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diff --git a/actionpack/lib/action_controller/abstract/base.rb b/actionpack/lib/action_controller/abstract/base.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c139531956
--- /dev/null
+++ b/actionpack/lib/action_controller/abstract/base.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+module AbstractController
+  class Base
+    
+    attr_internal :response_body
+    attr_internal :response_obj
+    cattr_accessor :logger
+        
+    def self.process(action)
+      new.process(action)
+    end
+    
+    def initialize
+      self.response_obj = {}
+    end
+    
+    def process(action)
+      send(action)
+      self.response_obj[:body] = self.response_body
+      self
+    end
+    
+  end
+end
+\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/actionpack/lib/action_controller/abstract/renderer.rb b/actionpack/lib/action_controller/abstract/renderer.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7999bc1b70
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+++ b/actionpack/lib/action_controller/abstract/renderer.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+module AbstractController
+  module Renderer
+    
+    def self.included(klass)
+      klass.extend ClassMethods
+      klass.extlib_inheritable_accessor :view_paths
+      klass.view_paths ||= ActionView::PathSet.new
+    end
+    
+    def _action_view
+      @_action_view ||= ActionView::Base.new(self.class.view_paths, {}, self)      
+    end
+    
+    def render(template)
+      tmp = view_paths.find_by_parts(template)
+      self.response_body = _action_view._render_template_with_layout(tmp)
+    end
+    
+    module ClassMethods
+      def append_view_path(path)
+        self.view_paths << path
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end
+\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/actionpack/lib/action_view/template/handlers/erb.rb b/actionpack/lib/action_view/template/handlers/erb.rb
index e3120ba267..a20b1b0cd3 100644
--- a/actionpack/lib/action_view/template/handlers/erb.rb
+++ b/actionpack/lib/action_view/template/handlers/erb.rb
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+require 'erb'
+
 module ActionView
   module TemplateHandlers
     class ERB < TemplateHandler
diff --git a/actionpack/test/abstract_controller/abstract_controller_test.rb b/actionpack/test/abstract_controller/abstract_controller_test.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a5026fb0da
--- /dev/null
+++ b/actionpack/test/abstract_controller/abstract_controller_test.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+$:.unshift(File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/../../lib')
+$:.unshift(File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/../../../activesupport/lib')
+
+require 'test/unit'
+require 'active_support'
+require 'active_support/test_case'
+require 'action_controller'
+
+begin
+  require 'ruby-debug'
+  Debugger.settings[:autoeval] = true
+  Debugger.start
+rescue LoadError
+  # Debugging disabled. `gem install ruby-debug` to enable.
+end
+
+require 'action_controller/abstract/base'
+require 'action_controller/abstract/renderer'
+
+module AbstractController
+  module Testing
+  
+    class SimpleController < AbstractController::Base
+    end
+    
+    class Me < SimpleController
+      def index
+        self.response_body = "Hello world"
+        "Something else"
+      end
+    end
+    
+    class TestBasic < ActiveSupport::TestCase
+      test "dispatching works" do
+        result = Me.process(:index)
+        assert_equal "Hello world", result.response_obj[:body]
+      end
+    end
+    
+    class RenderingController < AbstractController::Base
+      include Renderer
+            
+      append_view_path File.expand_path(File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), "views"))
+    end
+    
+    class Me2 < RenderingController
+      def index
+        render "index.erb"
+      end
+    end
+    
+    class TestRenderer < ActiveSupport::TestCase
+      test "rendering templates works" do
+        result = Me2.process(:index)
+        assert_equal "Hello from index.erb", result.response_obj[:body]
+      end
+    end
+    
+  end
+end
+\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/actionpack/test/abstract_controller/views/index.erb b/actionpack/test/abstract_controller/views/index.erb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cc1a8b8c85
--- /dev/null
+++ b/actionpack/test/abstract_controller/views/index.erb
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Hello from index.erb
+\ No newline at end of file