Ruby: Is it possible to define a class method in a module?

module Common
  def foo
    puts 'foo'
  end
end

class A
  extend Common
end

class B
  extend Common
end

class C
  extend Common
end

A.foo

Or, you can extend the classes afterwards:

class A
end

class B
end

class C
end

[A, B, C].each do |klass|
  klass.extend Common
end

This is basic ruby mixin functionality that makes ruby so special. While extend turns module methods into class methods, include turns module methods into instance methods in the including/extending class or module.

module SomeClassMethods
  def a_class_method
    'I´m a class method'
  end
end

module SomeInstanceMethods
  def an_instance_method
   'I´m an instance method!'
  end
end

class SomeClass
  include SomeInstanceMethods
  extend SomeClassMethods
end

instance = SomeClass.new
instance.an_instance_method => 'I´m an instance method!'

SomeClass.a_class_method => 'I´m a class method'

Yep

module Foo
  def self.included(base)
    base.extend(ClassMethods)
  end
  module ClassMethods
    def some_method
      # stuff
    end
  end
end

One possible note I should add - if the module is going to be ALL class methods - better off just using extend ModuleName in the Model and defining the methods directly in the module instead - rather than having a ClassMethods module inside the Module, a la

 module ModuleName
   def foo
     # stuff
   end
 end