Rails - Apr 2006 - class level "static" code in controller object not working

All,

I have the following code that I put in my controller which I am using 
to initialize some static data.  Note that it is not contained with a 
method of any kind.

  puts "test"
  config = YAML.load_file("config/config.yml") if config.nil?
  Dir.mkdir(config[''html_upload_folder'']) unless 
File.exist?(config[''html_upload_folder''])

I would like this code to only be executed ONCE when the controller 
class is loaded but what I am seeing is that every time I invoke a URL 
that is related to this controller I see "test" printed on the
console.

Which would indicate to me that this code is being executed on each 
instantiation of the controller object, not just when the controller 
class is loaded.

In irb, the code that''s just in a class but not in a method does only 
get executed when the class is loaded not when new instances are made.

Is the controller class being reloaded each time?????

Wes

P. S. I am trying to get the equivalent of a Java "static" block here.

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It occurs to me that in development mode, the controller class is 
reloaded every time isn''t it, so does that explain it?

Thanks,
Wes

Wes Gamble wrote:
> All,
> 
> I have the following code that I put in my controller which I am using 
> to initialize some static data.  Note that it is not contained with a 
> method of any kind.
> 
>   puts "test"
>   config = YAML.load_file("config/config.yml") if config.nil?
>   Dir.mkdir(config[''html_upload_folder'']) unless 
> File.exist?(config[''html_upload_folder''])
> 
> I would like this code to only be executed ONCE when the controller 
> class is loaded but what I am seeing is that every time I invoke a URL 
> that is related to this controller I see "test" printed on the
console.
> 
> Which would indicate to me that this code is being executed on each 
> instantiation of the controller object, not just when the controller 
> class is loaded.
> 
> In irb, the code that''s just in a class but not in a method does
only
> get executed when the class is loaded not when new instances are made.
> 
> Is the controller class being reloaded each time?????
> 
> Wes
> 
> P. S. I am trying to get the equivalent of a Java "static" block
here.

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Yep, that''s exactly it.

Pete Yandell
http://9cays.com

On 12/04/2006, at 8:03 AM, Wes Gamble wrote:
> It occurs to me that in development mode, the controller class is
> reloaded every time isn''t it, so does that explain it?
>
> Thanks,
> Wes
>
> Wes Gamble wrote:
>> All,
>>
>> I have the following code that I put in my controller which I am  
>> using
>> to initialize some static data.  Note that it is not contained with a
>> method of any kind.
>>
>>   puts "test"
>>   config = YAML.load_file("config/config.yml") if config.nil?
>>   Dir.mkdir(config[''html_upload_folder'']) unless
>> File.exist?(config[''html_upload_folder''])
>>
>> I would like this code to only be executed ONCE when the controller
>> class is loaded but what I am seeing is that every time I invoke a  
>> URL
>> that is related to this controller I see "test" printed on
the
>> console.
>>
>> Which would indicate to me that this code is being executed on each
>> instantiation of the controller object, not just when the controller
>> class is loaded.
>>
>> In irb, the code that''s just in a class but not in a method
does only
>> get executed when the class is loaded not when new instances are  
>> made.
>>
>> Is the controller class being reloaded each time?????
>>
>> Wes
>>
>> P. S. I am trying to get the equivalent of a Java "static"
block
>> here.
>
>
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