MarkMT wrote: > Thanks Dan. Why Resource#destroy doesn't appear in the API > documentation?
Sorry - why doesn't Resource#destroy appear in the API?! M. > > http://rdoc.info/projects/datamapper/dm-core > > Dan Kubb (dkubb) wrote: > > Mark, > > > > > BTW I notice that the API documentation linked from datamapper.org > > > lists the method as #destroy!, but the documentation on merbivore.com > > > (which I believe datamapper.org used to point to) has #destroy. I'm > > > guessing that #destroy! is correct, but is the documentation on > > > merbivore no longer being mainntained? Or am I missing something? > > > > The merbivore docs are probably way out of date, #destroy and > > #destroy! are valid methods on resources and collections, and soon > > models too. > > > > The difference is that #destroy will initialize the resource, run it's > > before filters and validations, and only if those pass will it remove > > the resource. Resource#destroy! will bypass filters and validations > > and remove the resource directly from the datastore. > > Collection#destroy! also bypasses filters and validations, and does > > not initialize the resource at all, it simply instructs the datastore > > to do a bulk delete of all resources in the collection. > > > > The #destroy method is considered safe, and is what you should use > > most of the time. > > > > -- > > > > Dan > > (dkubb) --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "DataMapper" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/datamapper?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
