[Plugins] Strange bug with plugin load ordering

I developing two plugins thats patch some redmine classes. First plugin is redmine_repository plugin, it is patching RepositoryController. Second plugin is redmine_sidebar plugin, that patching ApplicationHelper. The patching like this

module RepositoriesControllerPatch
  def self.included(base) # :nodoc:
    base.extend(ClassMethods)

    base.send(:include, InstanceMethods)
  end

  module ClassMethods    
  end

  module InstanceMethods
  # there is some methods
  end
end
RepositoriesController.send(:include, RepositoriesControllerPatch)

module SidebarApplicationHelperPatch
  def self.included(base) # :nodoc:
    base.extend(ClassMethods)

    base.send(:include, InstanceMethods)
  end

  module ClassMethods
  end

  module InstanceMethods
  # there is some methods
  end
end
ApplicationHelper.send(:include, SidebarApplicationHelperPatch)

In default plugins load in ordering: redmine_repository is first, redmine_sidebar is second. In this case the error occured

undefined method `show_sidebar?' for #<ActionView::Base:0x7fcbd8d91128>

but show_sidebar? method is defined in SidebarApplicationHelperPatch.
If i insert into enviroment.rb plugin loading order

config.plugins = [ :all, :redmine_sidebar, :redmine_repository ]

there is no error occured.
Why? Can someone explain me because of what is happening?

Replies (1)

RE: [Plugins] Strange bug with plugin load ordering - Added by Felix Schäfer over 14 years ago

If redmine_repository is loaded first, the RepositoriesController is already instantiated when redmine_sidebar is loaded, and thus the patching of ApplicationHelper doesn't get passed to RepositoriesController.

One solution we use against this is:

ApplicationController.subclasses.each do |subclass|
  Kernel.const_get(subclass).send(:include, SomePlugin::ApplicationControllerPatch)
end

Not sure how good that would work with the ApplicationHelper, but you get the idea.

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