Thanks for the reply, Maurício. Out of curiosity, what is the reason that this does not work the way that I thought it would. I am planning to delve into the Rails class loader code tonight, but, if you can shed any light on this I'd much appreciated it.
> Place this code into an initializer file (under the initializers > folder) or place it under the "lib" folder and do an explicit require. I've actually had similar problems trying to use initializers with plugins in the past. Specifically, I've tried to use an initializer to define application specific values for constants used by my plugin. For example: # config/initializers/my_class.rb class Jason::MyClass MY_CONSTANT = "the application's value for this constant" end Rails, in this case, appears to load the class definition from the initializer and stops there, i.e., it never loads the rest of the class definition from the plugin. So, calling a method defined in the plugin's version of the class like a_method, would also result in the NoMethodError... $ script/console >> Jason::MyClass.new.a_method NoMethodError: undefined method `a_method' for #<Jason::MyClass:0x408b444> > Jason::MyClass.class_eval do > def another_method > # do whatever you want to do here. > end > end I actually tried this approach. I placed this exact code in my app/models/my_class.rb version of the class and it results in the same NoMethodError. However, if I place it in environment.rb it works like a charm! :-/ It seems to me that once the class has been defined either by the plugin or by an initializer (it appears the initializer is loaded, then the plugin, then the model), Rails will not allow any modifications to it. Any additional thoughts? Jason -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
