiary.new("account_id" => id); b.save; b</tt>)
-      # * <tt>Account#create_beneficiary!</tt> (similar to <tt>b = Beneficiary.new("account_id" => id); b.save!; b</tt>)
-      #
-      # === Options
-      #
-      # The declaration can also include an options hash to specialize the behavior of the association.
-      #
-      # Options are:
-      # [:class_name]
-      #   Specify the class name of the association. Use it only if that name can't be inferred
-      #   from the association name. So <tt>has_one :manager</tt> will by default be linked to the Manager class, but
-      #   if the real class name is Person, you'll have to specify it with this option.
-      # [:conditions]
-      #   Specify the conditions that the associated object must meet in order to be included as a +WHERE+
-      #   SQL fragment, such as <tt>rank = 5</tt>. Record creation from the association is scoped if a hash
-      #   is used. <tt>has_one :account, :conditions => {:enabled => true}</tt> will create
-      #   an enabled account with <tt>@company.create_account</tt> or <tt>@company.build_account</tt>.
-      # [:order]
-      #   Specify the order in which the associated objects are returned as an <tt>ORDER BY</tt> SQL fragment,
-      #   such as <tt>last_name, first_name DESC</tt>.
-      # [:dependent]
-      #   If set to <tt>:destroy</tt>, the associated object is destroyed when this object is. If set to
-      #   <tt>:delete</tt>, the associated object is deleted *without* calling its destroy method.
-      #   If set to <tt>:nullify</tt>, the associated object's foreign key is set to +NULL+.
-      #   Also, association is assigned. If set to <tt>:restrict</tt> this object raises an
-      #   <tt>ActiveRecord::DeleteRestrictionError</tt> exception and cannot be deleted if it has any associated object.
-      # [:foreign_key]
-      #   Specify the foreign key used for the association. By default this is guessed to be the name
-      #   of this class in lower-case and "_id" suffixed. So a Person class that makes a +has_one+ association
-      #   will use "person_id" as the default <tt>:foreign_key</tt>.
-      # [:primary_key]
-      #   Specify the method that returns the primary key used for the association. By default this is +id+.
-      # [:include]
-      #   Specify second-order associations that should be eager loaded when this object is loaded.
-      # [:as]
-      #   Specifies a polymorphic interface (See <tt>belongs_to</tt>).
-      # [:select]
-      #   By default, this is <tt>*</tt> as in <tt>SELECT * FROM</tt>, but can be changed if, for example,
-      #   you want to do a join but not include the joined columns. Do not forget to include the
-      #   primary and foreign keys, otherwise it will raise an error.
-      # [:through]
-      #   Specifies a Join Model through which to perform the query. Options for <tt>:class_name</tt>,
-      #   <tt>:primary_key</tt>, and <tt>:foreign_key</tt> are ignored, as the association uses the
-      #   source reflection. You can only use a <tt>:through</tt> query through a <tt>has_one</tt>
-      #   or <tt>belongs_to</tt> association on the join model.
-      # [:source]
-      #   Specifies the source association name used by <tt>has_one :through</tt> queries.
-      #   Only use it if the name cannot be inferred from the association.
-      #   <tt>has_one :favorite, :through => :favorites</tt> will look for a
-      #   <tt>:favorite</tt> on Favorite, unless a <tt>:source</tt> is given.
-      # [:source_type]
-      #   Specifies type of the source association used by <tt>has_one :through</tt> queries where the source
-      #   association is a polymorphic +belongs_to+.
-      # [:readonly]
-      #   If true, the associated object is readonly through the association.
-      # [:validate]
-      #   If +false+, don't validate the associated object when saving the parent object. +false+ by default.
-      # [:autosave]
-      #   If true, always save the associated object or destroy it if marked for destruction,
-      #   when saving the parent object. If false, never save or destroy the associated object.
-      #   By default, only save the associated object if it's a new record.
-      # [:inverse_of]
-      #   Specifies the name of the <tt>belongs_to</tt> association on the associated object
-      #   that is the inverse of this <tt>has_one</tt> association. Does not work in combination
-      #   with <tt>:through</tt> or <tt>:as</tt> options.
-      #   See ActiveRecord::Associations::ClassMethods's overview on Bi-directional associations for more detail.
-      #
-      # Option examples:
-      #   has_one :credit_card, :dependent => :destroy  # destroys the associated credit card
-      #   has_one :credit_card, :dependent => :nullify  # updates the associated records foreign
-      #                                                 # key value to NULL rather than destroying it
-      #   has_one :last_comment, :class_name => "Comment", :order => "posted_on"
-      #   has_one :project_manager, :class_name => "Person", :conditions => "role = 'project_manager'"
-      #   has_one :attachment, :as => :attachable
-      #   has_one :boss, :readonly => :true
-      #   has_one :club, :through => :membership
-      #   has_one :primary_address, :through => :addressables, :conditions => ["addressable.primary = ?", true], :source => :addressable
-      def has_one(name, options = {})
-        Builder::HasOne.build(self, name, options)
+      # Returns the specified association instance if it exists, +nil+ otherwise.
+      def association_instance_get(name)
+        @association_cache[name]
       end
 
-      # Specifies a one-to-one association with another class. This method should only be used
-      # if this class contains the foreign key. If the other class contains the foreign key,
-      # then you should use +has_one+ instead. See also ActiveRecord::Associations::ClassMethods's overview
-      # on when to use +has_one+ and when to use +belongs_to+.
-      #
-      # Methods will be added for retrieval and query for a single associated object, for which
-      # this object holds an id:
-      #
-      # [association(force_reload = false)]
-      #   Returns the associated object. +nil+ is returned if none is found.
-      # [association=(associate)]
-      #   Assigns the associate object, extracts the primary key, and sets it as the foreign key.
-      # [build_association(attributes = {})]
-      #   Returns a new object of the associated type that has been instantiated
-      #   with +attributes+ and linked to this object through a foreign key, but has not yet been saved.
-      # [create_association(attributes = {})]
-      #   Returns a new object of the associated type that has been instantiated
-      #   with +attributes+, linked to this object through a foreign key, and that
-      #   has already been saved (if it passed the validation).
-      # [create_association!(attributes = {})]
-      #   Does the same as <tt>create_association</tt>, but raises <tt>ActiveRecord::RecordInvalid</tt>
-      #   if the record is invalid.
-      #
-      # (+association+ is replaced with the symbol passed as the first argument, so
-      # <tt>belongs_to :author</tt> would add among others <tt>author.nil?</tt>.)
-      #
-      # === Example
-      #
-      # A Post class declares <tt>belongs_to :author</tt>, which will add:
-      # * <tt>Post#author</tt> (similar to <tt>Author.find(author_id)</tt>)
-      # * <tt>Post#author=(author)</tt> (similar to <tt>post.author_id = author.id</tt>)
-      # * <tt>Post#build_author</tt> (similar to <tt>post.author = Author.new</tt>)
-      # * <tt>Post#create_author</tt> (similar to <tt>post.author = Author.new; post.author.save; post.author</tt>)
-      # * <tt>Post#create_author!</tt> (similar to <tt>post.author = Author.new; post.author.save!; post.author</tt>)
-      # The declaration can also include an options hash to specialize the behavior of the association.
-      #
-      # === Options
-      #
-      # [:class_name]
-      #   Specify the class name of the association. Use it only if that name can't be inferred
-      #   from the association name. So <tt>belongs_to :author</tt> will by default be linked to the Author class, but
-      #   if the real class name is Person, you'll have to specify it with this option.
-      # [:conditions]
-      #   Specify the conditions that the associated object must meet in order to be included as a +WHERE+
-      #   SQL fragment, such as <tt>authorized = 1</tt>.
-      # [:select]
-      #   By default, this is <tt>*</tt> as in <tt>SELECT * FROM</tt>, but can be changed
-      #   if, for example, you want to do a join but not include the joined columns. Do not
-      #   forget to include the primary and foreign keys, otherwise it will raise an error.
-      # [:foreign_key]
-      #   Specify the foreign key used for the association. By default this is guessed to be the name
-      #   of the association with an "_id" suffix. So a class that defines a <tt>belongs_to :person</tt>
-      #   association will use "person_id" as the default <tt>:foreign_key</tt>. Similarly,
-      #   <tt>belongs_to :favorite_person, :class_name => "Person"</tt> will use a foreign key
-      #   of "favorite_person_id".
-      # [:foreign_type]
-      #   Specify the column used to store the associated object's type, if this is a polymorphic
-      #   association. By default this is guessed to be the name of the association with a "_type"
-      #   suffix. So a class that defines a <tt>belongs_to :taggable, :polymorphic => true</tt>
-      #   association will use "taggable_type" as the default <tt>:foreign_type</tt>.
-      # [:primary_key]
-      #   Specify the method that returns the primary key of associated object used for the association.
-      #   By default this is id.
-      # [:dependent]
-      #   If set to <tt>:destroy</tt>, the associated object is destroyed when this object is. If set to
-      #   <tt>:delete</tt>, the associated object is deleted *without* calling its destroy method.
-      #   This option should not be specified when <tt>belongs_to</tt> is used in conjunction with
-      #   a <tt>has_many</tt> relationship on another class because of the potential to leave
-      #   orphaned records behind.
-      # [:counter_cache]
-      #   Caches the number of belonging objects on the associate class through the use of +increment_counter+
-      #   and +decrement_counter+. The counter cache is incremented when an object of this
-      #   class is created and decremented when it's destroyed. This requires that a column
-      #   named <tt>#{table_name}_count</tt> (such as +comments_count+ for a belonging Comment class)
-      #   is used on the associate class (such as a Post class). You can also specify a custom counter
-      #   cache column by providing a column name instead of a +true+/+false+ value to this
-      #   option (e.g., <tt>:counter_cache => :my_custom_counter</tt>.)
-      #   Note: Specifying a counter cache will add it to that model's list of readonly attributes
-      #   using +attr_readonly+.
-      # [:include]
-      #   Specify second-order associations that should be eager loaded when this object is loaded.
-      # [:polymorphic]
-      #   Specify this association is a polymorphic association by passing +true+.
-      #   Note: If you've enabled the counter cache, then you may want to add the counter cache attribute
-      #   to the +attr_readonly+ list in the associated classes (e.g. <tt>class Post; attr_readonly :comments_count; end</tt>).
-      # [:readonly]
-      #   If true, the associated object is readonly through the association.
-      # [:validate]
-      #   If +false+, don't validate the associated objects when saving the parent object. +false+ by default.
-      # [:autosave]
-      #   If true, always save the associated object or destroy it if marked for destruction, when
-      #   saving the parent object.
-      #   If false, never save or destroy the associated object.
-      #   By default, only save the associated object if it's a new record.
-      # [:touch]
-      #   If true, the associated object will be touched (the updated_at/on attributes set to now)
-      #   when this record is either saved or destroyed. If you specify a symbol, that attribute
-      #   will be updated with the current time in addition to the updated_at/on attribute.
-      # [:inverse_of]
-      #   Specifies the name of the <tt>has_one</tt> or <tt>has_many</tt> association on the associated
-      #   object that is the inverse of this <tt>belongs_to</tt> association. Does not work in
-      #   combination with the <tt>:polymorphic</tt> options.
-      #   See ActiveRecord::Associations::ClassMethods's overview on Bi-directional associations for more detail.
-      #
-      # Option examples:
-      #   belongs_to :firm, :foreign_key => "client_of"
-      #   belongs_to :person, :primary_key => "name", :foreign_key => "person_name"
-      #   belongs_to :author, :class_name => "Person", :foreign_key => "author_id"
-      #   belongs_to :valid_coupon, :class_name => "Coupon", :foreign_key => "coupon_id",
-      #              :conditions => 'discounts > #{payments_count}'
-      #   belongs_to :attachable, :polymorphic => true
-      #   belongs_to :project, :readonly => true
-      #   belongs_to :post, :counter_cache => true
-      #   belongs_to :company, :touch => true
-      #   belongs_to :company, :touch => :employees_last_updated_at
-      def belongs_to(name, options = {})
-        Builder::BelongsTo.build(self, name, options)
+      # Set the specified association instance.
+      def association_instance_set(name, association)
+        @association_cache[name] = association
       end
 
-      # Specifies a many-to-many relationship with another class. This associates two classes via an
-      # intermediate join table. Unless the join table is explicitly specified as an option, it is
-      # guessed using the lexical order of the class names. So a join between Developer and Project
-      # will give the default join table name of "developers_projects" because "D" outranks "P".
