merged/app/models/merged/shared_base.rb

module Merged
  # shared data across engine and app
  # takes a little footwork, as seen below
  class SharedBase < ActiveYaml::Base
    def self.raw_data
      paths = [ Merged::Engine.root.join("config") , Rails.root.join(Merged.data_dir) ]
      loaded_files = paths.collect do |path|
        actual_filename  = filename   || name.tableize
        full = File.join(path, "#{actual_filename}.#{extension}")
        got = load_path(full)
        raise "#{full} contained #{got.class}, not Array" unless got.class == Array
        got
      end
      loaded_files.first + loaded_files.last
    end
  end
end