How do I implement a Rails model named "series"?

Question

The singular and plural forms are the same and I get an undefined_method error when trying to hit the New method.

I realize why and I'm aware that the easiest solution would be to use another name.

I'm also aware that I could create a custom inflection, but what?

The problem is that I REALLY need URLs like /series, /series/1 etc because I'm in fact modelling...wait for it...series of events.

Using "set" or "sequence" or some other synonym doesn't convey the intended meaning.

A series of events is a series not a set or sequence.

Is there a way to "alias" a model?

Should/can I use named routes?

Any help is appreciated.

Answer 1

So:

class Series < ActiveRecord::Base
  ...
end

definitely doesn't work? Looking at the source, series is one of the singularization rules built in and according to The Pluralizer, you should be able to name your model class Series as above.

Answer 2

You should be able to do this solely with inflections. In config/initializers/inflections.rb:

ActiveSupport::Inflector.inflections do |inflect|
  inflect.uncountable 'series'
end

Restart the app to activate.

Answer 3

Assuming you used script/generate scaffold series to build your model controller et al, you should have a line in /config/routes.rb like

map.resources :series

If you change it to

map.series_index '/series',:controller=>'series',:action=>:index
map.resource :series

It will work. Or you could add Eric Hill's inflection initializer.