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Kevin Brown
Kevin Brown

Reputation: 12650

Rails 3 load method before filter

What is the reason for using a before_filter :load?

def load
  @posts = Post.all
  @post = Post.new
end

What does this accomplish? I've just seen it done in a tutorial and don't understand if it's beneficial.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 386

Answers (1)

ChuckJHardy
ChuckJHardy

Reputation: 7066

In this case the load method will be called for all method calls within the controller. Meaning @posts and @post will be available to all actions for said controller. It is very rare that I use them. Just calling load within the action that needs it and moving the load method to private should be good enough.

If you wanted @posts and @post to be available for all the actions in the controller then this is an acceptable solution.

You could always do before_filter :load, only: [:index]

Upvotes: 1

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