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author | Pratik Naik <pratiknaik@gmail.com> | 2009-01-18 18:10:58 +0000 |
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committer | Pratik Naik <pratiknaik@gmail.com> | 2009-01-18 18:10:58 +0000 |
commit | 39e1ac658efc80e4c54abef4f1c7679e4b3dc2ac (patch) | |
tree | 78cc8f3aaecf75ea1fde4229170027e840eb9cd3 /actionpack/lib/action_controller/request.rb | |
parent | 085991891e610ed0ab616ce434eabf42a9437039 (diff) | |
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diff --git a/actionpack/lib/action_controller/request.rb b/actionpack/lib/action_controller/request.rb index cbbfca41f6..09dcd684e8 100755 --- a/actionpack/lib/action_controller/request.rb +++ b/actionpack/lib/action_controller/request.rb @@ -29,16 +29,18 @@ module ActionController HTTP_METHODS = %w(get head put post delete options) HTTP_METHOD_LOOKUP = HTTP_METHODS.inject({}) { |h, m| h[m] = h[m.upcase] = m.to_sym; h } - # The true HTTP request \method as a lowercase symbol, such as <tt>:get</tt>. - # UnknownHttpMethod is raised for invalid methods not listed in ACCEPTED_HTTP_METHODS. + # Returns the true HTTP request \method as a lowercase symbol, such as + # <tt>:get</tt>. If the request \method is not listed in the HTTP_METHODS + # constant above, an UnknownHttpMethod exception is raised. def request_method HTTP_METHOD_LOOKUP[super] || raise(UnknownHttpMethod, "#{super}, accepted HTTP methods are #{HTTP_METHODS.to_sentence}") end memoize :request_method - # The HTTP request \method as a lowercase symbol, such as <tt>:get</tt>. - # Note, HEAD is returned as <tt>:get</tt> since the two are functionally - # equivalent from the application's perspective. + # Returns the HTTP request \method used for action processing as a + # lowercase symbol, such as <tt>:post</tt>. (Unlike #request_method, this + # method returns <tt>:get</tt> for a HEAD request because the two are + # functionally equivalent from the application's perspective.) def method request_method == :head ? :get : request_method end |