Have to close this one, as it was my fault. Didn't notice that some of the methods I want to call are bound to classes rather than objects and of course I tested with the wrong ones. Sorry guys, but thanks again for your attention :-)
Cheers Arne On 14 Jan., 14:02, Arne-Kolja Bachstein <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello there, > > I am stuck at a problem regarding modules here. I have a module that's > included in my model and I need to get to know the class name of my > model from within the module. Problem is, that "self" is always > pointing to the module class (at least I think so) and I do not know > how to access the calling object. > > Here's the code: > > module ActiveRecord > module Acts > module AclControlled > def self.included(base) > base.send :extend, InstanceMethods > base.send :extend, ClassMethods > end > > module InstanceMethods > def controlled_object > Rails.logger.info "Fetching ControlledObject..." > controlled_object = ControlledObject.find > (:first, :conditions => {:model => self.class.to_s, :model_id => > self.id }) > end > end > > [...] > end > end > end > ActiveRecord::Base.send :include, ActiveRecord::Acts::AclControlled > > Does anyone know how to get access to the calling object here? I tried > the super object too, but this seems to point to the model without the > mixin somehow. > > Thanks in advance > > Arne
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