Storing controllers outside of app/controllers

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Hi All,

I'm trying to build a web application that will have an interface for developers to write 'modules' to add to the application. I'm currently following this structure:

app/controllers <= The main application controllers. modules/controllers/<ModuleName> <= Controllers for each extra module.

In config/environment.rb I've added the following:

config.controller_paths << "modules/controllers"

The application works fine when accessing controllers in the main application structure but gives an 'Undefined Constant' error when I try and access a controller in the modules directory using a URL like: 'http://localhost:3000/ModuleName/Controller/Action’. I am using the default routing.

Am I missing something really obvious? Or is there a better way of achieving the same thing?

Thanks, Rhys

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Hi All,

I'm trying to build a web application that will have an interface for developers to write 'modules' to add to the application. I'm currently following this structure:

app/controllers <= The main application controllers. modules/controllers/<ModuleName> <= Controllers for each extra module.

In config/environment.rb I've added the following:

config.controller_paths << "modules/controllers"

The application works fine when accessing controllers in the main application structure but gives an 'Undefined Constant' error when I try and access a controller in the modules directory using a URL like: 'http://localhost:3000/ModuleName/Controller/Action’. I am using the default routing.

Am I missing something really obvious? Or is there a better way of achieving the same thing?

Do you also need to add those paths to the load path ?

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Ahhh, that worked. Thanks very much for that.

Rhys