Hello, I wrote a new class that I decided to put in the /app/lib folder. Part way through one of the methods, I call #new on the model, update some of the fields and then call #save (on the model).
When I do this though, I get a 'const_missing' error coming from Active Support. Here's the error: "......./lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:105:in `const_missing': uninitialized constant ClassA::ModelA (NameError)" The 'ModelA' is the model I'm trying to access, and 'ClassA' is the class in /app/lib/class_a.rb. I'm not sure why it seems to think that ModelA is a part of ClassA, perhaps that's the problem? I would have probably just used "require ../models/model_a.rb", but I found the following at StackOverflow: "One way to solve this would be to explicitly require the model file aircraft.rb. However, you will find this approach quickly leads to insanity as it will break the Rails auto-loader in subtle and astonishing ways. Rails is much easier if you work with the Rails class loader, not against it." Source: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/326277/rails-calling-a-model-class-in-a-library I then found an example at http://www.strictlyuntyped.com/2008/06/rails-where-to-put-other-files.html that suggests adding this to the file in the /app/lib folder: def self.included(base) base.extend(ClassMethods) end And then creating a file in /config/initializers with the following: require 'rails_extensions/user_logger' ActionController::Base.class_eval do include ActionController::UserLogger end Being new to Ruby/Rails, I'm really not sure what this supposed to do, but I'm guessing it will work. That post was written in 2008 though, so I'm thinking there may be a better way for this. Does anyone have a suggestion as to the best way to get a class in the /app/lib folder to see a model? Thank you very much, Mike -- 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.
