Easy Question: var on initialize for use by all methods

rubyonrails-talk
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don’t think it’s gonna work that way. You can do that using before_filter

class ThingController < ApplicationController before_filter :setup

def index @listings = @model_name.paginated_list (params[:page]) end

def detail @listing = @model_name.find(params[:id]) end

private def setup @model_name = params[:section].classify.constantiz @section_name = params[:section]

end

end

there’s more at http://railsmanual.org/module/ActionController::Filters::ClassMethods