That is valid hash syntax. You're call a method with a signature like:
def field(field_name, options = {})
...
end
field_name is a symbol, options is a hash where the keys are symbols and
the values are constants (class objects).
On Wednesday, October 23, 2013 9:30:28 PM UTC-4, Dheeraj Kumar wrote:
>
> It's the new hash syntax introduced in ruby 1.9.
> On Oct 23, 2013 11:22 PM, "Jedrin" <[email protected] <javascript:>>
> wrote:
>
>>
>> In mongoid, a ORM mapped database object is like below. The part "type:
>> String" seems to me to not fit into any standard ruby syntax and I was
>> curious how does mongoid implement that ?
>>
>>
>> class Step
>> include Mongoid::Document
>>
>> field :Label, type: String
>> field :Descript, type: String
>> field :ErrorText, type: String
>>
>> embedded_in :step_data
>>
>> end
>>
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