Re: Require in models?

Jason Roelofs
2007-01-26T20:37:30Z

Class in /lib will be automatically require''d by Rails if they follow
the
following convention:

lib/class_name.rb :
class ClassName
...
end

The name of the file must be the underscore version of the name of the
class. If the names differ, then you''ll have to require for yourself.

Jason

On 1/26/07, Lee <lee_longmore-/E1597aS9LT10XsdtD+oqA@public.gmane.org>
wrote:
>
>
> So does Rails automatically load the files under /lib and make them
> visible within all model files? With the exception of the system
> date.rb, both validation.rb and time_period.rb are in the /lib
> directory.
>
> Also, if I were to define  a method ''x'' in my model
''X'' and model ''X''
> inherits from ActiveRecord, would the method ''x''
automatically be
> visible to my code in another ActiveRecord model ''Y''? If
so, is this
> magic by Rails or ActiveRecord?
>
>
> On 26 Jan, 19:59, "Mark Carey"
<l...-MMYp1bZq/KasTnJN9+BGXg@public.gmane.org> wrote:
> > You might be overwriting the Rails libraries with those require
> statements.
> > Since the libraries you are referencing are already loaded up
> dynamically
> > you need not require them.
> >
> > If there were other libraries that needed to be loaded (ie - ones you
> wrote)
> > you could do so in your environment.rb, then
''include'' the libraries in
> the
> > files you need to access them.
> >
> > Keep in mind that require looks in the root directory of where the
> > application is being run from to look for the files to import, that is
> why
> > you see people using File.dirname(__FILE__) to get the path to the
> current
> > file instead of the app root.
> >
> > M<><
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org
> >
> > [mailto:rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org] On
Behalf Of Lee
> > Sent: Friday, January 26, 2007 11:29 AM
> > To: Ruby on Rails: Talk
> > Subject: [Rails] Require in models?
> >
> > I am getting the error "Missing model property.rb" whenever
I insert
> > require statements into my model (in this case property.rb). The error
> > occurs when I try to access my application through the browser. As
soon
> > as I remove the require, the error no longer occurs.
> >
> > My code is as follows:
> >
> > require ''validation''
> > require ''date''
> > require ''time_period''
> > class Property < ActiveRecord::Base
> > ...
> >
> > Thanks.
>
>
> >