Where did my observer go?
4 comments Latest by Robby Russell Tue, 14 Mar 2006 14:05:29 GMT
I was playing around with an application from script/console
and all of a sudden… my Observers just stopped working. It took me a while to figure out that when I would call Dispatcher.reset_application!
... it wouldn’t reload config/environment.rb where I have defined the observers.
I really don’t like that this is the current implementation for invoking Observers and adding them to the controllers is not kosher with my (do-it-in-script-console) approach.
The current solution?
# app/models/foo_bar.rb
class FooBar < ActiveRecord::Base
end
FooBarObserver.instance
... there needs to be a better way!
Michael,
Do you mean in config/environment.rb?
Yes, you do… but if you are in script/console and run Dispatcher.reset_application! it doesn’t reload your Observers.
Sorry for the late response:
I thought that was placed in the controller class.
For example, FooController has a line at the top of the class stating:
Michael,
That assumes that your application is always engaged through your controllers. If you have a script that engages your models… do you not want your observers to still work?