Use an object from outside your modules scope

Question

I have code like this.

class User < ActiveRecord::Base
end

module Foo
  class User
  end
end

module Foo
  class DoesSomethingWithActiveRecordUser
    def initialize user_id
      User.find(user_id)
    end
  end
end

If I call Foo::DoesSomethingWithActiveRecordUser.new(1) I get an error message that says something like undefined method 'find' for Foo::User.

How do I call the ActiveRecord User from within Foo?

Thanks.

Answer 1

Like this:

::User.find(user_id)