-      # Note that this precedence is calculated using the <tt><</tt> operator for String. This
-      # means that if the strings are of different lengths, and the strings are equal when compared
-      # up to the shortest length, then the longer string is considered of higher
-      # lexical precedence than the shorter one. For example, one would expect the tables "paper_boxes" and "papers"
-      # to generate a join table name of "papers_paper_boxes" because of the length of the name "paper_boxes",
-      # but it in fact generates a join table name of "paper_boxes_papers". Be aware of this caveat, and use the
-      # custom <tt>:join_table</tt> option if you need to.
-      #
-      # The join table should not have a primary key or a model associated with it. You must manually generate the
-      # join table with a migration such as this:
-      #
-      #   class CreateDevelopersProjectsJoinTable < ActiveRecord::Migration
-      #     def change
-      #       create_table :developers_projects, :id => false do |t|
-      #         t.integer :developer_id
-      #         t.integer :project_id
+      # \Associations are a set of macro-like class methods for tying objects together through
+      # foreign keys. They express relationships like "Project has one Project Manager"
+      # or "Project belongs to a Portfolio". Each macro adds a number of methods to the
+      # class which are specialized according to the collection or association symbol and the
+      # options hash. It works much the same way as Ruby's own <tt>attr*</tt>
+      # methods.
+      #
+      #   class Project < ActiveRecord::Base
+      #     belongs_to              :portfolio
+      #     has_one                 :project_manager
+      #     has_many                :milestones
+      #     has_and_belongs_to_many :categories
+      #   end
+      #
+      # The project class now has the following methods (and more) to ease the traversal and
+      # manipulation of its relationships:
+      # * <tt>Project#portfolio</tt>, <tt>Project#portfolio=(portfolio)</tt>, <tt>Project#reload_portfolio</tt>
+      # * <tt>Project#project_manager</tt>, <tt>Project#project_manager=(project_manager)</tt>, <tt>Project#reload_project_manager</tt>
+      # * <tt>Project#milestones.empty?</tt>, <tt>Project#milestones.size</tt>, <tt>Project#milestones</tt>, <tt>Project#milestones<<(milestone)</tt>,
+      #   <tt>Project#milestones.delete(milestone)</tt>, <tt>Project#milestones.destroy(milestone)</tt>, <tt>Project#milestones.find(milestone_id)</tt>,
+      #   <tt>Project#milestones.build</tt>, <tt>Project#milestones.create</tt>
+      # * <tt>Project#categories.empty?</tt>, <tt>Project#categories.size</tt>, <tt>Project#categories</tt>, <tt>Project#categories<<(category1)</tt>,
+      #   <tt>Project#categories.delete(category1)</tt>, <tt>Project#categories.destroy(category1)</tt>
+      #
+      # === A word of warning
+      #
+      # Don't create associations that have the same name as {instance methods}[rdoc-ref:ActiveRecord::Core] of
+      # <tt>ActiveRecord::Base</tt>. Since the association adds a method with that name to
+      # its model, using an association with the same name as one provided by <tt>ActiveRecord::Base</tt> will override the method inherited through <tt>ActiveRecord::Base</tt> and will break things.
+      # For instance, +attributes+ and +connection+ would be bad choices for association names, because those names already exist in the list of <tt>ActiveRecord::Base</tt> instance methods.
+      #
+      # == Auto-generated methods
+      # See also Instance Public methods below for more details.
+      #
+      # === Singular associations (one-to-one)
+      #                                     |            |  belongs_to  |
+      #   generated methods                 | belongs_to | :polymorphic | has_one
+      #   ----------------------------------+------------+--------------+---------
+      #   other                             |     X      |      X       |    X
+      #   other=(other)                     |     X      |      X       |    X
+      #   build_other(attributes={})        |     X      |              |    X
+      #   create_other(attributes={})       |     X      |              |    X
+      #   create_other!(attributes={})      |     X      |              |    X
+      #   reload_other                      |     X      |      X       |    X
+      #
+      # === Collection associations (one-to-many / many-to-many)
+      #                                     |       |          | has_many
+      #   generated methods                 | habtm | has_many | :through
+      #   ----------------------------------+-------+----------+----------
+      #   others                            |   X   |    X     |    X
+      #   others=(other,other,...)          |   X   |    X     |    X
+      #   other_ids                         |   X   |    X     |    X
+      #   other_ids=(id,id,...)             |   X   |    X     |    X
+      #   others<<                          |   X   |    X     |    X
+      #   others.push                       |   X   |    X     |    X
+      #   others.concat                     |   X   |    X     |    X
+      #   others.build(attributes={})       |   X   |    X     |    X
+      #   others.create(attributes={})      |   X   |    X     |    X
+      #   others.create!(attributes={})     |   X   |    X     |    X
+      #   others.size                       |   X   |    X     |    X
+      #   others.length                     |   X   |    X     |    X
+      #   others.count                      |   X   |    X     |    X
+      #   others.sum(*args)                 |   X   |    X     |    X
+      #   others.empty?                     |   X   |    X     |    X
+      #   others.clear                      |   X   |    X     |    X
+      #   others.delete(other,other,...)    |   X   |    X     |    X
+      #   others.delete_all                 |   X   |    X     |    X
+      #   others.destroy(other,other,...)   |   X   |    X     |    X
+      #   others.destroy_all                |   X   |    X     |    X
+      #   others.find(*args)                |   X   |    X     |    X
+      #   others.exists?                    |   X   |    X     |    X
+      #   others.distinct                   |   X   |    X     |    X
+      #   others.reset                      |   X   |    X     |    X
+      #   others.reload                     |   X   |    X     |    X
+      #
+      # === Overriding generated methods
+      #
+      # Association methods are generated in a module included into the model
+      # class, making overrides easy. The original generated method can thus be
+      # called with +super+:
+      #
+      #   class Car < ActiveRecord::Base
+      #     belongs_to :owner
+      #     belongs_to :old_owner
+      #
+      #     def owner=(new_owner)
+      #       self.old_owner = self.owner
+      #       super
+      #     end
+      #   end
+      #
+      # The association methods module is included immediately after the
+      # generated attributes methods module, meaning an association will
+      # override the methods for an attribute with the same name.
+      #
+      # == Cardinality and associations
+      #
+      # Active Record associations can be used to describe one-to-one, one-to-many and many-to-many
+      # relationships between models. Each model uses an association to describe its role in
+      # the relation. The #belongs_to association is always used in the model that has
+      # the foreign key.
+      #
+      # === One-to-one
+      #
+      # Use #has_one in the base, and #belongs_to in the associated model.
+      #
+      #   class Employee < ActiveRecord::Base
+      #     has_one :office
+      #   end
+      #   class Office < ActiveRecord::Base
+      #     belongs_to :employee    # foreign key - employee_id
+      #   end
+      #
+      # === One-to-many
+      #
+      # Use #has_many in the base, and #belongs_to in the associated model.
+      #
+      #   class Manager < ActiveRecord::Base
+      #     has_many :employees
+      #   end
+      #   class Employee < ActiveRecord::Base
+      #     belongs_to :manager     # foreign key - manager_id
+      #   end
+      #
+      # === Many-to-many
+      #
+      # There are two ways to build a many-to-many relationship.
+      #
+      # The first way uses a #has_many association with the <tt>:through</tt> option and a join model, so
+      # there are two stages of associations.
+      #
+      #   class Assignment < ActiveRecord::Base
+      #     belongs_to :programmer  # foreign key - programmer_id
+      #     belongs_to :project     # foreign key - project_id
+      #   end
+      #   class Programmer < ActiveRecord::Base
+      #     has_many :assignments
+      #     has_many :projects, through: :assignments
+      #   end
+      #   class Project < ActiveRecord::Base
+      #     has_many :assignments
+      #     has_many :programmers, through: :assignments
+      #   end
+      #
+      # For the second way, use #has_and_belongs_to_many in both models. This requires a join table
+      # that has no corresponding model or primary key.
+      #
+      #   class Programmer < ActiveRecord::Base
+      #     has_and_belongs_to_many :projects       # foreign keys in the join table
+      #   end
+      #   class Project < ActiveRecord::Base
+      #     has_and_belongs_to_many :programmers    # foreign keys in the join table
+      #   end
+      #
+      # Choosing which way to build a many-to-many relationship is not always simple.
+      # If you need to work with the relationship model as its own entity,
+      # use #has_many <tt>:through</tt>. Use #has_and_belongs_to_many when working with legacy schemas or when
+      # you never work directly with the relationship itself.
+      #
+      # == Is it a #belongs_to or #has_one association?
+      #
+      # Both express a 1-1 relationship. The difference is mostly where to place the foreign
+      # key, which goes on the table for the class declaring the #belongs_to relationship.
+      #
+      #   class User < ActiveRecord::Base
+      #     # I reference an account.
+      #     belongs_to :account
+      #   end
+      #
+      #   class Account < ActiveRecord::Base
+      #     # One user references me.
+      #     has_one :user
+      #   end
+      #
+      # The tables for these classes could look something like:
+      #
+      #   CREATE TABLE users (
+      #     id bigint NOT NULL auto_increment,
+      #     account_id bigint default NULL,
+      #     name varchar default NULL,
+      #     PRIMARY KEY  (id)
+      #   )
+      #
+      #   CREATE TABLE accounts (
+      #     id bigint NOT NULL auto_increment,
+      #     name varchar default NULL,
+      #     PRIMARY KEY  (id)
+      #   )
+      #
+      # == Unsaved objects and associations
+      #
+      # You can manipulate objects and associations before they are saved to the database, but
+      # there is some special behavior you should be aware of, mostly involving the saving of
+      # associated objects.
+      #
+      # You can set the <tt>:autosave</tt> option on a #has_one, #belongs_to,
+      # #has_many, or #has_and_belongs_to_many association. Setting it
+      # to +true+ will _always_ save the members, whereas setting it to +false+ will
+      # _never_ save the members. More details about <tt>:autosave</tt> option is available at
+      # AutosaveAssociation.
+      #
+      # === One-to-one associations
+      #
+      # * Assigning an object to a #has_one association automatically saves that object and
+      #   the object being replaced (if there is one), in order to update their foreign
+      #   keys - except if the parent object is unsaved (<tt>new_record? == true</tt>).
+      # * If either of these saves fail (due to one of the objects being invalid), an
+      #   ActiveRecord::RecordNotSaved exception is raised and the assignment is
+      #   cancelled.
+      # * If you wish to assign an object to a #has_one association without saving it,
+      #   use the <tt>#build_association</tt> method (documented below). The object being
+      #   replaced will still be saved to update its foreign key.
+      # * Assigning an object to a #belongs_to association does not save the object, since
+      #   the foreign key field belongs on the parent. It does not save the parent either.
+      #
+      # === Collections
+      #
+      # * Adding an object to a collection (#has_many or #has_and_belongs_to_many) automatically
+      #   saves that object, except if the parent object (the owner of the collection) is not yet
+      #   stored in the database.
+      # * If saving any of the objects being added to a collection (via <tt>push</tt> or similar)
+      #   fails, then <tt>push</tt> returns +false+.
+      # * If saving fails while replacing the collection (via <tt>association=</tt>), an
+      #   ActiveRecord::RecordNotSaved exception is raised and the assignment is
+      #   cancelled.
+      # * You can add an object to a collection without automatically saving it by using the
+      #   <tt>collection.build</tt> method (documented below).
+      # * All unsaved (<tt>new_record? == true</tt>) members of the collection are automatically
+      #   saved when the parent is saved.
+      #
+      # == Customizing the query
+      #
+      # \Associations are built from <tt>Relation</tt> objects, and you can use the Relation syntax
+      # to customize them. For example, to add a condition:
+      #
+      #   class Blog < ActiveRecord::Base
+      #     has_many :published_posts, -> { where(published: true) }, class_name: 'Post'
+      #   end
+      #
+      # Inside the <tt>-> { ... }</tt> block you can use all of the usual Relation methods.
+      #
+      # === Accessing the owner object
+      #
+      # Sometimes it is useful to have access to the owner object when building the query. The owner
+      # is passed as a parameter to the block. For example, the following association would find all
+      # events that occur on the user's birthday:
+      #
+      #   class User < ActiveRecord::Base
+      #     has_many :birthday_events, ->(user) { where(starts_on: user.birthday) }, class_name: 'Event'
+      #   end
+      #
+      # Note: Joining, eager loading and preloading of these associations is not possible.
