# Call overwritten method of included module? **URL:** \ **Category:** ruby-talk\ **Created:** [22 November 2007 23:21 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/call-overwritten-method-of-included-module/42432 "2007-11-22T23:21:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Joshua\_Muheim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/41988e/32.png) [@Joshua\_Muheim](https://rubytalk.org/u/Joshua_Muheim)\ **Post date:** [22 November 2007 23:21 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/call-overwritten-method-of-included-module/42432/1 "2007-11-22T23:21:47Z")
Hi all module MyModule   def my\_method     return "my module rocks!"   end end class MyClass   include(MyModule)   def my\_method     return "my class rocks!"   end end Is there a way to call MyModule::my\_method from within MyClass? "super" sadly doesn't work... Thanks a lot Josh > **···** > > -- > Posted via [http://www.ruby-forum.com/](http://www.ruby-forum.com/). ---
**Author:** ![Morton\_Goldberg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ea924/32.png) [@Morton\_Goldberg](https://rubytalk.org/u/Morton_Goldberg)\ **Post date:** [23 November 2007 01:33 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/call-overwritten-method-of-included-module/42432/2 "2007-11-23T01:33:14Z")
Perhaps this will do: \ module MyModule     def my\_method        "my module rocks!"     end end class MyClass     include MyModule     alias module\_method my\_method     def my\_method        "#{module\_method}\nmy class rocks!"     end end puts MyClass.new.my\_method \ \ my module rocks! my class rocks! \ Regards, Morton > **···** > > On Nov 22, 2007, at 6:21 PM, Joshua Muheim wrote: > > > Hi all > > > > module MyModule > >   def my\_method > >     return "my module rocks!" > >   end > > end > > > > class MyClass > >   include(MyModule) > > > >   def my\_method > >     return "my class rocks!" > >   end > > end > > > > Is there a way to call MyModule::my\_method from within MyClass? "super" > > sadly doesn't work... ---
**Author:** ![Daniel\_Sheppard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/db5fbb/32.png) [@Daniel\_Sheppard](https://rubytalk.org/u/Daniel_Sheppard)\ **Post date:** [23 November 2007 02:30 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/call-overwritten-method-of-included-module/42432/3 "2007-11-23T02:30:19Z")
> module MyModule >   def my\_method >     return "my module rocks!" >   end > end > > class MyClass >   include(MyModule) > >   def my\_method >     return "my class rocks!" >   end > end > > Is there a way to call MyModule::my\_method from within > MyClass? "super" > sadly doesn't work... You'd need to alias the old method: class MyClass   include(MyModule)   alias :old\_my\_method :my\_method   def my\_method     old\_my\_method   end end (If you're using rails/activesupport, you'd probably use alias\_method\_chain to simplify things) Dan. ---
**Author:** ![Forum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/43a26b/32.png) [@Forum](https://rubytalk.org/u/Forum)\ **Post date:** [23 November 2007 12:31 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/call-overwritten-method-of-included-module/42432/4 "2007-11-23T12:31:01Z")
> Hi all > > module MyModule >   def my\_method >     return "my module rocks!" >   end > end > > class MyClass >   include(MyModule) > >   def my\_method >     return "my class rocks!" >   end > end > > Is there a way to call MyModule::my\_method from within MyClass? "super" > sadly doesn't work... super shall work and indeed does module MyModule    def my\_method      return "my module rocks!"    end end class MyClass    include(MyModule)    def my\_method      return [super, "my class rocks!"].join("\n")    end end puts MyClass.new.my\_method HTH Robert > **···** > > On Nov 23, 2007 12:21 AM, Joshua Muheim \ wrote: > > > Thanks a lot > > Josh > > -- > > Posted via [http://www.ruby-forum.com/\](http://www.ruby-forum.com/%5C). > > -- > what do I think about Ruby? > [http://ruby-smalltalk.blogspot.com/](http://ruby-smalltalk.blogspot.com/) ---
**Author:** ![Joshua\_Muheim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/41988e/32.png) [@Joshua\_Muheim](https://rubytalk.org/u/Joshua_Muheim)\ **Post date:** [23 November 2007 12:22 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/call-overwritten-method-of-included-module/42432/5 "2007-11-23T12:22:56Z")
> (If you're using rails/activesupport, you'd probably use > alias\_method\_chain to simplify things) > > Dan. Thanks! Especially for the alias\_method\_chain hint! 🙂 > **···** > > -- > Posted via [http://www.ruby-forum.com/\](http://www.ruby-forum.com/%5C).