Rails - Mar 2006 - Define methods for controllers, helper AND models?

Hi all

I know that I can define methods in e.g. the application controller and 
make them available to the helpers using helper_method(), but how can I 
make them available in the models?

I have for example the following method, that I want to be able to call 
from any model I wish...

def ApplicationController
  helper_method :member

  def member
    session[:member]
  end
end

Thanks for any help. :-)
Joshua

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Joshua Muheim wrote:
> I know that I can define methods in e.g. the application controller and 
> make them available to the helpers using helper_method(), but how can I 
> make them available in the models?
You can''t, or at least not without hacking it. If you are following the
MVC design pattern, your model shouldn''t know anything about the view
or
controller. This allows you to use a model in other environments, such 
as from a cron activated script. You want your business logic in the 
model, and application logic in the controller/view.

So you can''t get to the controller object from the model. But if you 
have an algorithm you want to use in both places, you can put it in a 
library module and include it in both places.

--josh
josh@hasmanythrough.com

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I''m not sure, but you could try the following

put 

module Member
  def member
    session[:member]
  end
end

in a member_modules.rb file in \lib

then in the model

require "member_modules"

class MyModel < ActiveRecord::Base

  include Member
  
end

or perhaps even better in app\controllers\application.rb

class ActiveRecord::Base

  include Member
  
end

You should give it a try...

Saludos

Sas

PS: I''m pretty new to ruby, I''m sure there may be a better way

(hey my message was cut in half!!!)
...
then in the model

require "member_modules"
class MyModel < ActiveRecord::Base
  include Member
end

or perhaps even better in app\controllers\application.rb

class ActiveRecord::Base
  include Member
end

You should give it a try...

Saludos
Sas
PS: I''m pretty new to ruby, I''m sure there may be a better way