class Module # Standard in rails... See official documentation[http://api.rubyonrails.org/classes/ActiveSupport/CoreExtensions/Module.html] def alias_method_chain(target, feature) # Strip out punctuation on predicates or bang methods since # e.g. target?_without_feature is not a valid method name. aliased_target, punctuation = target.to_s.sub(/([?!=])$/, ''), $1 yield(aliased_target, punctuation) if block_given? with_method, without_method = "#{aliased_target}_with_#{feature}#{punctuation}", "#{aliased_target}_without_#{feature}#{punctuation}" alias_method without_method, target alias_method target, with_method case when public_method_defined?(without_method) public target when protected_method_defined?(without_method) protected target when private_method_defined?(without_method) private target end end unless method_defined? :alias_method_chain end