module MyApplication module Business class Company < ActiveRecord::Base attr_protected :rating end class Firm < Company has_many :clients, :order => "id", :dependent => true has_many :clients_sorted_desc, :class_name => "Client", :order => "id DESC" has_many :clients_of_firm, :foreign_key => "client_of", :class_name => "Client", :order => "id" has_many :clients_like_ms, :conditions => "name = 'Microsoft'", :class_name => "Client", :order => "id" has_many :clients_using_sql, :class_name => "Client", :finder_sql => 'SELECT * FROM companies WHERE client_of = #{id}' has_one :account, :dependent => true end class Client < Company belongs_to :firm, :foreign_key => "client_of" belongs_to :firm_with_other_name, :class_name => "Firm", :foreign_key => "client_of" end class Developer < ActiveRecord::Base has_and_belongs_to_many :projects protected def validate errors.add_on_boundary_breaking("name", 3..20) end end class Project < ActiveRecord::Base has_and_belongs_to_many :developers end end module Billing class Account < ActiveRecord::Base belongs_to :firm, :class_name => "MyApplication::Business::Firm" protected def validate errors.add_on_empty "credit_limit" end end end end