1 files changed, 18 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/actionpack/lib/action_controller/response.rb b/actionpack/lib/action_controller/response.rb
index 2bec477647..d6795e37a0 100755
--- a/actionpack/lib/action_controller/response.rb
+++ b/actionpack/lib/action_controller/response.rb
@@ -7,6 +7,24 @@ module ActionController
       @body, @headers, @session, @assigns = "", DEFAULT_HEADERS.merge("cookie" => []), [], []
     end
 
+    def content_type=(mime_type)
+      @headers["Content-Type"] = charset ? "#{mime_type}; charset=#{charset}" : mime_type
+    end
+    
+    def content_type
+      content_type = String(@headers["Content-Type"]).split(";")[0]
+      content_type.blank? ? nil : content_type
+    end
+    
+    def charset=(encoding)
+      @headers["Content-Type"] = "#{content_type || "text/html"}; charset=#{encoding}"
+    end
+    
+    def charset
+      charset = String(@headers["Content-Type"]).split(";")[1]
+      charset.blank? ? nil : charset.strip.split("=")[1]
+    end
+
     def redirect(to_url, permanently = false)
       @headers["Status"]   = "302 Found" unless @headers["Status"] == "301 Moved Permanently"
       @headers["location"] = to_url