= XlSuite::AutoScope Automatically create scoped access methods on your ActiveRecord models. == Examples Declare your scopes within your ActiveRecord::Base subclasses. class Contact < ActiveRecord::Base auto_scope \ :old => {:find => {:conditions => ["born_on < ?", 30.years.ago]}}, :young => {:find => {:conditions => ["born_on > ?", 1.year.ago]}} end class Testimonial < ActiveRecord::Base auto_scope \ :approved => { :find => {:conditions => ["approved_at < ?", proc {Time.now}]}, :create => {:approved_at => proc {Time.now}}}, :unapproved => { :find => {:conditions => "approved_at IS NULL"}, :create => {:approved_at => nil}} end These declarations give you access to the following scoped methods: Testimonial.approved.count Testimonial.unapproved.create!(params[:testimonial]) @young_contacts = Contact.young @contacts = Contact.old.find(:all, :conditions => ["name LIKE ?", params[:name]]) = Running the unit tests Please see RUNNING_UNIT_TESTS for details.