What is the use of super in Ruby Rails?
The function super is used to invoke the original method, searching of the method body starts in the super class of the object that was found to contain the original method. The following example depicts the same.
def url=(address)
super (address.blank? || address.starts_with?('http')) ? address : http://#{address}
end
What is the use of super in Ruby Rails?
- Ruby uses the super keyword to call the superclass implementation of the current method.
- Within the body of a method, calls to super acts just like a call to that original method.
- The search for a method body starts in the superclass of the object that was found to contain the original method.
def url=(addr)
super (addr.blank? || addr.starts_with?('http')) ? addr : http://#{addr}
end