+      # These operations happen before instance creation and the scope will be called with a +nil+ argument.
+      #
+      # == Association callbacks
+      #
+      # Similar to the normal callbacks that hook into the life cycle of an Active Record object,
+      # you can also define callbacks that get triggered when you add an object to or remove an
+      # object from an association collection.
+      #
+      #   class Project
+      #     has_and_belongs_to_many :developers, after_add: :evaluate_velocity
+      #
+      #     def evaluate_velocity(developer)
+      #       ...
+      #     end
+      #   end
+      #
+      # It's possible to stack callbacks by passing them as an array. Example:
+      #
+      #   class Project
+      #     has_and_belongs_to_many :developers,
+      #                             after_add: [:evaluate_velocity, Proc.new { |p, d| p.shipping_date = Time.now}]
+      #   end
+      #
+      # Possible callbacks are: +before_add+, +after_add+, +before_remove+ and +after_remove+.
+      #
+      # If any of the +before_add+ callbacks throw an exception, the object will not be
+      # added to the collection.
+      #
+      # Similarly, if any of the +before_remove+ callbacks throw an exception, the object
+      # will not be removed from the collection.
+      #
+      # == Association extensions
+      #
+      # The proxy objects that control the access to associations can be extended through anonymous
+      # modules. This is especially beneficial for adding new finders, creators, and other
+      # factory-type methods that are only used as part of this association.
+      #
+      #   class Account < ActiveRecord::Base
+      #     has_many :people do
+      #       def find_or_create_by_name(name)
+      #         first_name, last_name = name.split(" ", 2)
+      #         find_or_create_by(first_name: first_name, last_name: last_name)
+      #       end
+      #     end
+      #   end
+      #
+      #   person = Account.first.people.find_or_create_by_name("David Heinemeier Hansson")
+      #   person.first_name # => "David"
+      #   person.last_name  # => "Heinemeier Hansson"
+      #
+      # If you need to share the same extensions between many associations, you can use a named
+      # extension module.
+      #
+      #   module FindOrCreateByNameExtension
+      #     def find_or_create_by_name(name)
+      #       first_name, last_name = name.split(" ", 2)
+      #       find_or_create_by(first_name: first_name, last_name: last_name)
+      #     end
+      #   end
+      #
+      #   class Account < ActiveRecord::Base
+      #     has_many :people, -> { extending FindOrCreateByNameExtension }
+      #   end
+      #
+      #   class Company < ActiveRecord::Base
+      #     has_many :people, -> { extending FindOrCreateByNameExtension }
+      #   end
+      #
+      # Some extensions can only be made to work with knowledge of the association's internals.
+      # Extensions can access relevant state using the following methods (where +items+ is the
+      # name of the association):
+      #
+      # * <tt>record.association(:items).owner</tt> - Returns the object the association is part of.
+      # * <tt>record.association(:items).reflection</tt> - Returns the reflection object that describes the association.
+      # * <tt>record.association(:items).target</tt> - Returns the associated object for #belongs_to and #has_one, or
+      #   the collection of associated objects for #has_many and #has_and_belongs_to_many.
+      #
+      # However, inside the actual extension code, you will not have access to the <tt>record</tt> as
+      # above. In this case, you can access <tt>proxy_association</tt>. For example,
+      # <tt>record.association(:items)</tt> and <tt>record.items.proxy_association</tt> will return
+      # the same object, allowing you to make calls like <tt>proxy_association.owner</tt> inside
+      # association extensions.
+      #
+      # == Association Join Models
+      #
+      # Has Many associations can be configured with the <tt>:through</tt> option to use an
+      # explicit join model to retrieve the data. This operates similarly to a
+      # #has_and_belongs_to_many association. The advantage is that you're able to add validations,
+      # callbacks, and extra attributes on the join model. Consider the following schema:
+      #
+      #   class Author < ActiveRecord::Base
+      #     has_many :authorships
+      #     has_many :books, through: :authorships
+      #   end
+      #
+      #   class Authorship < ActiveRecord::Base
+      #     belongs_to :author
+      #     belongs_to :book
+      #   end
+      #
+      #   @author = Author.first
+      #   @author.authorships.collect { |a| a.book } # selects all books that the author's authorships belong to
+      #   @author.books                              # selects all books by using the Authorship join model
+      #
+      # You can also go through a #has_many association on the join model:
+      #
+      #   class Firm < ActiveRecord::Base
+      #     has_many   :clients
+      #     has_many   :invoices, through: :clients
+      #   end
+      #
+      #   class Client < ActiveRecord::Base
+      #     belongs_to :firm
+      #     has_many   :invoices
+      #   end
+      #
+      #   class Invoice < ActiveRecord::Base
+      #     belongs_to :client
+      #   end
+      #
+      #   @firm = Firm.first
+      #   @firm.clients.flat_map { |c| c.invoices } # select all invoices for all clients of the firm
+      #   @firm.invoices                            # selects all invoices by going through the Client join model
+      #
+      # Similarly you can go through a #has_one association on the join model:
+      #
+      #   class Group < ActiveRecord::Base
+      #     has_many   :users
+      #     has_many   :avatars, through: :users
+      #   end
+      #
+      #   class User < ActiveRecord::Base
+      #     belongs_to :group
+      #     has_one    :avatar
+      #   end
+      #
+      #   class Avatar < ActiveRecord::Base
+      #     belongs_to :user
+      #   end
+      #
+      #   @group = Group.first
+      #   @group.users.collect { |u| u.avatar }.compact # select all avatars for all users in the group
+      #   @group.avatars                                # selects all avatars by going through the User join model.
+      #
+      # An important caveat with going through #has_one or #has_many associations on the
+      # join model is that these associations are *read-only*. For example, the following
+      # would not work following the previous example:
+      #
+      #   @group.avatars << Avatar.new   # this would work if User belonged_to Avatar rather than the other way around
+      #   @group.avatars.delete(@group.avatars.last)  # so would this
+      #
+      # == Setting Inverses
+      #
+      # If you are using a #belongs_to on the join model, it is a good idea to set the
+      # <tt>:inverse_of</tt> option on the #belongs_to, which will mean that the following example
+      # works correctly (where <tt>tags</tt> is a #has_many <tt>:through</tt> association):
+      #
+      #   @post = Post.first
+      #   @tag = @post.tags.build name: "ruby"
+      #   @tag.save
+      #
+      # The last line ought to save the through record (a <tt>Tagging</tt>). This will only work if the
+      # <tt>:inverse_of</tt> is set:
+      #
+      #   class Tagging < ActiveRecord::Base
+      #     belongs_to :post
+      #     belongs_to :tag, inverse_of: :taggings
+      #   end
+      #
+      # If you do not set the <tt>:inverse_of</tt> record, the association will
+      # do its best to match itself up with the correct inverse. Automatic
+      # inverse detection only works on #has_many, #has_one, and
+      # #belongs_to associations.
+      #
+      # Extra options on the associations, as defined in the
+      # <tt>AssociationReflection::INVALID_AUTOMATIC_INVERSE_OPTIONS</tt>
+      # constant, or a custom scope, will also prevent the association's inverse
+      # from being found automatically.
+      #
+      # The automatic guessing of the inverse association uses a heuristic based
+      # on the name of the class, so it may not work for all associations,
+      # especially the ones with non-standard names.
+      #
+      # You can turn off the automatic detection of inverse associations by setting
+      # the <tt>:inverse_of</tt> option to <tt>false</tt> like so:
+      #
+      #   class Tagging < ActiveRecord::Base
+      #     belongs_to :tag, inverse_of: false
+      #   end
+      #
+      # == Nested \Associations
+      #
+      # You can actually specify *any* association with the <tt>:through</tt> option, including an
+      # association which has a <tt>:through</tt> option itself. For example:
+      #
+      #   class Author < ActiveRecord::Base
+      #     has_many :posts
+      #     has_many :comments, through: :posts
+      #     has_many :commenters, through: :comments
+      #   end
+      #
+      #   class Post < ActiveRecord::Base
+      #     has_many :comments
+      #   end
+      #
+      #   class Comment < ActiveRecord::Base
+      #     belongs_to :commenter
+      #   end
+      #
+      #   @author = Author.first
+      #   @author.commenters # => People who commented on posts written by the author
+      #
+      # An equivalent way of setting up this association this would be:
+      #
+      #   class Author < ActiveRecord::Base
+      #     has_many :posts
+      #     has_many :commenters, through: :posts
+      #   end
+      #
+      #   class Post < ActiveRecord::Base
+      #     has_many :comments
+      #     has_many :commenters, through: :comments
+      #   end
+      #
+      #   class Comment < ActiveRecord::Base
+      #     belongs_to :commenter
+      #   end
+      #
+      # When using a nested association, you will not be able to modify the association because there
+      # is not enough information to know what modification to make. For example, if you tried to
+      # add a <tt>Commenter</tt> in the example above, there would be no way to tell how to set up the
+      # intermediate <tt>Post</tt> and <tt>Comment</tt> objects.
+      #
+      # == Polymorphic \Associations
+      #
+      # Polymorphic associations on models are not restricted on what types of models they
+      # can be associated with. Rather, they specify an interface that a #has_many association
+      # must adhere to.
+      #
+      #   class Asset < ActiveRecord::Base
+      #     belongs_to :attachable, polymorphic: true
+      #   end
+      #
+      #   class Post < ActiveRecord::Base
+      #     has_many :assets, as: :attachable         # The :as option specifies the polymorphic interface to use.
+      #   end
+      #
+      #   @asset.attachable = @post
+      #
+      # This works by using a type column in addition to a foreign key to specify the associated
+      # record. In the Asset example, you'd need an +attachable_id+ integer column and an
+      # +attachable_type+ string column.
+      #
+      # Using polymorphic associations in combination with single table inheritance (STI) is
+      # a little tricky. In order for the associations to work as expected, ensure that you
+      # store the base model for the STI models in the type column of the polymorphic
+      # association. To continue with the asset example above, suppose there are guest posts
+      # and member posts that use the posts table for STI. In this case, there must be a +type+
+      # column in the posts table.
+      #
+      # Note: The <tt>attachable_type=</tt> method is being called when assigning an +attachable+.
+      # The +class_name+ of the +attachable+ is passed as a String.
+      #
+      #   class Asset < ActiveRecord::Base
+      #     belongs_to :attachable, polymorphic: true
+      #
+      #     def attachable_type=(class_name)
+      #        super(class_name.constantize.base_class.to_s)
+      #     end
+      #   end
+      #
+      #   class Post < ActiveRecord::Base
+      #     # because we store "Post" in attachable_type now dependent: :destroy will work
+      #     has_many :assets, as: :attachable, dependent: :destroy
+      #   end
+      #
+      #   class GuestPost < Post
+      #   end
+      #
+      #   class MemberPost < Post
+      #   end
+      #
+      # == Caching
+      #
+      # All of the methods are built on a simple caching principle that will keep the result
+      # of the last query around unless specifically instructed not to. The cache is even
+      # shared across methods to make it even cheaper to use the macro-added methods without
+      # worrying too much about performance at the first go.
+      #
+      #   project.milestones             # fetches milestones from the database
+      #   project.milestones.size        # uses the milestone cache
+      #   project.milestones.empty?      # uses the milestone cache
+      #   project.milestones.reload.size # fetches milestones from the database
+      #   project.milestones             # uses the milestone cache
+      #
+      # == Eager loading of associations
+      #
+      # Eager loading is a way to find objects of a certain class and a number of named associations.
+      # It is one of the easiest ways to prevent the dreaded N+1 problem in which fetching 100
+      # posts that each need to display their author triggers 101 database queries. Through the
+      # use of eager loading, the number of queries will be reduced from 101 to 2.
+      #
+      #   class Post < ActiveRecord::Base
+      #     belongs_to :author
+      #     has_many   :comments
+      #   end
+      #
+      # Consider the following loop using the class above:
+      #
+      #   Post.all.each do |post|
+      #     puts "Post:            " + post.title
+      #     puts "Written by:      " + post.author.name
+      #     puts "Last comment on: " + post.comments.first.created_on
+      #   end
+      #
+      # To iterate over these one hundred posts, we'll generate 201 database queries. Let's
+      # first just optimize it for retrieving the author:
+      #
+      #   Post.includes(:author).each do |post|
+      #
+      # This references the name of the #belongs_to association that also used the <tt>:author</tt>
+      # symbol. After loading the posts, +find+ will collect the +author_id+ from each one and load
+      # all of the referenced authors with one query. Doing so will cut down the number of queries
+      # from 201 to 102.
