becomes(klass)
Instance Public methods
Returns an instance of the specified klass
with the attributes
of the current record. This is mostly useful in relation to single-table
inheritance structures where you want a subclass to appear as the
superclass. This can be used along with record identification in Action
Pack to allow, say, Client < Company
to do something like
render partial: @client.becomes(Company)
to render that
instance using the companies/company partial instead of clients/client.
Note: The new instance will share a link to the same attributes as the original class. So any change to the attributes in either instance will affect the other.
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