ruby on rails - What method will return ActiveRecord owner object from class method? -

let's have users have items:

class user < activerecord::base   has_many :items end 

class item < activerecord::base   belongs_to :user end 

now want add class method item customized record creation:

def self.create_personalized   create description: "#{user.name}' item" end 

but of course, since class method, user undefined. if call using user.items.create_personalized, there associated user via relationship. know item.create_personalized aware of user because works:

def self.create_personalized   item = create   item.update_attribute :description, "#{item.user.name}'s item" end 

but that's not best way access owner object. correct method?

if do

item.scope_attributes 

then you'll hash of attributes current scope apply item. these ones extracted scope if called create. these db level attributes you'll user id rather user itself.