+      #
+      # We can improve upon the situation further by referencing both associations in the finder with:
+      #
+      #   Post.includes(:author, :comments).each do |post|
+      #
+      # This will load all comments with a single query. This reduces the total number of queries
+      # to 3. In general, the number of queries will be 1 plus the number of associations
+      # named (except if some of the associations are polymorphic #belongs_to - see below).
+      #
+      # To include a deep hierarchy of associations, use a hash:
+      #
+      #   Post.includes(:author, { comments: { author: :gravatar } }).each do |post|
+      #
+      # The above code will load all the comments and all of their associated
+      # authors and gravatars. You can mix and match any combination of symbols,
+      # arrays, and hashes to retrieve the associations you want to load.
+      #
+      # All of this power shouldn't fool you into thinking that you can pull out huge amounts
+      # of data with no performance penalty just because you've reduced the number of queries.
+      # The database still needs to send all the data to Active Record and it still needs to
+      # be processed. So it's no catch-all for performance problems, but it's a great way to
+      # cut down on the number of queries in a situation as the one described above.
+      #
+      # Since only one table is loaded at a time, conditions or orders cannot reference tables
+      # other than the main one. If this is the case, Active Record falls back to the previously
+      # used <tt>LEFT OUTER JOIN</tt> based strategy. For example:
+      #
+      #   Post.includes([:author, :comments]).where(['comments.approved = ?', true])
+      #
+      # This will result in a single SQL query with joins along the lines of:
+      # <tt>LEFT OUTER JOIN comments ON comments.post_id = posts.id</tt> and
+      # <tt>LEFT OUTER JOIN authors ON authors.id = posts.author_id</tt>. Note that using conditions
+      # like this can have unintended consequences.
+      # In the above example, posts with no approved comments are not returned at all because
+      # the conditions apply to the SQL statement as a whole and not just to the association.
+      #
+      # You must disambiguate column references for this fallback to happen, for example
+      # <tt>order: "author.name DESC"</tt> will work but <tt>order: "name DESC"</tt> will not.
+      #
+      # If you want to load all posts (including posts with no approved comments), then write
+      # your own <tt>LEFT OUTER JOIN</tt> query using <tt>ON</tt>:
+      #
+      #   Post.joins("LEFT OUTER JOIN comments ON comments.post_id = posts.id AND comments.approved = '1'")
+      #
+      # In this case, it is usually more natural to include an association which has conditions defined on it:
+      #
+      #   class Post < ActiveRecord::Base
+      #     has_many :approved_comments, -> { where(approved: true) }, class_name: 'Comment'
+      #   end
+      #
+      #   Post.includes(:approved_comments)
+      #
+      # This will load posts and eager load the +approved_comments+ association, which contains
+      # only those comments that have been approved.
+      #
+      # If you eager load an association with a specified <tt>:limit</tt> option, it will be ignored,
+      # returning all the associated objects:
+      #
+      #   class Picture < ActiveRecord::Base
+      #     has_many :most_recent_comments, -> { order('id DESC').limit(10) }, class_name: 'Comment'
+      #   end
+      #
+      #   Picture.includes(:most_recent_comments).first.most_recent_comments # => returns all associated comments.
+      #
+      # Eager loading is supported with polymorphic associations.
+      #
+      #   class Address < ActiveRecord::Base
+      #     belongs_to :addressable, polymorphic: true
+      #   end
+      #
+      # A call that tries to eager load the addressable model
+      #
+      #   Address.includes(:addressable)
+      #
+      # This will execute one query to load the addresses and load the addressables with one
+      # query per addressable type.
+      # For example, if all the addressables are either of class Person or Company, then a total
+      # of 3 queries will be executed. The list of addressable types to load is determined on
+      # the back of the addresses loaded. This is not supported if Active Record has to fallback
+      # to the previous implementation of eager loading and will raise ActiveRecord::EagerLoadPolymorphicError.
+      # The reason is that the parent model's type is a column value so its corresponding table
+      # name cannot be put in the +FROM+/+JOIN+ clauses of that query.
+      #
+      # == Table Aliasing
+      #
+      # Active Record uses table aliasing in the case that a table is referenced multiple times
+      # in a join. If a table is referenced only once, the standard table name is used. The
+      # second time, the table is aliased as <tt>#{reflection_name}_#{parent_table_name}</tt>.
+      # Indexes are appended for any more successive uses of the table name.
+      #
+      #   Post.joins(:comments)
+      #   # => SELECT ... FROM posts INNER JOIN comments ON ...
+      #   Post.joins(:special_comments) # STI
+      #   # => SELECT ... FROM posts INNER JOIN comments ON ... AND comments.type = 'SpecialComment'
+      #   Post.joins(:comments, :special_comments) # special_comments is the reflection name, posts is the parent table name
+      #   # => SELECT ... FROM posts INNER JOIN comments ON ... INNER JOIN comments special_comments_posts
+      #
+      # Acts as tree example:
+      #
+      #   TreeMixin.joins(:children)
+      #   # => SELECT ... FROM mixins INNER JOIN mixins childrens_mixins ...
+      #   TreeMixin.joins(children: :parent)
+      #   # => SELECT ... FROM mixins INNER JOIN mixins childrens_mixins ...
+      #                               INNER JOIN parents_mixins ...
+      #   TreeMixin.joins(children: {parent: :children})
+      #   # => SELECT ... FROM mixins INNER JOIN mixins childrens_mixins ...
+      #                               INNER JOIN parents_mixins ...
+      #                               INNER JOIN mixins childrens_mixins_2
+      #
+      # Has and Belongs to Many join tables use the same idea, but add a <tt>_join</tt> suffix:
+      #
+      #   Post.joins(:categories)
+      #   # => SELECT ... FROM posts INNER JOIN categories_posts ... INNER JOIN categories ...
+      #   Post.joins(categories: :posts)
+      #   # => SELECT ... FROM posts INNER JOIN categories_posts ... INNER JOIN categories ...
+      #                              INNER JOIN categories_posts posts_categories_join INNER JOIN posts posts_categories
+      #   Post.joins(categories: {posts: :categories})
+      #   # => SELECT ... FROM posts INNER JOIN categories_posts ... INNER JOIN categories ...
+      #                              INNER JOIN categories_posts posts_categories_join INNER JOIN posts posts_categories
+      #                              INNER JOIN categories_posts categories_posts_join INNER JOIN categories categories_posts_2
+      #
+      # If you wish to specify your own custom joins using ActiveRecord::QueryMethods#joins method, those table
+      # names will take precedence over the eager associations:
+      #
+      #   Post.joins(:comments).joins("inner join comments ...")
+      #   # => SELECT ... FROM posts INNER JOIN comments_posts ON ... INNER JOIN comments ...
+      #   Post.joins(:comments, :special_comments).joins("inner join comments ...")
+      #   # => SELECT ... FROM posts INNER JOIN comments comments_posts ON ...
+      #                              INNER JOIN comments special_comments_posts ...
+      #                              INNER JOIN comments ...
+      #
+      # Table aliases are automatically truncated according to the maximum length of table identifiers
+      # according to the specific database.
+      #
+      # == Modules
+      #
+      # By default, associations will look for objects within the current module scope. Consider:
+      #
+      #   module MyApplication
+      #     module Business
+      #       class Firm < ActiveRecord::Base
+      #         has_many :clients
+      #       end
+      #
+      #       class Client < ActiveRecord::Base; end
+      #     end
+      #   end
+      #
+      # When <tt>Firm#clients</tt> is called, it will in turn call
+      # <tt>MyApplication::Business::Client.find_all_by_firm_id(firm.id)</tt>.
+      # If you want to associate with a class in another module scope, this can be done by
+      # specifying the complete class name.
+      #
+      #   module MyApplication
+      #     module Business
+      #       class Firm < ActiveRecord::Base; end
+      #     end
+      #
+      #     module Billing
+      #       class Account < ActiveRecord::Base
+      #         belongs_to :firm, class_name: "MyApplication::Business::Firm"
       #       end
       #     end
       #   end
       #
-      # It's also a good idea to add indexes to each of those columns to speed up the joins process.
-      # However, in MySQL it is advised to add a compound index for both of the columns as MySQL only
-      # uses one index per table during the lookup.
-      #
-      # Adds the following methods for retrieval and query:
-      #
-      # [collection(force_reload = false)]
-      #   Returns an array of all the associated objects.
-      #   An empty array is returned if none are found.
-      # [collection<<(object, ...)]
-      #   Adds one or more objects to the collection by creating associations in the join table
-      #   (<tt>collection.push</tt> and <tt>collection.concat</tt> are aliases to this method).
-      #   Note that this operation instantly fires update sql without waiting for the save or update call on the
-      #   parent object.
-      # [collection.delete(object, ...)]
-      #   Removes one or more objects from the collection by removing their associations from the join table.
-      #   This does not destroy the objects.
-      # [collection=objects]
-      #   Replaces the collection's content by deleting and adding objects as appropriate.
-      # [collection_singular_ids]
-      #   Returns an array of the associated objects' ids.
-      # [collection_singular_ids=ids]
-      #   Replace the collection by the objects identified by the primary keys in +ids+.
-      # [collection.clear]
-      #   Removes every object from the collection. This does not destroy the objects.
-      # [collection.empty?]
-      #   Returns +true+ if there are no associated objects.
-      # [collection.size]
-      #   Returns the number of associated objects.
-      # [collection.find(id)]
-      #   Finds an associated object responding to the +id+ and that
-      #   meets the condition that it has to be associated with this object.
-      #   Uses the same rules as ActiveRecord::Base.find.
-      # [collection.exists?(...)]
-      #   Checks whether an associated object with the given conditions exists.
-      #   Uses the same rules as ActiveRecord::Base.exists?.
-      # [collection.build(attributes = {})]
-      #   Returns a new object of the collection type that has been instantiated
-      #   with +attributes+ and linked to this object through the join table, but has not yet been saved.
-      # [collection.create(attributes = {})]
-      #   Returns a new object of the collection type that has been instantiated
-      #   with +attributes+, linked to this object through the join table, and that has already been
-      #   saved (if it passed the validation).
-      #
-      # (+collection+ is replaced with the symbol passed as the first argument, so
-      # <tt>has_and_belongs_to_many :categories</tt> would add among others <tt>categories.empty?</tt>.)
-      #
-      # === Example
-      #
-      # A Developer class declares <tt>has_and_belongs_to_many :projects</tt>, which will add:
-      # * <tt>Developer#projects</tt>
-      # * <tt>Developer#projects<<</tt>
-      # * <tt>Developer#projects.delete</tt>
-      # * <tt>Developer#projects=</tt>
-      # * <tt>Developer#project_ids</tt>
-      # * <tt>Developer#project_ids=</tt>
-      # * <tt>Developer#projects.clear</tt>
-      # * <tt>Developer#projects.empty?</tt>
-      # * <tt>Developer#projects.size</tt>
-      # * <tt>Developer#projects.find(id)</tt>
-      # * <tt>Developer#projects.exists?(...)</tt>
-      # * <tt>Developer#projects.build</tt> (similar to <tt>Project.new("developer_id" => id)</tt>)
-      # * <tt>Developer#projects.create</tt> (similar to <tt>c = Project.new("developer_id" => id); c.save; c</tt>)
-      # The declaration may include an options hash to specialize the behavior of the association.
-      #
-      # === Options
-      #
-      # [:class_name]
-      #   Specify the class name of the association. Use it only if that name can't be inferred
-      #   from the association name. So <tt>has_and_belongs_to_many :projects</tt> will by default be linked to the
-      #   Project class, but if the real class name is SuperProject, you'll have to specify it with this option.
-      # [:join_table]
-      #   Specify the name of the join table if the default based on lexical order isn't what you want.
-      #   <b>WARNING:</b> If you're overwriting the table name of either class, the +table_name+ method
-      #   MUST be declared underneath any +has_and_belongs_to_many+ declaration in order to work.
