Re-open an ActiveRecord model that's provided by a gem

Question

I\'m trying to extend an ActiveRecord model (Vote) that a gem (https://github.com/peteonrails/vote_fu) provides to my application. (I.e., there is no vote.rb<

Answer 1

I'd try what agmcleod suggested in the comments but instead of putting it in lib, put it in config/initializers/vote.rb:

 class Vote
   after_create :create_activity_stream_event
   has_one :activity_stream_event

   def create_activity_stream_event
   # something..
   end
 end

Of course, you could fork the gem, make your modifications and link to your forked version in your Gemfile (that's my preference).