Monkey patch module method

5
votes

I want to alter I18n.translate method in existing project.

require 'I18n'
module I18n
  alias_method :old_translate, :translate
  def translate(*args)
    old_translate(*args) + 'blabla'
  end
  alias_method :t, :translate
end

This generates:

Uncaught exception: Missing helper file helpers/I18n.rb

What I do wrong and where I should put this code?

1
ruby-on-rails-3monkeypatchingrails-i18n
do you mean require 'i18n' ? beware the case sensitivity. - nurettin
After changing this, I get: Uncaught exception: undefined method translate' for module I18n' - Jonas

1 Answers

9
votes

config/locales/en.yml:

en:
  wtfblabla: hello

test.rb:

require 'i18n'
module I18n
  class<< self
    alias_method :old_translate, :translate
    def translate(*args)
      old_translate(*args) + 'blabla'
    end
    alias_method :t, :translate
  end
end

I18n.load_path += p(Dir[File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), 'config', 'locales', '*.yml').to_s])

p I18n.t "wtfblabla"

output:

["./config/locales/en.yml"]

"helloblabla"