On 17 Dec 2008, at 17:17, Konstantin wrote:
> > Hello! > > I have made a common class and put it to the /lib folder of my Rails > application. > Now I have some problems with access to: > > 1. Mailers > Call to SupportMailer.send_activation_email gives an error: > NoMethodError (undefined method `send_activation_email' for > SupportMailer:Class): > > Ok, I have changed my SupportMailer class - give a prefix to the > function > function send_activation_email -> function self.send_activation_email > But in this case the Mailer doesn't see other models and gives an > error: > NoMethodError (You have a nil object when you didn't expect it! > You might have expected an instance of ActiveRecord::Base. > The error occurred while evaluating nil.[]=): > /app/models/support_mailer.rb:14:in `send_activation_email' > That's not how mailers work. Typically your mailer method would be called activation_email (and it must be an instance method - not a class method) Rails then magically lets you do SupportMailer.deliver_activation_email / SupportMailer.create_activation_email > How can I access mailers? > > 2. Functions from application.rb > I have added a function (send_sms) to the ApplicationController, but > how can I access it from common class in /lib folder? > I have tried: > send_sms > ApplicationController::send_sms > But in both cases I have got NoMethodError > > How can I access this global function? It's not a global function. It's an instance method added to all controllers > > > I'm lost in all the dependencies and don't know where to place global > functions and classes and how to connect from them to another parts of > the application.... in foo.rb class Foo def self.some_function end end call Foo.some_function anywhere you want (you could of course add the method to a more appropriate model class if there is one) Fred > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
