Rails - Nov 2005 - Models and controllers organized under module with same name possible?

Howdy,

I would like to group related controllers within a
module, and have related models under a module of the
same name. I start off with the model:

micand@coconut ~/dev/projects/tmp $ script/generate
model Container::Model
      create  app/models/container
      create  test/unit/container
      create  test/fixtures/container
      create  app/models/container/model.rb
      create  test/unit/container/model_test.rb
      create  test/fixtures/container/models.yml


Seems easy enough, but all does not work as it should.

micand@coconut ~/dev/projects/tmp $ script/console
Loading development environment.
>> Container::Model
NameError: uninitialized constant Container
        from
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-1.2.3/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:200:in
`const_missing''
        from (irb):1


To fix this, I create app/models/container.rb with the
following contents:

module Container end
require_dependency File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__),
''container'', ''model'')


Sweet success!

micand@coconut ~/dev/projects/tmp $ script/console
Loading development environment.
>> Container::Model
=> Container::Model


The problem comes after I add the controller. Creation
works fine:

micand@coconut ~/dev/projects/tmp $ script/generate
controller Container::
Controller
      create  app/controllers/container
      create  app/helpers/container
      create  app/views/container/controller
      create  test/functional/container
      create 
app/controllers/container/controller_controller.rb
      create 
test/functional/container/controller_controller_test.rb
      create 
app/helpers/container/controller_helper.rb


But it is no longer possible to refer to the model
class.

micand@coconut ~/dev/projects/tmp $ script/console
Loading development environment.
>> Container::Model
NameError: uninitialized constant Model
        from
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-1.2.3/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:195:in
`const_missing''
        from
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-1.2.3/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:72:in
`const_missing''
        from (irb):2


It seems having a controller module with the same name
as a model module somehow defeats Rails'' automatic
require()''ing of needed model files. Adding "require
File.join(RAILS_ROOT, ''app'', ''models'',
''container'')"
to environment.rb doesn''t resolve this issue, as the
forced inclusion of the model module forces out the
controller module:

micand@coconut ~/dev/projects/tmp $ script/console
Loading development environment.
>> Container::Model
=> Container::Model
>> Container::ControllerController
NameError: uninitialized constant ControllerController
        from
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-1.2.3/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:200:in
`const_missing''
        from (irb):2


Is there any way to have models and controllers
co-exist within a module of a particular name, or is
the only option to give different names to the module
housing the controllers and the module housing the
models?

Thanks,

Jeff



	
		
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