Two controllers needing the same method

[dorelal]

Two of my controllers need access to same method. I instantly put them
in
ApplicationController and the problem was solved.

Now I’m thinking my ApplicationController is getting polluted because
there
are many cases in which a method is needed by two or three controllers.
What
are the other ways to handle such cases.

One case could be to have a base controller and then to extend these
controllers so that they get the common methods. Well I don’t like it
that
much.

Any thoughts.

[dorelal]

You could have a module with the common methods and include it in
controllers needing those methods

Fred

[dorelal]

Raj S. wrote:

Two of my controllers need access to same method. I instantly put them
in
ApplicationController and the problem was solved.

Now I’m thinking my ApplicationController is getting polluted because
there
are many cases in which a method is needed by two or three controllers.
What
are the other ways to handle such cases.

One case could be to have a base controller and then to extend these
controllers so that they get the common methods. Well I don’t like it
that
much.

Any thoughts.

Group the methods into categories. Put each category in a file in
#{RAILS_ROOT}/lib/aplication_controller (or where ever).

Easy (but less orginized) way. In each file put:

AplicationController <ActionController::Base
#function go here
end

and require the files in Application.rb

More complex (but Ruby like ) way. Each file defines a module with the
functions. Include the module in either ApplicationController or
individual Controllers.

JFM