Rails - Dec 2005 - Why isn''t this working???

This is a very straightforward problem..

-I included a mixin in lib/ (see below)
-In environment.rb, I included the require statement (require 
''acts_as_tree_additions'')
-Defined a method in the model:

def category_list
  format_as_list #method in acts_as_tree_additions
end

-Called that method in the view..


I know the method is in the correct use, because it prints out a string 
if I replace ''format_as_list'' with a string in category_list.
However,
it''s not working as expected for the mixin.

Another thing is that this is a shared server, and does not need a 
restart of the server (which couldn''t be done either way with their
port
blocking). ''require'' code works for file_column without a
restart, but
not this.. Am I doing something wrong?

--Thanks in advance,
flamesrock

(by the way.. for some reason, I login successfully, but my session 
doesn''t work.. so I''m posting as a guest)

## acts_as_tree_additions.rb
##credited to argv[] in #rubyonrails
##
module ActiveRecord::Acts::Tree::ClassMethods
  @@TreeListView_tree = nil

  def Object.format_as_list(options = {}, pid = nil, level = 0, &block)
    @@TreeListView_tree ||= self.find(:all, options)
    t = Array.new
    return t if @@TreeListView_tree.nil?
    list = @@TreeListView_tree.find_all { |e| e.parent_id == pid }.sort!
    list.each do |e|
      array_of_e = (block.nil? ? e : yield(e, level))
      t.size == 0 ? t = [array_of_e] : t << array_of_e
      t += format_as_list(options, e.id, level + 1, &block)
    end
    t
  end

  def Object.traverse_tree(options = {}, pid = nil, level = 0, &block)
    @@TreeListView_tree ||= self.find(:all, options)
    list = @@TreeListView_tree.find_all { |e| e.parent_id == pid }.sort!
    list.each do |e|
      yield(e, level)
      traverse_tree(options, e.id, level + 1, &block)
    end
  end

  def Object.format_as_select_options(display_field = :name, value_field 
= :id)
    format_as_list do |e, level|
      ["-" * level + " " + (e[display_field] ||
""), e[value_field]]
    end
  end

end

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