1 files changed, 16 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/actionpack/lib/action_controller/filters.rb b/actionpack/lib/action_controller/filters.rb
index 10dc0cc45b..1d7236f18a 100644
--- a/actionpack/lib/action_controller/filters.rb
+++ b/actionpack/lib/action_controller/filters.rb
@@ -109,16 +109,17 @@ module ActionController #:nodoc:
         update_options! options
       end
 
+      # override these to return true in appropriate subclass
       def before?
-        self.class == BeforeFilter
+        false
       end
 
       def after?
-        self.class == AfterFilter
+        false
       end
 
       def around?
-        self.class == AroundFilter
+        false
       end
 
       # Make sets of strings from :only/:except options
@@ -170,6 +171,10 @@ module ActionController #:nodoc:
         :around
       end
 
+      def around?
+        true
+      end
+
       def call(controller, &block)
         if should_run_callback?(controller)
           method = filter_responds_to_before_and_after? ? around_proc : self.method
@@ -212,6 +217,10 @@ module ActionController #:nodoc:
         :before
       end
 
+      def before?
+        true
+      end
+
       def call(controller, &block)
         super
         if controller.send!(:performed?)
@@ -224,6 +233,10 @@ module ActionController #:nodoc:
       def type
         :after
       end
+
+      def after?
+        true
+      end
     end
 
     # Filters enable controllers to run shared pre- and post-processing code for its actions. These filters can be used to do