-      # [:foreign_key]
-      #   Specify the foreign key used for the association. By default this is guessed to be the name
-      #   of this class in lower-case and "_id" suffixed. So a Person class that makes
-      #   a +has_and_belongs_to_many+ association to Project will use "person_id" as the
-      #   default <tt>:foreign_key</tt>.
-      # [:association_foreign_key]
-      #   Specify the foreign key used for the association on the receiving side of the association.
-      #   By default this is guessed to be the name of the associated class in lower-case and "_id" suffixed.
-      #   So if a Person class makes a +has_and_belongs_to_many+ association to Project,
-      #   the association will use "project_id" as the default <tt>:association_foreign_key</tt>.
-      # [:conditions]
-      #   Specify the conditions that the associated object must meet in order to be included as a +WHERE+
-      #   SQL fragment, such as <tt>authorized = 1</tt>. Record creations from the association are
-      #   scoped if a hash is used.
-      #   <tt>has_many :posts, :conditions => {:published => true}</tt> will create published posts with <tt>@blog.posts.create</tt>
-      #   or <tt>@blog.posts.build</tt>.
-      # [:order]
-      #   Specify the order in which the associated objects are returned as an <tt>ORDER BY</tt> SQL fragment,
-      #   such as <tt>last_name, first_name DESC</tt>
-      # [:uniq]
-      #   If true, duplicate associated objects will be ignored by accessors and query methods.
-      # [:finder_sql]
-      #   Overwrite the default generated SQL statement used to fetch the association with a manual statement
-      # [:counter_sql]
-      #   Specify a complete SQL statement to fetch the size of the association. If <tt>:finder_sql</tt> is
-      #   specified but not <tt>:counter_sql</tt>, <tt>:counter_sql</tt> will be generated by
-      #   replacing <tt>SELECT ... FROM</tt> with <tt>SELECT COUNT(*) FROM</tt>.
-      # [:delete_sql]
-      #   Overwrite the default generated SQL statement used to remove links between the associated
-      #   classes with a manual statement.
-      # [:insert_sql]
-      #   Overwrite the default generated SQL statement used to add links between the associated classes
-      #   with a manual statement.
-      # [:extend]
-      #   Anonymous module for extending the proxy, see "Association extensions".
-      # [:include]
-      #   Specify second-order associations that should be eager loaded when the collection is loaded.
-      # [:group]
-      #   An attribute name by which the result should be grouped. Uses the <tt>GROUP BY</tt> SQL-clause.
-      # [:having]
-      #   Combined with +:group+ this can be used to filter the records that a <tt>GROUP BY</tt> returns.
-      #   Uses the <tt>HAVING</tt> SQL-clause.
-      # [:limit]
-      #   An integer determining the limit on the number of rows that should be returned.
-      # [:offset]
-      #   An integer determining the offset from where the rows should be fetched. So at 5,
-      #   it would skip the first 4 rows.
-      # [:select]
-      #   By default, this is <tt>*</tt> as in <tt>SELECT * FROM</tt>, but can be changed if, for example,
-      #   you want to do a join but not include the joined columns. Do not forget to include the primary
-      #   and foreign keys, otherwise it will raise an error.
-      # [:readonly]
-      #   If true, all the associated objects are readonly through the association.
-      # [:validate]
-      #   If +false+, don't validate the associated objects when saving the parent object. +true+ by default.
-      # [:autosave]
-      #   If true, always save the associated objects or destroy them if marked for destruction, when
-      #   saving the parent object.
-      #   If false, never save or destroy the associated objects.
-      #   By default, only save associated objects that are new records.
-      #
-      # Option examples:
-      #   has_and_belongs_to_many :projects
-      #   has_and_belongs_to_many :projects, :include => [ :milestones, :manager ]
-      #   has_and_belongs_to_many :nations, :class_name => "Country"
-      #   has_and_belongs_to_many :categories, :join_table => "prods_cats"
-      #   has_and_belongs_to_many :categories, :readonly => true
-      #   has_and_belongs_to_many :active_projects, :join_table => 'developers_projects', :delete_sql =>
-      #   "DELETE FROM developers_projects WHERE active=1 AND developer_id = #{id} AND project_id = #{record.id}"
-      def has_and_belongs_to_many(name, options = {}, &extension)
-        Builder::HasAndBelongsToMany.build(self, name, options, &extension)
+      # == Bi-directional associations
+      #
+      # When you specify an association, there is usually an association on the associated model
+      # that specifies the same relationship in reverse. For example, with the following models:
+      #
+      #    class Dungeon < ActiveRecord::Base
+      #      has_many :traps
+      #      has_one :evil_wizard
+      #    end
+      #
+      #    class Trap < ActiveRecord::Base
+      #      belongs_to :dungeon
+      #    end
+      #
+      #    class EvilWizard < ActiveRecord::Base
+      #      belongs_to :dungeon
+      #    end
+      #
+      # The +traps+ association on +Dungeon+ and the +dungeon+ association on +Trap+ are
+      # the inverse of each other, and the inverse of the +dungeon+ association on +EvilWizard+
+      # is the +evil_wizard+ association on +Dungeon+ (and vice-versa). By default,
+      # Active Record can guess the inverse of the association based on the name
+      # of the class. The result is the following:
+      #
+      #    d = Dungeon.first
+      #    t = d.traps.first
+      #    d.object_id == t.dungeon.object_id # => true
+      #
+      # The +Dungeon+ instances +d+ and <tt>t.dungeon</tt> in the above example refer to
+      # the same in-memory instance since the association matches the name of the class.
+      # The result would be the same if we added +:inverse_of+ to our model definitions:
+      #
+      #    class Dungeon < ActiveRecord::Base
+      #      has_many :traps, inverse_of: :dungeon
+      #      has_one :evil_wizard, inverse_of: :dungeon
+      #    end
+      #
+      #    class Trap < ActiveRecord::Base
+      #      belongs_to :dungeon, inverse_of: :traps
+      #    end
+      #
+      #    class EvilWizard < ActiveRecord::Base
+      #      belongs_to :dungeon, inverse_of: :evil_wizard
+      #    end
+      #
+      # For more information, see the documentation for the +:inverse_of+ option.
+      #
+      # == Deleting from associations
+      #
+      # === Dependent associations
+      #
+      # #has_many, #has_one, and #belongs_to associations support the <tt>:dependent</tt> option.
+      # This allows you to specify that associated records should be deleted when the owner is
+      # deleted.
+      #
+      # For example:
+      #
+      #     class Author
+      #       has_many :posts, dependent: :destroy
+      #     end
+      #     Author.find(1).destroy # => Will destroy all of the author's posts, too
+      #
+      # The <tt>:dependent</tt> option can have different values which specify how the deletion
+      # is done. For more information, see the documentation for this option on the different
+      # specific association types. When no option is given, the behavior is to do nothing
+      # with the associated records when destroying a record.
+      #
+      # Note that <tt>:dependent</tt> is implemented using Rails' callback
+      # system, which works by processing callbacks in order. Therefore, other
+      # callbacks declared either before or after the <tt>:dependent</tt> option
+      # can affect what it does.
+      #
+      # Note that <tt>:dependent</tt> option is ignored for #has_one <tt>:through</tt> associations.
+      #
+      # === Delete or destroy?
+      #
+      # #has_many and #has_and_belongs_to_many associations have the methods <tt>destroy</tt>,
+      # <tt>delete</tt>, <tt>destroy_all</tt> and <tt>delete_all</tt>.
+      #
+      # For #has_and_belongs_to_many, <tt>delete</tt> and <tt>destroy</tt> are the same: they
+      # cause the records in the join table to be removed.
+      #
+      # For #has_many, <tt>destroy</tt> and <tt>destroy_all</tt> will always call the <tt>destroy</tt> method of the
+      # record(s) being removed so that callbacks are run. However <tt>delete</tt> and <tt>delete_all</tt> will either
+      # do the deletion according to the strategy specified by the <tt>:dependent</tt> option, or
+      # if no <tt>:dependent</tt> option is given, then it will follow the default strategy.
+      # The default strategy is to do nothing (leave the foreign keys with the parent ids set), except for
+      # #has_many <tt>:through</tt>, where the default strategy is <tt>delete_all</tt> (delete
+      # the join records, without running their callbacks).
+      #
+      # There is also a <tt>clear</tt> method which is the same as <tt>delete_all</tt>, except that
+      # it returns the association rather than the records which have been deleted.
+      #
+      # === What gets deleted?
+      #
+      # There is a potential pitfall here: #has_and_belongs_to_many and #has_many <tt>:through</tt>
+      # associations have records in join tables, as well as the associated records. So when we
+      # call one of these deletion methods, what exactly should be deleted?
+      #
+      # The answer is that it is assumed that deletion on an association is about removing the
+      # <i>link</i> between the owner and the associated object(s), rather than necessarily the
+      # associated objects themselves. So with #has_and_belongs_to_many and #has_many
+      # <tt>:through</tt>, the join records will be deleted, but the associated records won't.
+      #
+      # This makes sense if you think about it: if you were to call <tt>post.tags.delete(Tag.find_by(name: 'food'))</tt>
+      # you would want the 'food' tag to be unlinked from the post, rather than for the tag itself
+      # to be removed from the database.
+      #
+      # However, there are examples where this strategy doesn't make sense. For example, suppose
+      # a person has many projects, and each project has many tasks. If we deleted one of a person's
+      # tasks, we would probably not want the project to be deleted. In this scenario, the delete method
+      # won't actually work: it can only be used if the association on the join model is a
+      # #belongs_to. In other situations you are expected to perform operations directly on
+      # either the associated records or the <tt>:through</tt> association.
+      #
+      # With a regular #has_many there is no distinction between the "associated records"
+      # and the "link", so there is only one choice for what gets deleted.
+      #
+      # With #has_and_belongs_to_many and #has_many <tt>:through</tt>, if you want to delete the
+      # associated records themselves, you can always do something along the lines of
+      # <tt>person.tasks.each(&:destroy)</tt>.
+      #
+      # == Type safety with ActiveRecord::AssociationTypeMismatch
+      #
+      # If you attempt to assign an object to an association that doesn't match the inferred
+      # or specified <tt>:class_name</tt>, you'll get an ActiveRecord::AssociationTypeMismatch.
+      #
+      # == Options
+      #
+      # All of the association macros can be specialized through options. This makes cases
+      # more complex than the simple and guessable ones possible.
+      module ClassMethods
+        # Specifies a one-to-many association. The following methods for retrieval and query of
+        # collections of associated objects will be added:
+        #
+        # +collection+ is a placeholder for the symbol passed as the +name+ argument, so
+        # <tt>has_many :clients</tt> would add among others <tt>clients.empty?</tt>.
+        #
+        # [collection]
+        #   Returns a Relation of all the associated objects.
+        #   An empty Relation is returned if none are found.
+        # [collection<<(object, ...)]
+        #   Adds one or more objects to the collection by setting their foreign keys to the collection's primary key.
+        #   Note that this operation instantly fires update SQL without waiting for the save or update call on the
+        #   parent object, unless the parent object is a new record.
+        #   This will also run validations and callbacks of associated object(s).
+        # [collection.delete(object, ...)]
+        #   Removes one or more objects from the collection by setting their foreign keys to +NULL+.
+        #   Objects will be in addition destroyed if they're associated with <tt>dependent: :destroy</tt>,
+        #   and deleted if they're associated with <tt>dependent: :delete_all</tt>.
+        #
+        #   If the <tt>:through</tt> option is used, then the join records are deleted (rather than
+        #   nullified) by default, but you can specify <tt>dependent: :destroy</tt> or
+        #   <tt>dependent: :nullify</tt> to override this.
+        # [collection.destroy(object, ...)]
+        #   Removes one or more objects from the collection by running <tt>destroy</tt> on
+        #   each record, regardless of any dependent option, ensuring callbacks are run.
+        #
+        #   If the <tt>:through</tt> option is used, then the join records are destroyed
+        #   instead, not the objects themselves.
+        # [collection=objects]
+        #   Replaces the collections content by deleting and adding objects as appropriate. If the <tt>:through</tt>
+        #   option is true callbacks in the join models are triggered except destroy callbacks, since deletion is
+        #   direct by default. You can specify <tt>dependent: :destroy</tt> or
+        #   <tt>dependent: :nullify</tt> to override this.
