Rails - Jan 2007 - How to put common utils in the app without polluing environment.rb

I have developed some common utils which I use in all my RoR apps.
It''s a moule with a lot of utilities. In order t use them currently
this is what I do.

environment.rb
  include AppCommonUtils


The file app_common_utils reside in lib directory. It works but I don''t
like it.

In order to use these utilities I need to tinker with the
environment.rb of each application. So I put this module as a pluging.
But in int init.rb of the plugin I don''t know what to write which will
be equivalent of putting the module in the environment.rb.

I''m suspecting it will be something along the line of

something.send(:include, AppCommonUtils)

Could someone help me out with what that something should be here?

Thanks

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> I have developed some common utils which I use in all my RoR apps.
> It''s a moule with a lot of utilities. In order t use them
currently
> this is what I do.
>
> environment.rb
>   include AppCommonUtils
>
>
> The file app_common_utils reside in lib directory. It works but I  
> don''t like it.
>
> In order to use these utilities I need to tinker with the
> environment.rb of each application. So I put this module as a pluging.
> But in int init.rb of the plugin I don''t know what to write which
will
> be equivalent of putting the module in the environment.rb.
>
> I''m suspecting it will be something along the line of
>
> something.send(:include, AppCommonUtils)
Rails will load your AppCommonUtils module automatically without your  
having to tinker with environment.rb.

If you want to include your module, i.e. above and beyond the  
auto-''require'' I just mentioned, you could try something like
this
(though I''m not 100% sure about this) inside your module:

module AppCommonUtils
   def self.included(base)
     base.extend self
   end
end

Regards,
Andy Stewart

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The module AppCommonUtils needs to be included in environment.rb for
it to be invoked. Otherwise I don''t think it''ll work.

- Neeraj

On 1/29/07, Andrew Stewart
<boss-rAnrN1QAkGGttCpgsWEBFlaTQe2KTcn/@public.gmane.org>
wrote:
>
>
> > I have developed some common utils which I use in all my RoR apps.
> > It''s a moule with a lot of utilities. In order t use them
currently
> > this is what I do.
> >
> > environment.rb
> >   include AppCommonUtils
> >
> >
> > The file app_common_utils reside in lib directory. It works but I
> > don''t like it.
> >
> > In order to use these utilities I need to tinker with the
> > environment.rb of each application. So I put this module as a pluging.
> > But in int init.rb of the plugin I don''t know what to write
which will
> > be equivalent of putting the module in the environment.rb.
> >
> > I''m suspecting it will be something along the line of
> >
> > something.send(:include, AppCommonUtils)
>
> Rails will load your AppCommonUtils module automatically without your
> having to tinker with environment.rb.
>
> If you want to include your module, i.e. above and beyond the
> auto-''require'' I just mentioned, you could try something
like this
> (though I''m not 100% sure about this) inside your module:
>
> module AppCommonUtils
>    def self.included(base)
>      base.extend self
>    end
> end
>
> Regards,
> Andy Stewart
>
> >
>
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