Backgroundrb devel - Jun 2008 - does BackgrounDRB not "know" the rails environment it is running within/in parallel with?]

Hi,

it probably is a noob question but I''m confused by this error message:

active_support/dependencies.rb:478:in `const_missing'': uninitialized 
constant Invoice::ApplicationController

Situation:
I have an InvoicesController with a create method that in turn calls 
upon a MiddleMan.worker(:billing_worker), which in turn finds an Invoice 
and calls upon  @invoice.print_invoice 
"public/forms/invoices/html/#{invoice.invoice_number}.html" to
generate
a html version of an invoice.

The class Invoice.rb has this print_invoice method:


 def print_invoice path_and_file
   htmlstring = self.render_to_string "invoices/show", :layout =>
false
   File.open(path_and_file, "w+") do |f|
     f.puts( htmlstring)
     f.close
   end
   true
 end

The self.render_to_string does look like this

   # Renders a record instance to a string using the provided template 
and additional variables.
   def render_to_string(template, variables={})
     assigns = 
variables.reverse_merge(self.class.class_name.underscore.to_sym => self)
     self.class.render_string(template, assigns)
   end  
and the self.class.render_string looks like this


   # Renders a template to a string with the included variable assignments
   def self.render_string(template, assigns)
     viewer = Class.new(ApplicationController)
     view = Class.new(ActionView::Base)
     view.send(:include, viewer.master_helper_module)
     path = ActionController::Base.view_paths rescue 
ActionController::Base.view_root
     view.new(path, assigns, viewer).render(template)      end

I have a show.html.erb under app/views/invoices which holds the HTML to 
go with the show action on the InvoicesController.

Everything is working perfectly if I open the script/console and calls 
invoice.print_invoice from there!

However, if I hand it over to (the) MiddleMan - I''m left with the above
error message!

Does anybody know why the invoice.print_invoice does not work, when 
called in the context of billing_worker?


cheers,
walt



class BillingWorker < BackgrounDRb::MetaWorker
 set_worker_name :billing_worker
 def create(args = nil)
   # this method is called, when worker is loaded for the first time
   logger.info "Faktura baggrundsjob startet!"
 end

 def build_invoice(invoice_id = nil)
   invoice = Invoice.find(invoice_id)  unless invoice_id.nil?
   logger.info "Faktura ID #{invoice_id} skal dannes!"

   unless invoice.nil?
     result = false
     logger.info "Faktura ID #{invoice_id} dannes!"
     result = invoice.print_invoice 
"public/forms/invoices/html/#{invoice.invoice_number}.html"
     #result = %x[script/get_invoice #{invoice.id} 
#{invoice.invoice_number}]
     if result
       logger.info "Faktura nr #{invoice.invoice_number} blev dannet - 
som HTML!"
       result = %x[script/get_invoice_pdf #{invoice.invoice_number} 
#{invoice.invoice_number}]
       #result=false
       if result
         logger.info "Faktura nr #{invoice.invoice_number} blev dannet - 
som PDF!"
         invoice.pdf_resource = 
"forms/invoices/pdf/#{invoice.invoice_number}.pdf"
         invoice.project.invoiced= invoice.all_invoiced?
         invoice.project.new_contact_id=-1 # we will not be needing the 
find/create services of project.rb
         invoice.project.delivery_at_date = nil
         invoice.project.save
         logger.info "Projekt til faktura nr #{invoice.invoice_number} 
blev opdateret!"
         invoice.save
         invoice.invoice_items.each { |ii| 
Task.find(ii.task_id).update_attribute( :invoiced_at, DateTime.now) 
unless ii.task_id.nil? }
         logger.info "Faktura nr #{invoice.invoice_number} blev dannet 
med faktura linier!"
       else
         logger.info "Faktura med ID #{invoice_id} blev ikke dannet - 
som PDF!"
       end
     else
       logger.info "Faktura med ID #{invoice_id} blev ikke dannet - som 
HTML!"
     end
   else
     logger.info "Faktura med ID #{invoice_id} blev ikke fundet!"
   end
 end

end


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