+        # [collection_singular_ids]
+        #   Returns an array of the associated objects' ids
+        # [collection_singular_ids=ids]
+        #   Replace the collection with the objects identified by the primary keys in +ids+. This
+        #   method loads the models and calls <tt>collection=</tt>. See above.
+        # [collection.clear]
+        #   Removes every object from the collection. This destroys the associated objects if they
+        #   are associated with <tt>dependent: :destroy</tt>, deletes them directly from the
+        #   database if <tt>dependent: :delete_all</tt>, otherwise sets their foreign keys to +NULL+.
+        #   If the <tt>:through</tt> option is true no destroy callbacks are invoked on the join models.
+        #   Join models are directly deleted.
+        # [collection.empty?]
+        #   Returns +true+ if there are no associated objects.
+        # [collection.size]
+        #   Returns the number of associated objects.
+        # [collection.find(...)]
+        #   Finds an associated object according to the same rules as ActiveRecord::FinderMethods#find.
+        # [collection.exists?(...)]
+        #   Checks whether an associated object with the given conditions exists.
+        #   Uses the same rules as ActiveRecord::FinderMethods#exists?.
+        # [collection.build(attributes = {}, ...)]
+        #   Returns one or more new objects of the collection type that have been instantiated
+        #   with +attributes+ and linked to this object through a foreign key, but have not yet
+        #   been saved.
+        # [collection.create(attributes = {})]
+        #   Returns a new object of the collection type that has been instantiated
+        #   with +attributes+, linked to this object through a foreign key, and that has already
+        #   been saved (if it passed the validation). *Note*: This only works if the base model
+        #   already exists in the DB, not if it is a new (unsaved) record!
+        # [collection.create!(attributes = {})]
+        #   Does the same as <tt>collection.create</tt>, but raises ActiveRecord::RecordInvalid
+        #   if the record is invalid.
+        # [collection.reload]
+        #   Returns a Relation of all of the associated objects, forcing a database read.
+        #   An empty Relation is returned if none are found.
+        #
+        # === Example
+        #
+        # A <tt>Firm</tt> class declares <tt>has_many :clients</tt>, which will add:
+        # * <tt>Firm#clients</tt> (similar to <tt>Client.where(firm_id: id)</tt>)
+        # * <tt>Firm#clients<<</tt>
+        # * <tt>Firm#clients.delete</tt>
+        # * <tt>Firm#clients.destroy</tt>
+        # * <tt>Firm#clients=</tt>
+        # * <tt>Firm#client_ids</tt>
+        # * <tt>Firm#client_ids=</tt>
+        # * <tt>Firm#clients.clear</tt>
+        # * <tt>Firm#clients.empty?</tt> (similar to <tt>firm.clients.size == 0</tt>)
+        # * <tt>Firm#clients.size</tt> (similar to <tt>Client.count "firm_id = #{id}"</tt>)
+        # * <tt>Firm#clients.find</tt> (similar to <tt>Client.where(firm_id: id).find(id)</tt>)
+        # * <tt>Firm#clients.exists?(name: 'ACME')</tt> (similar to <tt>Client.exists?(name: 'ACME', firm_id: firm.id)</tt>)
+        # * <tt>Firm#clients.build</tt> (similar to <tt>Client.new(firm_id: id)</tt>)
+        # * <tt>Firm#clients.create</tt> (similar to <tt>c = Client.new(firm_id: id); c.save; c</tt>)
+        # * <tt>Firm#clients.create!</tt> (similar to <tt>c = Client.new(firm_id: id); c.save!</tt>)
+        # * <tt>Firm#clients.reload</tt>
+        # The declaration can also include an +options+ hash to specialize the behavior of the association.
+        #
+        # === Scopes
+        #
+        # You can pass a second argument +scope+ as a callable (i.e. proc or
+        # lambda) to retrieve a specific set of records or customize the generated
+        # query when you access the associated collection.
+        #
+        # Scope examples:
+        #   has_many :comments, -> { where(author_id: 1) }
+        #   has_many :employees, -> { joins(:address) }
+        #   has_many :posts, ->(blog) { where("max_post_length > ?", blog.max_post_length) }
+        #
+        # === Extensions
+        #
+        # The +extension+ argument allows you to pass a block into a has_many
+        # association. This is useful for adding new finders, creators and other
+        # factory-type methods to be used as part of the association.
+        #
+        # Extension examples:
+        #   has_many :employees do
+        #     def find_or_create_by_name(name)
+        #       first_name, last_name = name.split(" ", 2)
+        #       find_or_create_by(first_name: first_name, last_name: last_name)
+        #     end
+        #   end
+        #
+        # === Options
+        # [:class_name]
+        #   Specify the class name of the association. Use it only if that name can't be inferred
+        #   from the association name. So <tt>has_many :products</tt> will by default be linked
+        #   to the +Product+ class, but if the real class name is +SpecialProduct+, you'll have to
+        #   specify it with this option.
+        # [:foreign_key]
+        #   Specify the foreign key used for the association. By default this is guessed to be the name
+        #   of this class in lower-case and "_id" suffixed. So a Person class that makes a #has_many
+        #   association will use "person_id" as the default <tt>:foreign_key</tt>.
+        #
+        #   If you are going to modify the association (rather than just read from it), then it is
+        #   a good idea to set the <tt>:inverse_of</tt> option.
+        # [:foreign_type]
+        #   Specify the column used to store the associated object's type, if this is a polymorphic
+        #   association. By default this is guessed to be the name of the polymorphic association
+        #   specified on "as" option with a "_type" suffix. So a class that defines a
+        #   <tt>has_many :tags, as: :taggable</tt> association will use "taggable_type" as the
+        #   default <tt>:foreign_type</tt>.
+        # [:primary_key]
+        #   Specify the name of the column to use as the primary key for the association. By default this is +id+.
+        # [:dependent]
+        #   Controls what happens to the associated objects when
+        #   their owner is destroyed. Note that these are implemented as
+        #   callbacks, and Rails executes callbacks in order. Therefore, other
+        #   similar callbacks may affect the <tt>:dependent</tt> behavior, and the
+        #   <tt>:dependent</tt> behavior may affect other callbacks.
+        #
+        #   * <tt>:destroy</tt> causes all the associated objects to also be destroyed.
+        #   * <tt>:delete_all</tt> causes all the associated objects to be deleted directly from the database (so callbacks will not be executed).
+        #   * <tt>:nullify</tt> causes the foreign keys to be set to +NULL+. Polymorphic type will also be nullified
+        #     on polymorphic associations. Callbacks are not executed.
+        #   * <tt>:restrict_with_exception</tt> causes an <tt>ActiveRecord::DeleteRestrictionError</tt> exception to be raised if there are any associated records.
+        #   * <tt>:restrict_with_error</tt> causes an error to be added to the owner if there are any associated objects.
+        #
+        #   If using with the <tt>:through</tt> option, the association on the join model must be
+        #   a #belongs_to, and the records which get deleted are the join records, rather than
+        #   the associated records.
+        #
+        #   If using <tt>dependent: :destroy</tt> on a scoped association, only the scoped objects are destroyed.
+        #   For example, if a Post model defines
+        #   <tt>has_many :comments, -> { where published: true }, dependent: :destroy</tt> and <tt>destroy</tt> is
+        #   called on a post, only published comments are destroyed. This means that any unpublished comments in the
+        #   database would still contain a foreign key pointing to the now deleted post.
+        # [:counter_cache]
+        #   This option can be used to configure a custom named <tt>:counter_cache.</tt> You only need this option,
+        #   when you customized the name of your <tt>:counter_cache</tt> on the #belongs_to association.
+        # [:as]
+        #   Specifies a polymorphic interface (See #belongs_to).
+        # [:through]
+        #   Specifies an association through which to perform the query. This can be any other type
+        #   of association, including other <tt>:through</tt> associations. Options for <tt>:class_name</tt>,
+        #   <tt>:primary_key</tt> and <tt>:foreign_key</tt> are ignored, as the association uses the
+        #   source reflection.
+        #
+        #   If the association on the join model is a #belongs_to, the collection can be modified
+        #   and the records on the <tt>:through</tt> model will be automatically created and removed
+        #   as appropriate. Otherwise, the collection is read-only, so you should manipulate the
+        #   <tt>:through</tt> association directly.
+        #
+        #   If you are going to modify the association (rather than just read from it), then it is
+        #   a good idea to set the <tt>:inverse_of</tt> option on the source association on the
+        #   join model. This allows associated records to be built which will automatically create
+        #   the appropriate join model records when they are saved. (See the 'Association Join Models'
+        #   section above.)
+        # [:source]
+        #   Specifies the source association name used by #has_many <tt>:through</tt> queries.
+        #   Only use it if the name cannot be inferred from the association.
+        #   <tt>has_many :subscribers, through: :subscriptions</tt> will look for either <tt>:subscribers</tt> or
+        #   <tt>:subscriber</tt> on Subscription, unless a <tt>:source</tt> is given.
+        # [:source_type]
+        #   Specifies type of the source association used by #has_many <tt>:through</tt> queries where the source
+        #   association is a polymorphic #belongs_to.
+        # [:validate]
+        #   When set to +true+, validates new objects added to association when saving the parent object. +true+ by default.
+        #   If you want to ensure associated objects are revalidated on every update, use +validates_associated+.
+        # [:autosave]
+        #   If true, always save the associated objects or destroy them if marked for destruction,
+        #   when saving the parent object. If false, never save or destroy the associated objects.
+        #   By default, only save associated objects that are new records. This option is implemented as a
+        #   +before_save+ callback. Because callbacks are run in the order they are defined, associated objects
+        #   may need to be explicitly saved in any user-defined +before_save+ callbacks.
+        #
+        #   Note that NestedAttributes::ClassMethods#accepts_nested_attributes_for sets
+        #   <tt>:autosave</tt> to <tt>true</tt>.
+        # [:inverse_of]
+        #   Specifies the name of the #belongs_to association on the associated object
+        #   that is the inverse of this #has_many association.
+        #   See ActiveRecord::Associations::ClassMethods's overview on Bi-directional associations for more detail.
+        # [:extend]
+        #   Specifies a module or array of modules that will be extended into the association object returned.
+        #   Useful for defining methods on associations, especially when they should be shared between multiple
+        #   association objects.
+        #
+        # Option examples:
+        #   has_many :comments, -> { order("posted_on") }
+        #   has_many :comments, -> { includes(:author) }
+        #   has_many :people, -> { where(deleted: false).order("name") }, class_name: "Person"
+        #   has_many :tracks, -> { order("position") }, dependent: :destroy
+        #   has_many :comments, dependent: :nullify
+        #   has_many :tags, as: :taggable
+        #   has_many :reports, -> { readonly }
+        #   has_many :subscribers, through: :subscriptions, source: :user
+        def has_many(name, scope = nil, **options, &extension)
+          reflection = Builder::HasMany.build(self, name, scope, options, &extension)
+          Reflection.add_reflection self, name, reflection
+        end
+
+        # Specifies a one-to-one association with another class. This method should only be used
+        # if the other class contains the foreign key. If the current class contains the foreign key,
+        # then you should use #belongs_to instead. See also ActiveRecord::Associations::ClassMethods's overview
+        # on when to use #has_one and when to use #belongs_to.
+        #
+        # The following methods for retrieval and query of a single associated object will be added:
+        #
+        # +association+ is a placeholder for the symbol passed as the +name+ argument, so
+        # <tt>has_one :manager</tt> would add among others <tt>manager.nil?</tt>.
+        #
+        # [association]
+        #   Returns the associated object. +nil+ is returned if none is found.
+        # [association=(associate)]
+        #   Assigns the associate object, extracts the primary key, sets it as the foreign key,
+        #   and saves the associate object. To avoid database inconsistencies, permanently deletes an existing
+        #   associated object when assigning a new one, even if the new one isn't saved to database.
+        # [build_association(attributes = {})]
+        #   Returns a new object of the associated type that has been instantiated
+        #   with +attributes+ and linked to this object through a foreign key, but has not
+        #   yet been saved.
+        # [create_association(attributes = {})]
+        #   Returns a new object of the associated type that has been instantiated
+        #   with +attributes+, linked to this object through a foreign key, and that
+        #   has already been saved (if it passed the validation).
+        # [create_association!(attributes = {})]
+        #   Does the same as <tt>create_association</tt>, but raises ActiveRecord::RecordInvalid
+        #   if the record is invalid.
