Enhanced Rails Metal - the load order of metals can now be configured [#2057 state:resolved]

Signed-off-by: Joshua Peek <josh@joshpeek.com>

2 files changed, 19 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/railties/lib/initializer.rb b/railties/lib/initializer.rb
index 24ce3e75ff..edea4e513a 100644
--- a/railties/lib/initializer.rb
+++ b/railties/lib/initializer.rb
@@ -559,6 +559,7 @@ Run `rake gems:install` to install the missing gems.
     end
 
     def initialize_metal
+      Rails::Rack::Metal.requested_metals = configuration.metals
       Rails::Rack::Metal.metal_paths += plugin_loader.engine_metal_paths
 
       configuration.middleware.insert_before(
@@ -715,6 +716,11 @@ Run `rake gems:install` to install the missing gems.
       @plugins = plugins.nil? ? nil : plugins.map { |p| p.to_sym }
     end
 
+    # The list of metals to load. If this is set to <tt>nil</tt>, all metals will
+    # be loaded in alphabetical order. If this is set to <tt>[]</tt>, no metals will
+    # be loaded. Otherwise metals will be loaded in the order specified
+    attr_accessor :metals
+
     # The path to the root of the plugins directory. By default, it is in
     # <tt>vendor/plugins</tt>.
     attr_accessor :plugin_paths
diff --git a/railties/lib/rails/rack/metal.rb b/railties/lib/rails/rack/metal.rb
index 8dac992ef2..bce59f4c78 100644
--- a/railties/lib/rails/rack/metal.rb
+++ b/railties/lib/rails/rack/metal.rb
@@ -8,16 +8,26 @@ module Rails
 
       cattr_accessor :metal_paths
       self.metal_paths = ["#{Rails.root}/app/metal"]
+      cattr_accessor :requested_metals
 
       def self.metals
         matcher = /#{Regexp.escape('/app/metal/')}(.*)\.rb\Z/
         metal_glob = metal_paths.map{ |base| "#{base}/**/*.rb" }
+        all_metals = {}
 
         Dir[*metal_glob].sort.map do |file|
-          path = file.match(matcher)[1]
-          require path
-          path.classify.constantize
+          file = file.match(matcher)[1]
+          all_metals[file.classify] = file
         end
+
+        load_list = requested_metals || all_metals.keys
+
+        load_list.map do |requested_metal|
+          if metal = all_metals[requested_metal]
+            require metal
+            requested_metal.constantize
+          end
+        end.compact
       end
 
       def initialize(app)