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IBM/developerWorks; By Bruce Tate
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See how Ruby on Rails plug-ins work by looking at a popular plug-in called acts_as_state_machine. Its a great example of a good integration technique.

A new wave of extensions for Rails have been created thanks to an effective plug-in architecture that thousands of people have used to extend Rails. Many of these techniques are available to Java developers too, through aspect-oriented programming or bytecode enhancement. See how Ruby on Rails plug-ins work by looking at a popular plug-in called acts_as_state_machine. Its a great example of a good integration technique.

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