Same Model for Two belongs_to Associations

From the Rails documentation:

• https://guides.rubyonrails.org/association_basics.html#self-joins
• https://guides.rubyonrails.org/association_basics.html#options-for-has-one

Annotated example:

# Employee class with two Employee associations
class Employee < ApplicationRecord

  # Employees I manage
  has_many :subordinates, class_name: "Employee",
                          foreign_key: "manager_id"

  # Employee that manages me
  # NOTE: with :manager reference name, foreign_key defaults to "manager_id",
  # hence it is not needed as above. Favor "convention over configuration".
  belongs_to :manager, class_name: "Employee"
end

Thanks to jamesw over at RailsForum.com: Same Model for Two belongs_to Associations a solution has been found.

class System < ActiveRecord::Base
  belongs_to :project_manager, :class_name => 'PointOfContact', :foreign_key => 'project_manager_id'
  belongs_to :technical_manager, :class_name => 'PointOfContact', :foreign_key => 'technical_manager_id'
end

class PointOfContact < ActiveRecord::Base
  has_many :project_managed_systems, :class_name => 'System', :foreign_key => 'project_manager_id'
  has_many :technical_managed_systems, :class_name => 'System', :foreign_key => 'technical_manager_id'
end