`load_missing_constant': uninitialized constant Rails::Generator (NameError)

[clem_c_rock]

Hello,
I'm probably missing something pretty basic here as a rails newbie but I'm trying to write a plugin and I am trying to get my generator to work.

I am trying to call the manifest method in my vendor/plugins/media_module/generators/media_module_generator.rb from my vendor/plugins/media_module/init.rb.

here's the code in vendor/plugins/media_module/init.rb:

require File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), '/generators/media_module_generator')
media_mod_generatore = MediaModuleGenerator.new 
media_mod_generatore::manifest()

and here's my code in vendor/plugins/media_module/generators/media_module_generator.rb:

class MediaModuleGenerator < Rails::Generator::NamedBase
  def manifest
    record do |m|
      m.file "media_controller.rb", "app/controllers/media_controller.rb"
      m.file "media.rb", "app/models/media.rb"
    end
  end
end

When I restart my server I get this:
`load_missing_constant': uninitialized constant Rails::Generator (NameError)

Thanks,
Clem C

[Mittineague]

Using the monkey see monkey do approach, the shovell app's vendor files are
acts_as_taggable_migration_generator.rb

class ActsAsTaggableMigrationGenerator < Rails::Generator::Base 
  def manifest 
    record do |m| 
      m.migration_template 'migration.rb', 'db/migrate' 
    end 
  end
 
  def file_name
    "acts_as_taggable_migration"
  end
end

and
init.rb

require File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/lib/acts_as_taggable'

where the lib folder contains several files.

[clem_c_rock]

I just don't get it - I pretty much am following every example I've seen to a tee and I keep getting the same error.

I tried moving the media_module_generator.rb to /lib/media_module_generator.rb and I get the same exact error.

Grrrrrrrrrr

Thanks for the help though!

[Mittineague]

The full contents are

shovell/vendor/plugins/acts_as_taggable_on_steroids/
.........................CHANGELOG
.........................init.rb
.........................MIT-LICENSE
.........................Rakefile
.........................README
......................../generators/acts_as_taggable_migration/
.................................................acts_as_taggable_migration_generator.rb
................................................../templates/
................................................................migration.rb
......................../lib/
..............................acts_as_taggable.rb
..............................tag.rb
..............................tag_counts_extension.rb
..............................tag_list.rb
..............................tagging.rb
..............................tags_helper.rb
......................../test/
.................................abstract_unit.rb
.................................acts_as_taggable_test.rb
.................................database.yml
.................................schema.rb
.................................tag_list_test.rb
.................................tag_test.rb
.................................tagging_test.rb
.................................tags_helper_test.rb
................................/fixtures/
............................................magazine.rb
............................................magazines.yml
............................................photo.rb
............................................photos.yml
............................................post.rb
............................................posts.yml
............................................special_post.rb
............................................subscription.rb
............................................subscriptions.yml
............................................taggings.yml
............................................tags.yml
............................................user.rb
............................................users.yml

[clem_c_rock]

You know - I really think that a generator class can't be required and instantiated in init.rb. I was hoping that as I developed this plugin, everytime I started the server would fire off the generator::manifest method so I could make sure I was always up to date w/ the generated files.

Is my logic completely whacked?

[clem_c_rock]

Shameless boot! This is driving me crazy!

[Mittineague]

I just tried the code described in http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2008/...ite-a-plug-in/
and it worked as expected

C:....>rails blabber
........
C:....>cd blabber
C:....\blabber>ruby script/generate plugin acts_as_blabbermouth
........
C:....\blabber>ruby script/generate model quote
........
C:....\blabber>ruby script/console
Loading development environment (Rails 2.1.0)
>> Quote.quote_me
=> "Drive-in banks were established so most of the cars today could see their real owners. -E. Joseph Cossman"
>> Quote.quote_me
=> "What we anticipate seldom occurs; what we least expected generally happens. -Benjamin Disraeli"
>> Quote.quote_me
=> "What we anticipate seldom occurs; what we least expected generally happens. -Benjamin Disraeli"
>> Quote.quote_me
=> "Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up. -Pablo Picasso"
>>