Rails model "before_filter"?

activerecord, callback, ruby-on-rails, ruby-on-rails-3

Solution

class MyModel
    extend ActiveModel::Callbacks
    define_model_callbacks :do_stuff

    before_do_stuff :confirm

    def do_stuff
        run_callbacks :do_stuff do
            #your code
        end
    end

    def confirm
        #confirm
    end
end

I'm really not sure this will work, but you can try it, as I really dont have time now. Take a look at that: http://api.rubyonrails.org/classes/ActiveModel/Callbacks.html

Problem

I know that before_filter is only for controllers in Rails, but I would like something like this for a model: any time a method in my model is called, I'd like to run a method that determines whether the called method should run. Conceptually, something like this: ``` class Website < ActiveRecord::Base before_filter :confirm_company def confirm_company if self.parent.thing == false? return false end end def method1 #do stuff end end ``` So when I call @website.method1, it will first call confirm_company, and if I return false, will not run method1. Does Rails have functionality like this? I hope i'm just missing out on something obvious here...

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