Hello folks. I am refactoring a simple CMS, and looking to implement a simple internal plugin architecture. I have a MenuItem class. By default, menu items can be, say, 'article' or 'sitemap', or 'newsroll'. I want to implement a hook to which my modules can plug, so I will be able to add other tipologies (like "catalog", "gallery" or whatever) through modules, which are aptly structured plugins. Presently, I have something like this:
[code=]class MenuItem < ActiveRecord::Base belongs_to :article @tipologies = Array.new @tipologies.push("article","sitemap") def self.tipologies return @tipologies end def self.addTipology(item) @tipologies.push(item) end end[/code] I have been able to add an item to @typologies through a plugin, with this init.rb
[code=]ActionController::Base.send :include, Tipeadder[/code] And this is the main plugin code (obviously I am just sketching here):
[code=]# Tipeadder.rb module Tipeadder MenuItem.addTipology("cane") MenuItem.addTipology("gatto") end[/code]
Yet the type is added only when the app is first loaded, then it gets lost. I am a also bit lost here. I have been using plugin architectures for ages in Wordpress development, but never implemented one, so i am not sure I am going the right way. Have you go some general advice on the procedure I should follow? Which is the best and most ruby-like way to do this? Thanks, Davide
