Setting a :has_many :through association on a belongs_to association Ruby on Rails

Question

I have three models each having the following associations

class Model1 < ActiveRecord::Base
has_many :model2s
has_many :model3s
end

class Model2 < ActiveRecord::Base
belongs_to :model1
has_many :model3s, :through => :model1  #will this work... is there any way around this
end

class Model3 < ActiveRecord::Base
belongs_to :model1
has_many :model2s, :through => :model1  #will this work... is there any way around this
end

As you can see in the commented text, I have mentioned what I need. Please help. Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

You just create the method to access it

class Model2 < ActiveRecord::Base
  belongs_to :model1

  def model3s
    model1.model3s
  end
end

Or, you can delegate to model1 the model3s method

class Model2 < ActiveRecord::Base
  belongs_to :model1

  delegate :model3s, :to => :model1

end