Class: Rails::Plugin
Overview
Rails::Plugin is nothing more than a Rails::Engine, but since it’s loaded too late in the boot process, it does not have the same configuration powers as a bare Rails::Engine.
Opposite to Rails::Railtie and Rails::Engine, you are not supposed to inherit from Rails::Plugin. Rails::Plugin is automatically configured to be an engine by simply placing inside vendor/plugins. Since this is done automatically, you actually cannot declare a Rails::Engine inside your Plugin, otherwise it would cause the same files to be loaded twice. This means that if you want to ship an Engine as gem it cannot be used as plugin and vice-versa.
Besides this conceptual difference, the only difference between Rails::Engine and Rails::Plugin is that plugins automatically load the file “init.rb” at the plugin root during the boot process.
Constant Summary
Constants inherited from Railtie
Instance Attribute Summary collapse
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#name ⇒ Object
readonly
Returns the value of attribute name.
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#path ⇒ Object
readonly
Returns the value of attribute path.
Class Method Summary collapse
Instance Method Summary collapse
- #config ⇒ Object
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#initialize(root) ⇒ Plugin
constructor
A new instance of Plugin.
- #load_deprecated_tasks ⇒ Object
- #load_tasks ⇒ Object
Methods inherited from Engine
#eager_load!, find_root_with_flag
Methods inherited from Railtie
abstract_railtie?, console, #eager_load!, generators, #load_console, #load_generators, log_subscriber, railtie_name, rake_tasks, subclasses
Methods included from Initializable
included, #initializers, #run_initializers
Constructor Details
Instance Attribute Details
#name ⇒ Object (readonly)
Returns the value of attribute name.
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# File 'lib/rails/plugin.rb', line 40 def name @name end |
#path ⇒ Object (readonly)
Returns the value of attribute path.
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# File 'lib/rails/plugin.rb', line 40 def path @path end |
Class Method Details
.all(list, paths) ⇒ Object
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# File 'lib/rails/plugin.rb', line 25 def self.all(list, paths) plugins = [] paths.each do |path| Dir["#{path}/*"].each do |plugin_path| plugin = new(plugin_path) next unless list.include?(plugin.name) || list.include?(:all) plugins << plugin end end plugins.sort_by do |p| [list.index(p.name) || list.index(:all), p.name.to_s] end end |
.inherited(base) ⇒ Object
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# File 'lib/rails/plugin.rb', line 21 def self.inherited(base) raise "You cannot inherit from Rails::Plugin" end |
Instance Method Details
#config ⇒ Object
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# File 'lib/rails/plugin.rb', line 60 def config @config ||= Engine::Configuration.new end |
#load_deprecated_tasks ⇒ Object
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# File 'lib/rails/plugin.rb', line 47 def load_deprecated_tasks tasks = Dir["#{root}/{tasks,rails/tasks}/**/*.rake"].sort if tasks.any? ActiveSupport::Deprecation.warn "Rake tasks in #{tasks.to_sentence} are deprecated. Use lib/tasks instead" tasks.each { |ext| load(ext) } end end |
#load_tasks ⇒ Object
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# File 'lib/rails/plugin.rb', line 42 def load_tasks super load_deprecated_tasks end |