How to use "Object" as model name in ROR ?

Question

I love those simple words such as "Object", "Property", "Value" and would like to use them as Class Names, but seems they are reserved. ( ? ) ROR failed on many things with a model named "Object"

Make a prefix doesn't look good, such as CCObject, CCProperty.

Is there a way to allow me to use those simple words directly?

What I want to do is a universe program, domain objects are generated at runtime, which means usually classes like Product, ProductType, Article, or Author are all datas in database, not an actually Ruby class.

Answer 1

You don't use them as Class names.. They are integral to ruby.

Answer 2

"Object" is already the name of a class in Ruby. It's the root class of everything in the language. That's why it appears to be "reserved" — because it's already taken.

Answer 3

"Object" is a vey generic sort of word. Even if it WERE possible to create a class with that name, I'd be very suspicious of the need to do it.

Is there something that you could prefix it with that would let imply some context? For a dental office application, maybe "DentalOfficeObject". Is that what the "CC" prefix is for, or is it arbitrary to make the interpreter stop complaining?

Answer 4

How about not. Just don't do it. Even if it is possible, it's the easiest way to make your code completely unreadable and unmaintainable.

Answer 5

My best bet would be Objekt, but still the name is adequate only if you're modelling an object model, which is silly.