@@ -210,7 +210,18 @@ Machinist is smart enough to look at the association and work out what sort of o post end - +As a shortcut you may also call the named blueprint of an association from within a blueprint like this: + + Post.blueprint(:special) do + title 'Special Post' + end + + Comment.blueprint(:spam) do + post(:special) + end + +This will create an associated Post object using the `:special` blueprint. It is most useful in a named blueprint instead of using a block to create the specific association object. + ### Other Associations For has\_many and has\_and\_belongs\_to\_many associations, ActiveRecord insists that the object be saved before any associated objects can be saved. That means you can't generate the associated objects from within the blueprint. README.markdown fc309362f932b3f312c3735383d3f74a46cd8453 Adam Meehan adam.meehan@gmail.com http://github.com/adzap/machinist/commit/c3649be9bc2c1b8a95b3d45d38785e330db4788b c3649be9bc2c1b8a95b3d45d38785e330db4788b 2009-10-14T22:09:13-07:00 2009-10-14T22:09:13-07:00 add documentation for calling named blueprints of an association a3ac4a4b4e482b1810cf2dfef21bd3b557fa06a4 Adam Meehan adam.meehan@gmail.com