module RoleAuthorization class Railtie < Rails::Engine initializer "role_authorization.initialize" do |app| RoleAuthorization.load_rules ::ActiveRecord::Base.send :extend, RoleAuthorization::ActiveRecord if defined?(::ActiveRecord) end # runs before every request in development # and once in production before serving requests # http://www.engineyard.com/blog/2010/extending-rails-3-with-railties config.to_prepare do RoleAuthorization::Roles.manager.try(:persist!) end end end