Modules/Mixins and accessing the calling object?

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Hello there,

I am stuck at a problem regarding modules here. I have a module that's included in my model and I need to get to know the class name of my model from within the module. Problem is, that "self" is always pointing to the module class (at least I think so) and I do not know how to access the calling object.

Here's the code:

module ActiveRecord   module Acts     module AclControlled       def self.included(base)         base.send :extend, InstanceMethods         base.send :extend, ClassMethods       end

      module InstanceMethods         def controlled_object           Rails.logger.info "Fetching ControlledObject..."           controlled_object = ControlledObject.find (:first, :conditions => {:model => self.class.to_s, :model_id => self.id })         end       end

      [...]     end   end end ActiveRecord::Base.send :include, ActiveRecord::Acts::AclControlled

Does anyone know how to get access to the calling object here? I tried the super object too, but this seems to point to the model without the mixin somehow.

Thanks in advance

Arne

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Have to close this one, as it was my fault. Didn't notice that some of the methods I want to call are bound to classes rather than objects and of course I tested with the wrong ones. Sorry guys, but thanks again for your attention :slight_smile:

Cheers

Arne