I hope this book will help you create a plugin.
http://rapidshare.com/files/204193424/Addison-Wesley-Extending_Rails_Beyond_the_Core.chm.html
Best regards
Rob.
Maurício Linhares wrote:
> Usually, plugins do it by using polymorphic associations, so they
> don't need to know in advance the real class that's going to be
> referenced.
>
> -
> Maurício Linhares
> http://alinhavado.wordpress.com/ (pt-br) | http://blog.codevader.com/ (en)
>
>
>
> On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 1:21 AM, Amita Bhatkhande
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Thanks for the link.. I am going through the guide.
>> However, I am still wondering how can I include associations (has_many
>> and belongs_to methods) in my plugin. Because I do not know what will be
>> the model/table name used by user to associate my plugin's model to..
>>
>> e.g.: for one application it could be user- :has_many photos or for
>> another application- user :has_many songs .
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Amita.
>>
>>
>> Maurício Linhares wrote:
>>
>>> What you`re looking for is a way to configure your plugin, the
>>> simplest way to do it is just let the user reopen your classes and
>>> change what is need in a initialization file. You could also create a
>>> configuration file and have your plugin to load it and configure the
>>> pieces that are "configurable", like the model that`s going to be used
>>> (in your case, the photos our albuns).
>>>
>>> Also, model plugins are usually small and very specific in what they
>>> do, your plugin seems to do a lot and this isn't really common when
>>> dealing with plugins. Some plugins, like restful_auth, don't even use
>>> models, but contain modules that are included in your models, this is
>>> better `cos it's easier for someone using your plugin to override your
>>> behaviour.
>>>
>>> You should definitely take a look at the Rails Plugins patterns PDF ->
>>> http://peepcode.com/products/rails-2-plugin-patterns
>>>
>>> -
>>> Maurício Linhares
>>> http://alinhavado.wordpress.com/ (pt-br) | http://blog.codevader.com/
>>> (en)
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sun, Feb 22, 2009 at 8:00 PM, Amita Bhatkhande
>>>
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>>
>
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>
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