+ def self.attributes_required_columns
+ # This method returns a hash. Each key is the name of an API attribute,
+ # and it's mapped to a list of database columns that must be fetched
+ # to generate that attribute.
+ # This implementation generates a simple map of attributes to
+ # matching column names. Subclasses can override this method
+ # to specify that method-backed API attributes need to fetch
+ # specific columns from the database.
+ all_columns = columns.map(&:name)
+ api_column_map = Hash.new { |hash, key| hash[key] = [] }
+ methods.grep(/^api_accessible_\w+$/).each do |method_name|
+ next if method_name == :api_accessible_attributes
+ send(method_name).each_pair do |api_attr_name, col_name|
+ col_name = col_name.to_s
+ if all_columns.include?(col_name)
+ api_column_map[api_attr_name.to_s] |= [col_name]
+ end
+ end
+ end
+ api_column_map
+ end
+