Rails-ActiveRecordOverride.md

Pattern: Overriding built-in Active Record method

Issue: -

Description

Checks for overriding built-in Active Record methods instead of using callbacks.

Examples

# bad
class Book < ApplicationRecord
  def save
    self.title = title.upcase!
    super
  end
end

# good
class Book < ApplicationRecord
  before_save :upcase_title

  def upcase_title
    self.title = title.upcase!
  end
end

Configurable attributes

Name	Default value
Include	app/models/**/*.rb

Further Reading

• RuboCop - Rails/ActiveRecordOverride