Rails - Feb 2006 - Globalize plugin, now I have two classes with the same name

Hi, newbie here.

I''m using the Globalize plugin, which defines a model with the same
name as one of my existing models.  We both use a model called
Country.  The Globalize Country model (within vendors/...) is wrapped
in module like this...

module Globalize
  class Country < ActiveRecord::Base
    ...
  end
end

And this is my Country model (within app/models)...

class Country < ActiveRecord::Base
  has_many :addresses
  ...
end

I''m not sure how to deal with this situation.  My country table has a
couple of fields that are unique, so I want to keep this information
in the database (whether it be combined with the globalize_countries
table, or maintained in a separate countries table).  Also, I want to
define my own class/instance methods etc and obviously I want to put
these in my own model, completely separate from the Globalize plugin. 
But currently Country.find is invoking the Globalize Country class
rather than my own.

Can someone explain how I can deal with this situation as cleanly as possible?

TIA,
Estelle.

Estelle,

Are you doing an "include Globalize" somewhere? If you make sure that
that include doesn''t appear in your code, then the Globalize Country
model shouldn''t be imported into your namespace, i.e. it should work
like you want it to.

You will have to call the globalize classes as Globalize::Locale.set, etc.

Best,
Josh
http://shnoo.gr
http://globalize-rails.org
#globalize IRC channel on freenode

Estelle wrote:

But currently Country.find is invoking the Globalize Country class
rather than my own.

Can someone explain how I can deal with this situation as cleanly as possible?

Josh,

Thanks - yep I did have an "include Globalize" in my env file. 
I''ll
take it out.

I was also unsure about what to do with my own country table, but I
think I''ll probably just rename it (or leave it), remove the duplicate
information and add a foreign key referencing the globalize_country
table.

The Globalize plugin is looking pretty fantastic.  Thanks for all your
hard work!

Regards,
Estelle.


On 2/6/06, Joshua Harvey <jmharvey.9956003@bloglines.com>
wrote:
> Estelle,
>
> Are you doing an "include Globalize" somewhere? If you make sure
that
> that include doesn''t appear in your code, then the Globalize
Country
> model shouldn''t be imported into your namespace, i.e. it should
work
> like you want it to.
>
> You will have to call the globalize classes as Globalize::Locale.set, etc.
>
> Best,
> Josh
> http://shnoo.gr
> http://globalize-rails.org
> #globalize IRC channel on freenode
>
> Estelle wrote:
>
> But currently Country.find is invoking the Globalize Country class
> rather than my own.
>
> Can someone explain how I can deal with this situation as cleanly as
possible?
>
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