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`class Identifier`

Represents one or more identifiers for databases, tables or columns.

Definitions

`def self.coerce(name_or_identifier)`

Convert various input types to an Identifier instance.

Signature

parameter　name_or_identifier　Identifier, Array, Symbol, String: The value to convert.
returns　Identifier: An Identifier instance.

Implementation

def self.coerce(name_or_identifier)
	case name_or_identifier
	when Identifier
		name_or_identifier
	when Array
		self.new(name_or_identifier)
	when Symbol
		self[name_or_identifier]
	else
		self[name_or_identifier.to_sym]
	end
end

`def append_to(query)`

Append this identifier to the provided query builder.

Signature

parameter　query　Query: The query builder to append to.

Implementation

def append_to(query)
	query.identifier(self)
end