Same file in different apps

Rails
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Well say if i need app/models/abc.rb of an existing application ABC into
new application DEF, then what all i need to do? There are so many files
i need to be shared but did’nt have any fair idea how to get it.

So rubians :), please help me on it. I think writing plugin is a fair
idea.

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Hemant B. wrote in post #985888:

So rubians :), please help me on it. I think writing plugin is a fair
idea.

Now, i thought of writing a plugin. So steps i done:-

  1. Creates new rails app.

  2. Creates plugin using ./script/generate plugin “NAME”.
    This will create necessary files in vendor/plugins/“NAME” dir.

  3. Changed vendor/plugins/“NAME”/init.rb to include the lib file.
    (/lib/“NAME”.rb)

  4. My lib/“NAME”.rb looks like this.
    module “NAME”
    def hello
    return “hello”
    end
    def world
    return “world”
    end
    end

  5. Creates a model and included the plugin into that model using
    require.
    require “NAME”
    I think this all is OK upto now. But after it when i go to console and
    type NAME.hello why does’nt it work… It should work, right? Or i am
    missing something.

Can anyone out there light me up :slight_smile:

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Why don’t you just copy the model over to your new application?

B.

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On Mar 7, 7:25am, Hemant B. [email protected] wrote:

Hemant B. wrote in post #985888:
5) Creates a model and included the plugin into that model using
require.
require “NAME”
I think this all is OK upto now. But after it when i go to console and
type NAME.hello why does’nt it work… It should work, right? Or i am
missing something.

Falling at the last hurdle - if you want to add a module’s method to a
class you need to use include (require just loads the file containing
the module - it doesn’t then do anything with that module). You can
then do SomeClass.new.hello

Fred