1 files changed, 15 insertions, 14 deletions
diff --git a/actioncable/lib/action_cable/server/broadcasting.rb b/actioncable/lib/action_cable/server/broadcasting.rb
index 7e8aef45f4..8f93564113 100644
--- a/actioncable/lib/action_cable/server/broadcasting.rb
+++ b/actioncable/lib/action_cable/server/broadcasting.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module ActionCable
   module Server
-    # Broadcasting is how other parts of your application can send messages to the channel subscribers. As explained in Channel, most of the time, these
+    # Broadcasting is how other parts of your application can send messages to a channel's subscribers. As explained in Channel, most of the time, these
     # broadcastings are streamed directly to the clients subscribed to the named broadcasting. Let's explain with a full-stack example:
     #
     #   class WebNotificationsChannel < ApplicationCable::Channel
@@ -9,37 +9,38 @@ module ActionCable
     #     end
     #   end
     #
-    #   # Somewhere in your app this is called, perhaps from a NewCommentJob
+    #   # Somewhere in your app this is called, perhaps from a NewCommentJob:
     #   ActionCable.server.broadcast \
     #     "web_notifications_1", { title: "New things!", body: "All that's fit for print" }
     #
-    #   # Client-side CoffeeScript, which assumes you've already requested the right to send web notifications
+    #   # Client-side CoffeeScript, which assumes you've already requested the right to send web notifications:
     #   App.cable.subscriptions.create "WebNotificationsChannel",
     #     received: (data) ->
     #       new Notification data['title'], body: data['body']
     module Broadcasting
-      # Broadcast a hash directly to a named <tt>broadcasting</tt>. It'll automatically be JSON encoded.
-      def broadcast(broadcasting, message)
-        broadcaster_for(broadcasting).broadcast(message)
+      # Broadcast a hash directly to a named <tt>broadcasting</tt>. This will later be JSON encoded.
+      def broadcast(broadcasting, message, coder: ActiveSupport::JSON)
+        broadcaster_for(broadcasting, coder: coder).broadcast(message)
       end
 
-      # Returns a broadcaster for a named <tt>broadcasting</tt> that can be reused. Useful when you have a object that
+      # Returns a broadcaster for a named <tt>broadcasting</tt> that can be reused. Useful when you have an object that
       # may need multiple spots to transmit to a specific broadcasting over and over.
-      def broadcaster_for(broadcasting)
-        Broadcaster.new(self, broadcasting)
+      def broadcaster_for(broadcasting, coder: ActiveSupport::JSON)
+        Broadcaster.new(self, String(broadcasting), coder: coder)
       end
 
       private
         class Broadcaster
-          attr_reader :server, :broadcasting
+          attr_reader :server, :broadcasting, :coder
 
-          def initialize(server, broadcasting)
-            @server, @broadcasting = server, broadcasting
+          def initialize(server, broadcasting, coder:)
+            @server, @broadcasting, @coder = server, broadcasting, coder
           end
 
           def broadcast(message)
-            server.logger.info "[ActionCable] Broadcasting to #{broadcasting}: #{message}"
-            server.pubsub.broadcast broadcasting, ActiveSupport::JSON.encode(message)
+            server.logger.info "[ActionCable] Broadcasting to #{broadcasting}: #{message.inspect}"
+            encoded = coder ? coder.encode(message) : message
+            server.pubsub.broadcast broadcasting, encoded
           end
         end
     end