gistfile1.rb

# Unfortunately the Rails 2 version of DJ doesn't support before/after hooks. This hacks those in
# Stick this in an initalizer, and then any before(job) and after(job) methods in your Job classes will get called

module Delayed
  module Backend
    module ActiveRecord
      class Job < ::ActiveRecord::Base
        def invoke_job
          payload_object.before(self) if payload_object.respond_to?('before')
          payload_object.perform
          payload_object.after(self) if payload_object.respond_to?('after')
        end
      end
    end
  end
end