Ruby on Rails require doesn't work?

Question

It's my first RoR application.

I want to use this class (app/models/from_db/users/user_base.rb)

module FromDb::Users class UserBase include ActiveModel::Serializers::JSON attr_accessor :Login, :Email end end

In this controller (app/controllers/my_controller.rb)

class MyController < ApplicationController require "from_db/users/user_base" def default user = UserBase.new user.Login = "Marcin" user.Email = "[email protected]" end end

user = UserBase.new throw this error:

uninitialized constant MyController::UserBase

When I put FromDb::Users::UserBase.new everything works fine but I thought that 'require' is like 'using' in C# or 'import' in java. I don't want to have to put this namespace all time before class from other dir. What I am doing wrong?

My second question. Is any way to write require "FromDb/Users/UserBase" instand of require "from_db/users/user_base" ? Now when I put first version (FromDb/Users/UserBase) it throw that error:

cannot load such file -- FromDb/Users/UserBase

I use ruby 2.1.5 and Rails 4.2.1

James Mason · Accepted Answer · 2015-05-06 21:35:06Z

While require is similar to Java's import, it doesn't have any of the namespace manipulation stuff that import provides. If you really want to have shorter references, you'll need to create them yourself.

class MyController < ApplicationController UserBase = FromDb::Users::UserBase def default user = UserBase.new # ... etc end end

Also, since this is a Rails application, you don't need the explicit call to require (and it's better if you leave it off). If you name everything following the standard conventions, Rails will require the file for you automatically, then reload it whenever the file changes. If you do a manual require you'll lose the autoreloading.

Thank you. It helps me to better understand Rails :) + Information about autoreloading is a nice tip

apotry · Accepted Answer · 2015-05-06 21:46:57Z

With regards to the first question, try the following to import the namespace

include FromDb::Users

Don't use imports all over the place as they might cause conflicts within your class (see comment by apneadiving).

Or simply create an alias:

FUsers = FromDb::Users FUsers::UserBase.new...

I wouldnt include a module for so called shortcut sake, you;d just pollute and duplicate methods and classes all over the place + danger of collisions

apneadiving · Accepted Answer · 2015-05-06 21:39:06Z

requirejust loads file's content in memory, so you still have to use FromDb::Users::UserBase and I recommend it, its clearer.

You cant camelize the name: its is meant to be a file name.

You have to give the path from the root, its safer:

require "#{Rails.root}/app/models/from_db/users/user_base"

Notice you dont need require since you have your code in /app

in order to create a shortcut you could do:

def default user = user_base_class.new end def user_base_class ::FromDb::Users::UserBase end

this way you dont create useless constant.

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