From: James Britt <james.britt@...>
Date: 2009-05-26T04:07:24+09:00
Subject: Re: Class methods in a module?

Max Williams wrote:
> At Scotland On Rails a few months ago, I was shown a nice way to put
> class methods in a module, alongside instance methods, in such a way as
> they will get added as class methods automatically, without any work
> required on the part of the person including the module.
> 
> Unfortunately i failed to make a note of how to do this and i've since
> forgotten.  Can anyone show me?
> 
> It was something along these lines...(the following doesn't work btw)
> 

module Stuff
   module ClassMethods
     def biff(*args)
       # ...
     end

     def baz(*args)
       # ...
     end
   end

   def self.included(base)
     base.extend(ClassMethods)
   end


end

The methods defined in  Stuff::ClassMethods are added as class methods when

   include Stuff

is called



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