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Rubyonrails model and controller lists:

February 6, 2007

In your Rubyonrails app you may at some point need a list of all your controllers, here's how I do it:

def get_controllers
  controllers = []
  glob = RAILS_ROOT + '/app/controllers/*_controller.rb'
  Dir.glob(glob).each do |f|
    file = File.basename(f).gsub( /^(.+)_controller.rb/, '\1')
    controllers << file
  end
  controllers
end

Getting a list of all your models is similar:

def get_models
  models = []
  glob = RAILS_ROOT + '/app/models/*'
  Dir.glob(glob).each do |f|
    file = File.basename( f ).gsub( /^(.+).rb/, '\1')
    models << file
  end
  models
end

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ruby, rubyonrails, model, controller

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