Multiple before_all blocks

[Ashley Moran]

Hi

Am I right thinking that aspect blocks are not inherited, and you can
only have one of each type?

I wanted to do this:

class Controller < Ramaze::Controller
before_all do
# before all actions in the app
end
end

class FirstController < Controller
before_all do
# have the app stuff from Controller run, then...
# before all actions in this specific controller
end
end

but it does not appear possible. Is there a way to achieve cascading
before blocks?

Cheers
Ashley

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[hrnt]

On 1 marras, 16:56, Ashley Moran <ashley.mo...@patchspace.co.uk>
wrote:

> Hi
>
> Am I right thinking that aspect blocks are not inherited, and you can  
> only have one of each type?

IIRC they are inherited, but derived classes override the before_all
in the superclass.

> I wanted to do this:
>
>    class Controller < Ramaze::Controller
>      before_all do
>        # before all actions in the app
>      end
>    end
>
>    class FirstController < Controller
>      before_all do
>        # have the app stuff from Controller run, then...
>        # before all actions in this specific controller
>      end
>    end
>
> but it does not appear possible.  Is there a way to achieve cascading  
> before blocks?

My implementation looks like this:

class Controller < Ramaze::Controller
before_all do

before_filter
end

def before_filter

# before all actions in the app
end
end

class FirstController < Controller

def before_filter
super

[Ashley Moran]

On Nov 02, 2009, at 2:30 pm, hrnt wrote:

> class Controller < Ramaze::Controller
> before_all do
> before_filter
> end
>
> def before_filter
> # before all actions in the app
> end
> end
>
> class FirstController < Controller
> def before_filter
> super
> # before all actions in this specific controller
> end
> end

Thanks hrnt

Is this documented? If not, I'll find a space to put it on the wiki
when Michael has signed me up.

I think it's less than ideal though. Two possible improvements spring
to mind:

* allow building up a list of blocks (like RSpec)
* warn when a block is being overridden from a parent class

WDYT? Worth filing a ticked for?