calling module method into another module in Ruby

Question

FIle module.rb

module CardExpiry
  def check_expiry value
    return true
  end
end

file include.rb

#raise File.dirname(__FILE__).inspect
require "#{File.dirname(__FILE__)}/module.rb"

 module Include
     include CardExpiry
  def self.function 
    raise (check_expiry 1203).inspect
  end
end

calling

Include::function

is this possible ?

Error trigger when calling :

`function': undefined method `check_expiry' for Include:Module (NoMethodError)

Answer 1

You stumbled over the difference of include and extend.

• include makes the method in the included module available to instances of your class
• extend makes the methods in the included module available in the class

When defining a method with self.method_name and you access self within that method, self is bound to the current class.

check_expiry, however, is included and thus only available on the instance side.

To fix the problem either extend CardExpiry, or make check_expiry a class method.