module MasterModel def self.included(base) #base.extend ClassMethods base.send :include, InstanceMethods base.class_eval do acts_as_list validates_uniqueness_of :name, :case_sensitive => false validates_presence_of :name, :display_name before_validation :set_display_name, :on => :create normalize_attributes :name end end module InstanceMethods def set_display_name self.display_name = "#{I18n.locale}: #{self.name}" if self.display_name.blank? end end end