+        # [reload_association]
+        #   Returns the associated object, forcing a database read.
+        #
+        # === Example
+        #
+        # An Account class declares <tt>has_one :beneficiary</tt>, which will add:
+        # * <tt>Account#beneficiary</tt> (similar to <tt>Beneficiary.where(account_id: id).first</tt>)
+        # * <tt>Account#beneficiary=(beneficiary)</tt> (similar to <tt>beneficiary.account_id = account.id; beneficiary.save</tt>)
+        # * <tt>Account#build_beneficiary</tt> (similar to <tt>Beneficiary.new(account_id: id)</tt>)
+        # * <tt>Account#create_beneficiary</tt> (similar to <tt>b = Beneficiary.new(account_id: id); b.save; b</tt>)
+        # * <tt>Account#create_beneficiary!</tt> (similar to <tt>b = Beneficiary.new(account_id: id); b.save!; b</tt>)
+        # * <tt>Account#reload_beneficiary</tt>
+        #
+        # === Scopes
+        #
+        # You can pass a second argument +scope+ as a callable (i.e. proc or
+        # lambda) to retrieve a specific record or customize the generated query
+        # when you access the associated object.
+        #
+        # Scope examples:
+        #   has_one :author, -> { where(comment_id: 1) }
+        #   has_one :employer, -> { joins(:company) }
+        #   has_one :latest_post, ->(blog) { where("created_at > ?", blog.enabled_at) }
+        #
+        # === Options
+        #
+        # The declaration can also include an +options+ hash to specialize the behavior of the association.
+        #
+        # Options are:
+        # [:class_name]
+        #   Specify the class name of the association. Use it only if that name can't be inferred
+        #   from the association name. So <tt>has_one :manager</tt> will by default be linked to the Manager class, but
+        #   if the real class name is Person, you'll have to specify it with this option.
+        # [:dependent]
+        #   Controls what happens to the associated object when
+        #   its owner is destroyed:
+        #
+        #   * <tt>:destroy</tt> causes the associated object to also be destroyed
+        #   * <tt>:delete</tt> causes the associated object to be deleted directly from the database (so callbacks will not execute)
+        #   * <tt>:nullify</tt> causes the foreign key to be set to +NULL+. Polymorphic type column is also nullified
+        #     on polymorphic associations. Callbacks are not executed.
+        #   * <tt>:restrict_with_exception</tt> causes an <tt>ActiveRecord::DeleteRestrictionError</tt> exception to be raised if there is an associated record
+        #   * <tt>:restrict_with_error</tt> causes an error to be added to the owner if there is an associated object
+        #
+        #   Note that <tt>:dependent</tt> option is ignored when using <tt>:through</tt> option.
+        # [:foreign_key]
+        #   Specify the foreign key used for the association. By default this is guessed to be the name
+        #   of this class in lower-case and "_id" suffixed. So a Person class that makes a #has_one association
+        #   will use "person_id" as the default <tt>:foreign_key</tt>.
+        #
+        #   If you are going to modify the association (rather than just read from it), then it is
+        #   a good idea to set the <tt>:inverse_of</tt> option.
+        # [:foreign_type]
+        #   Specify the column used to store the associated object's type, if this is a polymorphic
+        #   association. By default this is guessed to be the name of the polymorphic association
+        #   specified on "as" option with a "_type" suffix. So a class that defines a
+        #   <tt>has_one :tag, as: :taggable</tt> association will use "taggable_type" as the
+        #   default <tt>:foreign_type</tt>.
+        # [:primary_key]
+        #   Specify the method that returns the primary key used for the association. By default this is +id+.
+        # [:as]
+        #   Specifies a polymorphic interface (See #belongs_to).
+        # [:through]
+        #   Specifies a Join Model through which to perform the query. Options for <tt>:class_name</tt>,
+        #   <tt>:primary_key</tt>, and <tt>:foreign_key</tt> are ignored, as the association uses the
+        #   source reflection. You can only use a <tt>:through</tt> query through a #has_one
+        #   or #belongs_to association on the join model.
+        #
+        #   If you are going to modify the association (rather than just read from it), then it is
+        #   a good idea to set the <tt>:inverse_of</tt> option.
+        # [:source]
+        #   Specifies the source association name used by #has_one <tt>:through</tt> queries.
+        #   Only use it if the name cannot be inferred from the association.
+        #   <tt>has_one :favorite, through: :favorites</tt> will look for a
+        #   <tt>:favorite</tt> on Favorite, unless a <tt>:source</tt> is given.
+        # [:source_type]
+        #   Specifies type of the source association used by #has_one <tt>:through</tt> queries where the source
+        #   association is a polymorphic #belongs_to.
+        # [:validate]
+        #   When set to +true+, validates new objects added to association when saving the parent object. +false+ by default.
+        #   If you want to ensure associated objects are revalidated on every update, use +validates_associated+.
+        # [:autosave]
+        #   If true, always save the associated object or destroy it if marked for destruction,
+        #   when saving the parent object. If false, never save or destroy the associated object.
+        #   By default, only save the associated object if it's a new record.
+        #
+        #   Note that NestedAttributes::ClassMethods#accepts_nested_attributes_for sets
+        #   <tt>:autosave</tt> to <tt>true</tt>.
+        # [:inverse_of]
+        #   Specifies the name of the #belongs_to association on the associated object
+        #   that is the inverse of this #has_one association.
+        #   See ActiveRecord::Associations::ClassMethods's overview on Bi-directional associations for more detail.
+        # [:required]
+        #   When set to +true+, the association will also have its presence validated.
+        #   This will validate the association itself, not the id. You can use
+        #   +:inverse_of+ to avoid an extra query during validation.
+        #
+        # Option examples:
+        #   has_one :credit_card, dependent: :destroy  # destroys the associated credit card
+        #   has_one :credit_card, dependent: :nullify  # updates the associated records foreign
+        #                                                 # key value to NULL rather than destroying it
+        #   has_one :last_comment, -> { order('posted_on') }, class_name: "Comment"
+        #   has_one :project_manager, -> { where(role: 'project_manager') }, class_name: "Person"
+        #   has_one :attachment, as: :attachable
+        #   has_one :boss, -> { readonly }
+        #   has_one :club, through: :membership
+        #   has_one :primary_address, -> { where(primary: true) }, through: :addressables, source: :addressable
+        #   has_one :credit_card, required: true
+        def has_one(name, scope = nil, **options)
+          reflection = Builder::HasOne.build(self, name, scope, options)
+          Reflection.add_reflection self, name, reflection
+        end
+
+        # Specifies a one-to-one association with another class. This method should only be used
+        # if this class contains the foreign key. If the other class contains the foreign key,
+        # then you should use #has_one instead. See also ActiveRecord::Associations::ClassMethods's overview
+        # on when to use #has_one and when to use #belongs_to.
+        #
+        # Methods will be added for retrieval and query for a single associated object, for which
+        # this object holds an id:
+        #
+        # +association+ is a placeholder for the symbol passed as the +name+ argument, so
+        # <tt>belongs_to :author</tt> would add among others <tt>author.nil?</tt>.
+        #
+        # [association]
+        #   Returns the associated object. +nil+ is returned if none is found.
+        # [association=(associate)]
+        #   Assigns the associate object, extracts the primary key, and sets it as the foreign key.
+        #   No modification or deletion of existing records takes place.
+        # [build_association(attributes = {})]
+        #   Returns a new object of the associated type that has been instantiated
+        #   with +attributes+ and linked to this object through a foreign key, but has not yet been saved.
+        # [create_association(attributes = {})]
+        #   Returns a new object of the associated type that has been instantiated
+        #   with +attributes+, linked to this object through a foreign key, and that
+        #   has already been saved (if it passed the validation).
+        # [create_association!(attributes = {})]
+        #   Does the same as <tt>create_association</tt>, but raises ActiveRecord::RecordInvalid
+        #   if the record is invalid.
+        # [reload_association]
+        #   Returns the associated object, forcing a database read.
+        #
+        # === Example
+        #
+        # A Post class declares <tt>belongs_to :author</tt>, which will add:
+        # * <tt>Post#author</tt> (similar to <tt>Author.find(author_id)</tt>)
+        # * <tt>Post#author=(author)</tt> (similar to <tt>post.author_id = author.id</tt>)
+        # * <tt>Post#build_author</tt> (similar to <tt>post.author = Author.new</tt>)
+        # * <tt>Post#create_author</tt> (similar to <tt>post.author = Author.new; post.author.save; post.author</tt>)
+        # * <tt>Post#create_author!</tt> (similar to <tt>post.author = Author.new; post.author.save!; post.author</tt>)
+        # * <tt>Post#reload_author</tt>
+        # The declaration can also include an +options+ hash to specialize the behavior of the association.
+        #
+        # === Scopes
+        #
+        # You can pass a second argument +scope+ as a callable (i.e. proc or
+        # lambda) to retrieve a specific record or customize the generated query
+        # when you access the associated object.
+        #
+        # Scope examples:
+        #   belongs_to :firm, -> { where(id: 2) }
+        #   belongs_to :user, -> { joins(:friends) }
+        #   belongs_to :level, ->(game) { where("game_level > ?", game.current_level) }
+        #
+        # === Options
+        #
+        # [:class_name]
+        #   Specify the class name of the association. Use it only if that name can't be inferred
+        #   from the association name. So <tt>belongs_to :author</tt> will by default be linked to the Author class, but
+        #   if the real class name is Person, you'll have to specify it with this option.
+        # [:foreign_key]
+        #   Specify the foreign key used for the association. By default this is guessed to be the name
+        #   of the association with an "_id" suffix. So a class that defines a <tt>belongs_to :person</tt>
+        #   association will use "person_id" as the default <tt>:foreign_key</tt>. Similarly,
+        #   <tt>belongs_to :favorite_person, class_name: "Person"</tt> will use a foreign key
+        #   of "favorite_person_id".
+        #
+        #   If you are going to modify the association (rather than just read from it), then it is
+        #   a good idea to set the <tt>:inverse_of</tt> option.
+        # [:foreign_type]
+        #   Specify the column used to store the associated object's type, if this is a polymorphic
+        #   association. By default this is guessed to be the name of the association with a "_type"
+        #   suffix. So a class that defines a <tt>belongs_to :taggable, polymorphic: true</tt>
+        #   association will use "taggable_type" as the default <tt>:foreign_type</tt>.
+        # [:primary_key]
+        #   Specify the method that returns the primary key of associated object used for the association.
+        #   By default this is +id+.
+        # [:dependent]
+        #   If set to <tt>:destroy</tt>, the associated object is destroyed when this object is. If set to
+        #   <tt>:delete</tt>, the associated object is deleted *without* calling its destroy method.
+        #   This option should not be specified when #belongs_to is used in conjunction with
+        #   a #has_many relationship on another class because of the potential to leave
+        #   orphaned records behind.
+        # [:counter_cache]
+        #   Caches the number of belonging objects on the associate class through the use of CounterCache::ClassMethods#increment_counter
+        #   and CounterCache::ClassMethods#decrement_counter. The counter cache is incremented when an object of this
+        #   class is created and decremented when it's destroyed. This requires that a column
+        #   named <tt>#{table_name}_count</tt> (such as +comments_count+ for a belonging Comment class)
+        #   is used on the associate class (such as a Post class) - that is the migration for
+        #   <tt>#{table_name}_count</tt> is created on the associate class (such that <tt>Post.comments_count</tt> will
+        #   return the count cached, see note below). You can also specify a custom counter
+        #   cache column by providing a column name instead of a +true+/+false+ value to this
+        #   option (e.g., <tt>counter_cache: :my_custom_counter</tt>.)
+        #   Note: Specifying a counter cache will add it to that model's list of readonly attributes
+        #   using +attr_readonly+.
+        # [:polymorphic]
+        #   Specify this association is a polymorphic association by passing +true+.
+        #   Note: If you've enabled the counter cache, then you may want to add the counter cache attribute
+        #   to the +attr_readonly+ list in the associated classes (e.g. <tt>class Post; attr_readonly :comments_count; end</tt>).
+        # [:validate]
+        #   When set to +true+, validates new objects added to association when saving the parent object. +false+ by default.
+        #   If you want to ensure associated objects are revalidated on every update, use +validates_associated+.
+        # [:autosave]
+        #   If true, always save the associated object or destroy it if marked for destruction, when
+        #   saving the parent object.
