Methods
Instance Public methods
read_attribute(attr_name, &block)
Returns the value of the attribute identified by attr_name after it has been typecast (for example, “2004-12-12” in a date column is cast to a date object, like Date.new(2004, 12, 12)).
📝 Source code
# File activerecord/lib/active_record/attribute_methods/read.rb, line 27
def read_attribute(attr_name, &block)
name = attr_name.to_s
name = self.class.attribute_aliases[name] || name
name = @primary_key if name == "id" && @primary_key
@attributes.fetch_value(name, &block)
end