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| -rw-r--r-- | actionpack/lib/action_dispatch/routing/mapper.rb | 25 |
1 files changed, 16 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/actionpack/lib/action_dispatch/routing/mapper.rb b/actionpack/lib/action_dispatch/routing/mapper.rb index ee0fdce9dd..b28b68ad83 100644 --- a/actionpack/lib/action_dispatch/routing/mapper.rb +++ b/actionpack/lib/action_dispatch/routing/mapper.rb @@ -256,15 +256,22 @@ module ActionDispatch match '/', options.reverse_merge(:as => :root) end - # When you set up a regular route, you supply a series of symbols that - # Rails maps to parts of an incoming HTTP request. - # - # match ':controller/:action/:id/:user_id' - # - # Two of these symbols are special: :controller maps to the name of a - # controller in your application, and :action maps to the name of an - # action within that controller. Anything other than :controller or - # :action will be available to the action as part of params. + # Matches a pattern to one or more urls. Any symbols in a pattern are + # interpreted as url parameters: + # + # # sets parameters :controller, :action and :id + # match ':controller/:action/:id' + # + # Two of these symbols are special: <tt>:controller</tt> maps to the + # controller name and <tt>:action</tt> to the action name within that + # controller. Anything other than <tt>:controller</tt> or + # <tt>:action</tt> will be available to the action as part of +params+. + # If a pattern does not have :controller and :action symbols, then they + # must be set in options or shorthand. For example: + # + # match 'photos/:id' => 'photos#show' + # match 'photos/:id', :to => 'photos#show' + # match 'photos/:id', :controller => 'photos', :action => 'show' # # === Supported options # |