How to add a method to an activerecord collection?

Question

I would like to add a method to all collections for a specific model. Let\'s say I want to add the method my_complicated_averaging_method to the WeatherData collect

Answer 1

It looks good to get things working, but for more finesse I'm sure there is something much better. Admittedly, you weren't too specific in describing what you wanted to achieve with this, so I can only give you this broad suggestion

You may want to look into "Observer Classes"

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I wrote a post about them here

Observer Classes basically monitor a particular model function & extend it. I think they're only for the before_filter, etc functions, but I don't see why you can't extend indvidual functions that you create

You'll have to use the rails-observers gem in rails 4.0+ to get them working, as they've been depreciated from the rails core