# File lib/active_record/validations.rb, line 982 def validates_associated(*attr_names) configuration = { :on => :save } configuration.update(attr_names.extract_options!) validates_each(attr_names, configuration) do |record, attr_name, value| unless (value.is_a?(Array) ? value : [value]).collect { |r| r.nil? || r.valid? }.all? record.errors.add(attr_name, :invalid, :default => configuration[:message], :value => value) end end end