[Rails] Re: How can I DRY this up?

On Jul 5, 11:42 am, Gavin <ga...@thinkersplayground.com> wrote:
> module CommonValidations
>
>   def included(base)
>     base.class_eval do
>       validates_presence_of :name
>     end
>   end
> end
>
> and then include this module in the models that require it. I've also
> tried various combinations with 'eval' and 'send' etc.

Did you check to see whether your included method is called at all ?
The included method needs to be a module method, i.e.

def self.included(base)
...
end

for it to be used the way you want it to be used.

Fred
>
> The validations aren't called :(
>
> Can anyone explain why this isn't working and if it's possbile to re-
> use validations like this?
>
> Thanks
>
> Gavin
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