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+# Add a callback - to be executed before each request in development,
+# and at startup in production - to patch existing app classes.
+# Doing so in init/environment.rb wouldn't work in development, since
+# classes are reloaded, but initialization is not run each time.
+# See http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7072758/plugin-not-reloading-in-development-mode
+#
+require 'dispatcher'
+Dispatcher.to_prepare do
+ # Example adding an instance variable to the frontpage controller
+ GeneralController.class_eval do
+ def mycontroller
+ @say_something = "Greetings friend"
+ end
+ end
+end