+        #   If false, never save or destroy the associated object.
+        #   By default, only save the associated object if it's a new record.
+        #
+        #   Note that NestedAttributes::ClassMethods#accepts_nested_attributes_for
+        #   sets <tt>:autosave</tt> to <tt>true</tt>.
+        # [:touch]
+        #   If true, the associated object will be touched (the updated_at/on attributes set to current time)
+        #   when this record is either saved or destroyed. If you specify a symbol, that attribute
+        #   will be updated with the current time in addition to the updated_at/on attribute.
+        #   Please note that with touching no validation is performed and only the +after_touch+,
+        #   +after_commit+ and +after_rollback+ callbacks are executed.
+        # [:inverse_of]
+        #   Specifies the name of the #has_one or #has_many association on the associated
+        #   object that is the inverse of this #belongs_to association.
+        #   See ActiveRecord::Associations::ClassMethods's overview on Bi-directional associations for more detail.
+        # [:optional]
+        #   When set to +true+, the association will not have its presence validated.
+        # [:required]
+        #   When set to +true+, the association will also have its presence validated.
+        #   This will validate the association itself, not the id. You can use
+        #   +:inverse_of+ to avoid an extra query during validation.
+        #   NOTE: <tt>required</tt> is set to <tt>true</tt> by default and is deprecated. If
+        #   you don't want to have association presence validated, use <tt>optional: true</tt>.
+        # [:default]
+        #   Provide a callable (i.e. proc or lambda) to specify that the association should
+        #   be initialized with a particular record before validation.
+        #
+        # Option examples:
+        #   belongs_to :firm, foreign_key: "client_of"
+        #   belongs_to :person, primary_key: "name", foreign_key: "person_name"
+        #   belongs_to :author, class_name: "Person", foreign_key: "author_id"
+        #   belongs_to :valid_coupon, ->(o) { where "discounts > ?", o.payments_count },
+        #                             class_name: "Coupon", foreign_key: "coupon_id"
+        #   belongs_to :attachable, polymorphic: true
+        #   belongs_to :project, -> { readonly }
+        #   belongs_to :post, counter_cache: true
+        #   belongs_to :comment, touch: true
+        #   belongs_to :company, touch: :employees_last_updated_at
+        #   belongs_to :user, optional: true
+        #   belongs_to :account, default: -> { company.account }
+        def belongs_to(name, scope = nil, **options)
+          reflection = Builder::BelongsTo.build(self, name, scope, options)
+          Reflection.add_reflection self, name, reflection
+        end
+
+        # Specifies a many-to-many relationship with another class. This associates two classes via an
+        # intermediate join table. Unless the join table is explicitly specified as an option, it is
+        # guessed using the lexical order of the class names. So a join between Developer and Project
+        # will give the default join table name of "developers_projects" because "D" precedes "P" alphabetically.
+        # Note that this precedence is calculated using the <tt><</tt> operator for String. This
+        # means that if the strings are of different lengths, and the strings are equal when compared
+        # up to the shortest length, then the longer string is considered of higher
+        # lexical precedence than the shorter one. For example, one would expect the tables "paper_boxes" and "papers"
+        # to generate a join table name of "papers_paper_boxes" because of the length of the name "paper_boxes",
+        # but it in fact generates a join table name of "paper_boxes_papers". Be aware of this caveat, and use the
+        # custom <tt>:join_table</tt> option if you need to.
+        # If your tables share a common prefix, it will only appear once at the beginning. For example,
+        # the tables "catalog_categories" and "catalog_products" generate a join table name of "catalog_categories_products".
+        #
+        # The join table should not have a primary key or a model associated with it. You must manually generate the
+        # join table with a migration such as this:
+        #
+        #   class CreateDevelopersProjectsJoinTable < ActiveRecord::Migration[5.0]
+        #     def change
+        #       create_join_table :developers, :projects
+        #     end
+        #   end
+        #
+        # It's also a good idea to add indexes to each of those columns to speed up the joins process.
+        # However, in MySQL it is advised to add a compound index for both of the columns as MySQL only
+        # uses one index per table during the lookup.
+        #
+        # Adds the following methods for retrieval and query:
+        #
+        # +collection+ is a placeholder for the symbol passed as the +name+ argument, so
+        # <tt>has_and_belongs_to_many :categories</tt> would add among others <tt>categories.empty?</tt>.
+        #
+        # [collection]
+        #   Returns a Relation of all the associated objects.
+        #   An empty Relation is returned if none are found.
+        # [collection<<(object, ...)]
+        #   Adds one or more objects to the collection by creating associations in the join table
+        #   (<tt>collection.push</tt> and <tt>collection.concat</tt> are aliases to this method).
+        #   Note that this operation instantly fires update SQL without waiting for the save or update call on the
+        #   parent object, unless the parent object is a new record.
+        # [collection.delete(object, ...)]
+        #   Removes one or more objects from the collection by removing their associations from the join table.
+        #   This does not destroy the objects.
+        # [collection.destroy(object, ...)]
+        #   Removes one or more objects from the collection by running destroy on each association in the join table, overriding any dependent option.
+        #   This does not destroy the objects.
+        # [collection=objects]
+        #   Replaces the collection's content by deleting and adding objects as appropriate.
+        # [collection_singular_ids]
+        #   Returns an array of the associated objects' ids.
+        # [collection_singular_ids=ids]
+        #   Replace the collection by the objects identified by the primary keys in +ids+.
+        # [collection.clear]
+        #   Removes every object from the collection. This does not destroy the objects.
+        # [collection.empty?]
+        #   Returns +true+ if there are no associated objects.
+        # [collection.size]
+        #   Returns the number of associated objects.
+        # [collection.find(id)]
+        #   Finds an associated object responding to the +id+ and that
+        #   meets the condition that it has to be associated with this object.
+        #   Uses the same rules as ActiveRecord::FinderMethods#find.
+        # [collection.exists?(...)]
+        #   Checks whether an associated object with the given conditions exists.
+        #   Uses the same rules as ActiveRecord::FinderMethods#exists?.
+        # [collection.build(attributes = {})]
+        #   Returns a new object of the collection type that has been instantiated
+        #   with +attributes+ and linked to this object through the join table, but has not yet been saved.
+        # [collection.create(attributes = {})]
+        #   Returns a new object of the collection type that has been instantiated
+        #   with +attributes+, linked to this object through the join table, and that has already been
+        #   saved (if it passed the validation).
+        # [collection.reload]
+        #   Returns a Relation of all of the associated objects, forcing a database read.
+        #   An empty Relation is returned if none are found.
+        #
+        # === Example
+        #
+        # A Developer class declares <tt>has_and_belongs_to_many :projects</tt>, which will add:
+        # * <tt>Developer#projects</tt>
+        # * <tt>Developer#projects<<</tt>
+        # * <tt>Developer#projects.delete</tt>
+        # * <tt>Developer#projects.destroy</tt>
+        # * <tt>Developer#projects=</tt>
+        # * <tt>Developer#project_ids</tt>
+        # * <tt>Developer#project_ids=</tt>
+        # * <tt>Developer#projects.clear</tt>
+        # * <tt>Developer#projects.empty?</tt>
+        # * <tt>Developer#projects.size</tt>
+        # * <tt>Developer#projects.find(id)</tt>
+        # * <tt>Developer#projects.exists?(...)</tt>
+        # * <tt>Developer#projects.build</tt> (similar to <tt>Project.new(developer_id: id)</tt>)
+        # * <tt>Developer#projects.create</tt> (similar to <tt>c = Project.new(developer_id: id); c.save; c</tt>)
+        # * <tt>Developer#projects.reload</tt>
+        # The declaration may include an +options+ hash to specialize the behavior of the association.
+        #
+        # === Scopes
+        #
+        # You can pass a second argument +scope+ as a callable (i.e. proc or
+        # lambda) to retrieve a specific set of records or customize the generated
+        # query when you access the associated collection.
+        #
+        # Scope examples:
+        #   has_and_belongs_to_many :projects, -> { includes(:milestones, :manager) }
+        #   has_and_belongs_to_many :categories, ->(post) {
+        #     where("default_category = ?", post.default_category)
+        #   }
+        #
+        # === Extensions
+        #
+        # The +extension+ argument allows you to pass a block into a
+        # has_and_belongs_to_many association. This is useful for adding new
+        # finders, creators and other factory-type methods to be used as part of
+        # the association.
+        #
+        # Extension examples:
+        #   has_and_belongs_to_many :contractors do
+        #     def find_or_create_by_name(name)
+        #       first_name, last_name = name.split(" ", 2)
+        #       find_or_create_by(first_name: first_name, last_name: last_name)
+        #     end
+        #   end
+        #
+        # === Options
+        #
+        # [:class_name]
+        #   Specify the class name of the association. Use it only if that name can't be inferred
+        #   from the association name. So <tt>has_and_belongs_to_many :projects</tt> will by default be linked to the
+        #   Project class, but if the real class name is SuperProject, you'll have to specify it with this option.
+        # [:join_table]
+        #   Specify the name of the join table if the default based on lexical order isn't what you want.
+        #   <b>WARNING:</b> If you're overwriting the table name of either class, the +table_name+ method
+        #   MUST be declared underneath any #has_and_belongs_to_many declaration in order to work.
+        # [:foreign_key]
+        #   Specify the foreign key used for the association. By default this is guessed to be the name
+        #   of this class in lower-case and "_id" suffixed. So a Person class that makes
+        #   a #has_and_belongs_to_many association to Project will use "person_id" as the
+        #   default <tt>:foreign_key</tt>.
+        #
+        #   If you are going to modify the association (rather than just read from it), then it is
+        #   a good idea to set the <tt>:inverse_of</tt> option.
+        # [:association_foreign_key]
+        #   Specify the foreign key used for the association on the receiving side of the association.
+        #   By default this is guessed to be the name of the associated class in lower-case and "_id" suffixed.
+        #   So if a Person class makes a #has_and_belongs_to_many association to Project,
+        #   the association will use "project_id" as the default <tt>:association_foreign_key</tt>.
+        # [:validate]
+        #   When set to +true+, validates new objects added to association when saving the parent object. +true+ by default.
+        #   If you want to ensure associated objects are revalidated on every update, use +validates_associated+.
+        # [:autosave]
+        #   If true, always save the associated objects or destroy them if marked for destruction, when
+        #   saving the parent object.
+        #   If false, never save or destroy the associated objects.
+        #   By default, only save associated objects that are new records.
+        #
+        #   Note that NestedAttributes::ClassMethods#accepts_nested_attributes_for sets
+        #   <tt>:autosave</tt> to <tt>true</tt>.
+        #
+        # Option examples:
+        #   has_and_belongs_to_many :projects
+        #   has_and_belongs_to_many :projects, -> { includes(:milestones, :manager) }
+        #   has_and_belongs_to_many :nations, class_name: "Country"
+        #   has_and_belongs_to_many :categories, join_table: "prods_cats"
+        #   has_and_belongs_to_many :categories, -> { readonly }
+        def has_and_belongs_to_many(name, scope = nil, **options, &extension)
+          habtm_reflection = ActiveRecord::Reflection::HasAndBelongsToManyReflection.new(name, scope, options, self)
+
+          builder = Builder::HasAndBelongsToMany.new name, self, options
+
+          join_model = builder.through_model
+
+          const_set join_model.name, join_model
+          private_constant join_model.name
+
+          middle_reflection = builder.middle_reflection join_model
+
+          Builder::HasMany.define_callbacks self, middle_reflection
+          Reflection.add_reflection self, middle_reflection.name, middle_reflection
+          middle_reflection.parent_reflection = habtm_reflection
+
+          include Module.new {
+            class_eval <<-RUBY, __FILE__, __LINE__ + 1
+              def destroy_associations
+                association(:#{middle_reflection.name}).delete_all(:delete_all)
+                association(:#{name}).reset
+                super
+              end
+            RUBY
+          }
+
+          hm_options = {}
+          hm_options[:through] = middle_reflection.name
+          hm_options[:source] = join_model.right_reflection.name
+
+          [:before_add, :after_add, :before_remove, :after_remove, :autosave, :validate, :join_table, :class_name, :extend].each do |k|
+            hm_options[k] = options[k] if options.key? k
+          end
+
+          has_many name, scope, hm_options, &extension
+          _reflections[name.to_s].parent_reflection = habtm_reflection
+        end
       end
-    end
   end
 end