Rails - Jun 2009 - [Plugin dev.] Hook into ActionController::Base properly

Hi all,

currently I''m developing a plugin wich shoud hook into
ActionController.
To do that, I''m using ActionController::Base.send(:include, ...) but
when I want to call the according methods from within a controller, I
get an MethodNotError.

The following code shows what I''m currently trying. Mixing the
ViewHelpers into ActionView::Base work''s fine. The same I want to do
with ActionController:Base, but that does''n work:

[code]
#require ''widget_pool/loader''
require ''widget_pool/view_helpers''
require ''widget_pool/base''

module WidgetPool

  module Loader
    def load_widget name
      puts ''loading widget: '' + name.to_s
    end
  end

  class << self
    def enable
      puts ''starting widget_pool...''

      ActionView::Base.send :include, ViewHelpers
      ActionController::Base.send :include, Loader
    end
  end
end

WidgetPool.enable
[/code]

Does anybody know, what is missing to make it work?

Thanks & Greetings
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I just startet my RailsApp in a console:

ActionController::Base.instance_methods.include? ''load_widget''
 # results to true

class Test < ActionController::Base
end

Test.methods.include? ''load_widget''
 # results to false


How this can be?
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Ok, in my example I just forgot to instantiate Test ;-)

t = Test.new
t.methods.include? ''load_widget''
 # also results to true



But why I cannot call the method from withing the controller? :-/
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On Jun 20, 10:35 pm, Wer Sie
<rails-mailing-l...-ARtvInVfO7ksV2N9l4h3zg@public.gmane.org>
wrote:
> Ok, in my example I just forgot to instantiate Test ;-)
>
> t = Test.new
> t.methods.include? ''load_widget''
>  # also results to true
>
> But why I cannot call the method from withing the controller? :-/
How are you calling things ? My guess is you''re trying

class Test< ActionController::Base
  some_method_from_your_plugin
end

For this to work   some_method_from_your_plugin needs to be a class
method (since you are calling it on Test itself, not an instance of
it) but it looks like you''re only adding instance methods.

Fred
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You''re right with your guess! ;-) Thanks!
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