From: Vincent Fourmond <vincent.fourmond@9online.fr>
Date: 2006-12-09T02:12:18+09:00
Subject: Re: Module issue

Jason Vogel wrote:
> Disclaimer: Ruby Nuby
> 
> Source
> 
> module Test # (filename my_test.rb)
> 
>   def test
>     puts "\n\ntest fired\n\n"
>   end
> end
> 
> class OfferRenewalController < ApplicationController
> 
> def payment_made
> 
>   require 'my_test'
> 
>     Test.test
> 
> end
> 
> Error
>  NoMethodError in Offer renewalController#payment_made
> 
> private method `test' called for Test:Module
> 
> So what am I doing wrong?

  In the module, you did define test as an instance method. So if you
want to use it, you should

include Test

  If you want to use as Test.test, define it as

module Test
  def Test.test
[...]

or

module Test
  def self.test
[...]

The latter is better as if you decide to change the name of your module,
you won't have to change the names of methods.

  By the way, I find it funny that you require 'my_test' from within a
method. I believe it would be better to write

require 'my_test'

class OfferRenewalController < ApplicationController
  def payment_made
    Test.test
  end
end

  Cheers,

	Vince

-- 
Vincent Fourmond, PhD student
http://vincent.fourmond.neuf.fr/