how to add custom methods to ActionController::Base, ActiveRecord::Base

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I want to add custom methods to ActionController::Base, ActiveRecord::Base so that everything that extends it will have access to these methods in my Rails app. What is the best practice for doing this? I know I can create a file in lib and require it all the time but it seems like there should be a better way.

For example:

class ActionController::Base

def controller_path    self.class.controller_path end

end

class ActiveRecord::Base def foo_id(prefix=nil)    display_id = new_record? ? "new" : id    prefix ||= self.class.name.underscore    prefix != :bare ? "#{prefix.to_s}_#{display_id}" : display_id end end

Thanks, Frank Kim