On Apr 11, 7:42 pm, Nick <[email protected]> wrote: > > However, every request other than the first results in this error: > "undefined local variable or method `acts_as_dashboard' for > DashboardsController:Class" > citing line 2 of app/controllers/dashboards_controller.rb : > 1 class DashboardsController < ApplicationController > 2 acts_as_dashboard > > Might you know what needs to be done to get Rails to reload > ActsAsDashboard::ClassMethods for each request?
If you want something to be reloadable you should use require_dependency to load it. The main thing though is that a plugin's init.rb is not re-run between requests, so the include you do on ApplicationController is lost after the first request. Fred > > Thanks, mate! > Nick > > On Apr 10, 2:32 pm, Frederick Cheung <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > On Apr 10, 4:38 pm, Nick <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > On Apr 10, 11:06 am, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Did you try require_dependency instead of require? > > > > I've never heard of require_dependency. I just gave it a try, but > > > unfortunately, all requests but the first result in this error: > > > > "A copy of ActsAsDashboard::ClassMethods has been removed from the > > > module tree but is still active!" > > > > That behaviour also occurs when I put this in environment.rb: > > > > ActiveSupport::Dependencies.explicitly_unloadable_constants << > > > 'ActsAsDashboard' > > > Just for your enlightenment, a big part of the problem is that you > > were including your module in ActionController::Base. This was > > problematic because the rails framework (including > > ActionController::Base) doesn't get reloaded, but you were forcing > > Rails to reload your module event though ActionController::Base was > > still hanging onto it (you wouldn't have had this issue if you'd > > included it in ApplicationController. Using require rather than > > require_dependency sidesteps Rails' dependency stuff (which is the > > thing that manages code reloading) > > > 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.
