1 files changed, 6 insertions, 18 deletions
diff --git a/actionpack/lib/action_controller/metal/responder.rb b/actionpack/lib/action_controller/metal/responder.rb
index 3794e277f6..b932302a60 100644
--- a/actionpack/lib/action_controller/metal/responder.rb
+++ b/actionpack/lib/action_controller/metal/responder.rb
@@ -202,10 +202,8 @@ module ActionController #:nodoc:
         display resource
       elsif post?
         display resource, :status => :created, :location => api_location
-      elsif has_empty_resource_definition?
-        display empty_resource, :status => :ok
       else
-        head :ok
+        head :no_content
       end
     end
 
@@ -253,7 +251,7 @@ module ActionController #:nodoc:
     end
 
     def display_errors
-      controller.render format => resource.errors, :status => :unprocessable_entity
+      controller.render format => resource_errors, :status => :unprocessable_entity
     end
 
     # Check whether the resource has errors.
@@ -269,22 +267,12 @@ module ActionController #:nodoc:
       @action ||= ACTIONS_FOR_VERBS[request.request_method_symbol]
     end
 
-    # Check whether resource needs a specific definition of empty resource to be valid
-    #
-    def has_empty_resource_definition?
-      respond_to?("empty_#{format}_resource")
+    def resource_errors
+      respond_to?("#{format}_resource_errors") ? send("#{format}_resource_errors") : resource.errors
     end
 
-    # Delegate to proper empty resource method
-    #
-    def empty_resource
-      send("empty_#{format}_resource")
-    end
-
-    # Return a valid empty JSON resource
-    #
-    def empty_json_resource
-      "{}"
+    def json_resource_errors
+      {:errors => resource.errors}
     end
   end
 end