On Wed, Jun 3, 2009 at 7:39 PM, Clem Rock
<[email protected]>wrote:
>
> Hello,
> I'm overriding the initialize method of a base class and I'm trying
> to set a Base class variable in the overridden method and have it
> register in the Base class (hope that makes sense).
>
> Here's my code:
>
> [code]
>
> in Rails::Generator::Base:
>
>
> class Base
> include Options
> class_inheritable_accessor :spec
>
> def initialize(runtime_args, runtime_options = {})
> @args = runtime_args
> parse!(@args, runtime_options)
>
> # Derive source and destination paths.
> @source_root = options[:source] || File.join(spec.path, 'templates')
> end
> end
>
> class MediaModuleGenerator < Rails::Generator::Base
> def initialize(runtime_args, runtime_options = {})
> self.spec.path = File.dirname(__FILE__) +
> '/generators/media_module'
> super
> end
> end
>
If you're overriding the initialize method, then you should be
calling super before any other expression. This isn't necessary
in regards to subclasses who parent is Object.
-Conrad
>
> [/code]
>
> I should mention that spec is a module w/in the Rails framework IE:
> Rails::Generator::Spec
>
> When I run my generator, I get this error:
>
> You have a nil object when you didn't expect it! (NoMethodError) The
> error occurred while evaluating nil.path
>
> So when I set the self.spec.path var to File.dirname(__FILE__) +
> '/generators/media_module', it's not registering in the base class.
>
> Any ideas?
> --
> Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.
>
> >
>
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