On Tue, Oct 11, 2011 at 12:15 PM, Shanison <[email protected]> wrote:
> You have the following application helper
> module ApplicationHelper
> def method_a
> end
> end
> Then if you have other helper
> module OtherHelper
> def b
> method_a # i can call method a here
> end
> end
> I am not sure how this actually works since module has not inheritance. So
> my question is if I didn't extend the applicationhelper module, but create a
> new module for it, let's say UserHelper. Then in any other helper module, i
> need to include this UserHelper module if the helper module needs to use
> some of the codes in it. Hope i get myself clear.
Have you tried my suggestion?
Just make another helper and include it in ApplicationController.
Here's a simple irb session exemplifying what happens if you add a
module to a class after the class is defined:
$ irb
>> module Greeter
>> def hello
>> 'hello'
>> end
>> end
=> nil
>> class Thing
>> include Greeter
>> end
=> Thing
>> module More
>> def more
>> "more with #{hello}"
>> end
>> end
=> nil
>> Thing.class_eval { include More }
=> Thing
>> thing = Thing.new
=> #<Thing:0x101a6e008>
>> thing.hello
=> "hello"
>> thing.more
=> "more with hello"
>>
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