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copied!<p>In my Rails app, there is a method defined in the ApplicationController that I need to use in a module. This module also needs to be accessible to all controllers/helpers. I'm not sure what the best way is to give the module access to this method. I figure that there is a way to do it by wrapping the module and then including it into the ApplicationController. </p> <p>I also want to retain the namespacing instead of including the module methods right into the controller. e.g. controller.Module.foo instead of just controller.foo</p> <p>This is what I'm trying to do:</p> <pre><code>module Analytics module Events extend self def create_event name # do some stuff controller_method name end end end class ApplicationController < ActionController::Base include Analytics def controller_method # ... end def some_other_method Events.create_event :test end end </code></pre> <p>Now I know I can add a self.included method to the Analytics module which gives me the passed in base object, but I don't know how I can make use of that base in the KissMetrics module.</p> <p>Is this possible or is there a better way of doing this?</p> <h2>Edit:</h2> <p>To further clarify, I am using a gem that is extended/included into ActionController::Base. See bottom of this <a href="https://github.com/jkrall/analytical/blob/master/lib/analytical.rb" rel="nofollow">script</a>. This library is then configured inside the ApplicationController. All I want to do is have a module with defined events that makes use of this gem. It makes it easier for me to have consistent events across all my controllers e.g.</p> <pre><code>module Events def sign_up_event analytical.event "sign up" # calls the library that was loaded into the app controller end end # in some controller Events.sign_up_event # instead of this, which is totally usable but not DRY analytical.event "sign up" </code></pre>

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